CAUTELOUSLY
CAUTELOUSLY, adverb1. Cunningly; slily; treacherously.2. Cautiously; warily.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CAUTELOUSNESS
CAUTELOUSNESS, noun Cautiousness.
CAUTERISM
CAUTERISM, noun The application of cautery.
CAUTERIZATION
CAUTERIZATION, noun [See Cauterize.] In surgery, the act of burning or searing some morbid part, by the application of fire. This is done by burning tow, cotton, moxa, Spanish w...
CAUTERIZE
CAUTERIZE, verb transitive To burn or sear with fire or a hot iron, as morbid flesh.
CAUTERIZED
CAUTERIZED, participle passive Burnt or seared with a hot iron.
CAUTERIZING
CAUTERIZING, participle present tense Burning, as with a hot iron.CAUTERIZING, noun The act of burning, as with a hot iron.
CAUTERY
CAUTERY, noun A burning or searing, as of morbid flesh, by a hot iron or by caustic medicines that burn, corrode or destroy any solid part of an animal body. The burning by a ho...
CAUTION
CAUTION, noun1. Provident care; prudence in regard to danger; wariness, consisting in a careful attention to the probable effects of a measure, and a judicious course of conduct...
CAUTIONARY
CAUTIONARY, adjective1. Containing caution, or warning to avoid danger; as cautionary advice.2. Given as a pledge or in security; as a cautionary town.
CAUTIONED
CAUTIONED, participle passive Warned; previously admonished.
CAUTIONER
CAUTIONER, noun In Scots law, the person who is bound for another, to the performance of an obligation.
CAUTIONING
CAUTIONING, participle present tense Warning; giving previous notice of danger.
CAUTIONRY
CAUTIONRY, noun In Scots law, the act of giving security for another, or the obligation by which one person becomes engaged as security for another, that he shall pay a sum of m...
CAUTIOUS
CAUTIOUS, adjective Wary; watchful; careful to avoid evils; attentive to examine probable effects and consequences of measures, with a view to avoid danger or misfortune; pruden...
CAUTIOUSLY
CAUTIOUSLY, adverb With caution; in a wary, scrupulous manner.
CAUTIOUSNESS
CAUTIOUSNESS, noun The quality of being cautious; watchfulness; provident care; circumspection; prudence with regard to danger.
CAVALCADE
CAVALCADE, noun A procession of persons on horseback; a formal, pompous march of horsemen and equipage, by way of parade, or to grace a triumph, the public entry of a person of ...
CAVALIER
CAVALIER, noun1. A horseman, especially an armed horseman; a knight.2. A gay, sprightly, military man.3. The appellation of the party of king Charles I.4. In fortification, an e...
CAVALIERLY
CAVALIERLY, adverb Haughtily; arrogantly; disdainfully.
CAVALIERNESS
CAVALIERNESS, noun Haughtiness; a disdainful manner.
CAVALRY
CAVALRY, noun A body of military troops on horses; a general term, including light-horse, dragoons, and other bodies of men, serving on horseback.
CAVATE
CAVATE, verb transitive To dig out and make hollow; but superseded by excavate.
CAVATINA
CAVATINA, noun In music, a short air, without a return or second part, which is sometimes relieved by recitative.
CAVAZION
CAVAZION, noun In architecture, the underdigging or hollowing of the earth for the foundation of a building, or for cellarage; allowed to be the sixth part of the highth of the ...
CAVE
CAVE, noun A hollow place in the earth; a subterraneous cavern; a den. This may be natural or artificial. The primitive inhabitants of the earth, in many countries, lived in cav...
CAVEAT
CAVEAT, noun1. In law, a process in a court, especially in a spiritual court, to stop proceedings, as to stop the proving of a will; also to prevent the institution of a clerk t...