CATOPTRICS
CATOPTRICS, noun That part of optics which explains the properties of reflected light, and particularly that which is reflected from mirrors or polished bodies.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CATOPTROMANCY
CATOPTROMANCY, noun A species of divination among the ancients, which was performed by letting down a mirror into water, for a sick person to look at his face in it. If his coun...
CATOPTRON
CATOPTRON, noun An optical glass or instrument.
CATS-EYE
CATS-EYE, noun Sun-stone, a subspecies of quartz, called in Latin oculus cati or onycopalus, from its white zones or rings like onyx, and its variable colors like opal. It is ve...
CATS-FOOT
CATS-FOOT, noun A plant of the genus Glechoma, ground ivy, or gill.
CATS-HEAD
CATS-HEAD, noun A kind of apple.
CATS-PAW
CATS-PAW, noun1. Among seamen, a light air perceived, in a calm, by a rippling of the surface of the water; also, a particular turn in the bight of a rope, made to hook a tackle...
CATSILVER
CATSILVER, noun A fossil, a species of mica.
CATSUP
CATSUP, noun A liquor extracted from mushrooms, used as a sauce.
CATTERY
CATTERY, noun The place where provisions are deposited.
CATTLE
CATTLE, noun1. Beasts or quadrupeds in general, serving for tillage, or other labor, and for food to man. In its primary sense, the word includes camels, horses, asses, all the ...
CAUCASEAN
CAUCASEAN, adjective Pertaining to Mount Caucasus in Asia.
CAUCASIAN
CAUCASIAN,CAUCUS, noun A word used in America to denote a meeting of citizens to agree upon candidates to be proposed for election to offices, or to concert measures for support...
CAUCUS
CAUCUS, n. A word used in America to denote a meeting of citizens to agree upon candidates to be proposed for election to offices, or to concert measures for supporting a party....
CAUDAL
CAUDAL, adjective Pertaining to a tail; or to the thread which terminates the seed of a plant.
CAUDATE
CAUDATE,CAUDATED,CAUDEX, noun In botany, the stem of a tree. Linne uses the word for the stock which proceeds from a seed, one part ascending and forming the body above ground, ...
CAUDEX
CAUDEX, n. In botany, the stem of a tree. Linne uses the word for the stock which proceeds from a seed, one part ascending and forming the body above ground, the other descendin...
CAUDLE
CAUDLE, noun A kind of warm broth, a mixture of wine and other ingredients prepared for the sick.CAUDLE, verb transitive To make or prepare caudle or to dress with caudle
CAUF
CAUF, noun A chest with holes for keeping fish alive in water.
CAUGHT
CAUGHT, preterit tense and participle passive of catch, pronounced caut.
CAUK
CAUK,CAUKY, adjective Pertaining to cauk; like cauk
CAUKY
CAUKY, a. Pertaining to cauk; like cauk.
CAUL
CAUL, noun1. In anatomy, a membrane in the abdomen, covering the greatest part of the lower intestines, called from its structure, reticuluim, a net, but more generally, the ome...
CAULESCENT
CAULESCENT, adjective In botany, having a stem different from that which produces the flower; as a caulescent plant. Linne applies this term to the root also, as in cabbage and ...
CAULIFEROUS
CAULIFEROUS, adjective In botany, having a stem or stalk.
CAULIFLOWER
CAULIFLOWER, noun A variety of Brassica or cabbage, well known and much esteemed.
CAULIFORM
CAULIFORM, adjective Having the form of a stalk or of stems.