CATALOGIZE
CATALOGIZE, verb transitive To insert in a catalogue.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CATALOGUE
CATALOGUE, noun A list or enumeration of the names of men or things disposed in a certain order, often in alphabetical order; as a catalogue of the students of a college, or of ...
CATALPA
CATALPA, noun A large tree of Carolina and the South, which in blossom has a beautiful appearance. It belongs to the genus Bignonia, or trumpet flower.
CATALYSIS
CATALYSIS, noun Dissolution.
CATAMENIAL
CATAMENIAL, adjective Pertaining to the catamenia, or menstrual discharges.
CATAMITE
CATAMITE, noun A boy kept for unnatural purposes.
CATAMOUNT
CATAMOUNT, noun Cat of the mountain, the wild cat.
CATAPASM
CATAPASM, noun A dry powder for sprinkling the body.
CATAPELT
CATAPELT, or CATAPULT, noun A military engine used by the ancient Greeks and Romans for throwing stones, darts and arrows upon an enemy. Some of these would throw a stone of a h...
CATAPELTIC
CATAPELTIC, adjective Pertaining to the catapelt. As a noun, the catapelt.
CATAPHONICS
CATAPHONICS, noun The doctrine of reflected sounds, a branch of acoustics.
CATAPHRACT
CATAPHRACT, noun1. In the ancient military art, a piece of heavy defensive armor, formed of cloth or leather, strengthened with scales or links, used to defend the breast, or wh...
CATAPLASM
CATAPLASM, noun A poultice; a soft and moist substance to be applied to some part of the body, to excite or repel heat, or to relax the skin, etc. When mustard is an ingredient,...
CATAPUCE
CATAPUCE, noun The herb spurge.
CATAPULT
CATAPELT, or CATAPULTnoun A military engine used by the ancient Greeks and Romans for throwing stones, darts and arrows upon an enemy. Some of these would throw a stone of a hun...
CATARACT
CATARACT, noun1. A great fall of water over a precipice; as that of Niagara, of the Rhine, Danube and Nile. It is a cascade upon a great scale.The tremendous cataracts of Americ...
CATARRH
CATARRH, noun catar. A defluxion, or increased secretion of mucus from the membranes of the nose, fauces and bronchiae, with fever, sneezing cough, thirst, lassitude and loss of...
CATARRHAL
CATARRHAL,CATARRHOUS, adjective Pertaining to catarrh, produced by it or attending it; as a catarrhal fever.
CATARRHOUS
CATARRHOUS, a. Pertaining to catarrh, produced by it or attending it; as a catarrhal fever.
CATASTERISM
CATASTERISM, noun A constellation, or a placing among the stars.
CATASTROPHE
CATASTROPHE,CATASTROPHY, noun1. The change or revolution which produces the final event of a dramatic piece; or the unfolding and winding up of the plot, clearing up difficultie...
CATASTROPHY
CATASTROPHY, n.1. The change or revolution which produces the final event of a dramatic piece; or the unfolding and winding up of the plot, clearing up difficulties, and closing...
CATCALL
CATCALL, noun A squeaking instrument, used in play-houses to condemn plays.
CATCH
CATCH, verb transitive1. To seize or lay hold on with the hand; carrying the sense of pursuit, thrusting forward the hand, or rushing on.And they came upon him and caught him. A...
CATCH-FLY
CATCH-FLY, noun A plant of the genus Lychnis; campion.
CATCH-POLL
CATCH-POLL, noun A bailiffs assistant, so called by way of reproach.
CATCH-WORD
CATCH-WORD, noun Among printers, the word placed at the bottom of each page, under the last line, which is to be inserted as the first word on the following page.