CADUCEUS
CADUCEUS, noun In antiquity, Mercurys rod; a wand entwisted by two serpents, borne by Mercury as an ensign of quality and office. On medals, the caduceus is a symbol of good con...
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CADUCITY
CADUCITY, noun Tendency to fall.
CADUCOUS
CADUCOUS, adjective In botany, falling early; as caducous leaves, which fall before the end of summer. A caducous calyx falls before the corol is well unfolded.
CAECIAS
CAECIAS, noun A wind from the northeast.
CAER
CAR, CAERCHAR, in names of places, is sometimes the Celtic caer a town or city, as in Caermarthen.
CAESARIAN
CAESARIAN. [See Cesarian.]
CAESURA
CAESURA. [See Cesura.]CAFFEIN, noun A substance obtained from an infusion of unroasted coffee, by treating it with the muriate of tin.
CAFTAN
CAFTAN, noun A Persian or Turkish vest or garment.GAG, noun A small cask, or barrel, differing from the barrel only in size, and containing a few gallons, but not of any definit...
CAGE
CAGE, verb transitive To confine in a cage; to shut up, or confine.
CAGIT
CAGIT, noun A beautiful green parrot of the Philippine isles.
CAGUI
CAGUI, noun A monkey of Brazil, of two species, one of them called the pongi, the other not more than six inches long. They are called also jacchus and oedipus.
CAIC
CAIC or CAIQUE, noun A skiff belonging to a galley.
CAIMAN
CAIMAN. [See Cayman.]
CAIQUE
CAIC or CAIQUEnoun A skiff belonging to a galley.
CAIRN
CAIRN, noun A heap of stones.
CAISSON
CAISSON, or CAISSOON, n.1. A wooden chest into which several bombs are put, and sometimes gunpowder, to be laid in the way of an enemy, or under some work of which the enemy int...
CAISSOON
CAISSON, or CAISSOONnoun1. A wooden chest into which several bombs are put, and sometimes gunpowder, to be laid in the way of an enemy, or under some work of which the enemy int...
CAITIF
CAITIF, noun A mean villain; a despicable knave; it implies a mixture of wickedness and misery.
CAJEPUT
CAJEPUT, noun An oil from the East Indies, resembling that of cardamoms, obtained from the Melaleuca leucodendron.
CAJOLE
CAJOLE, verb transitive To flatter; to soothe; to coax; to deceive or delude by flattery.
CAJOLER
CAJOLER, noun A flatterer; a wheedler.
CAJOLERY
CAJOLERY, noun Flattery; a wheedling to delude.
CAJOLING
CAJOLING, participle present tense Flattering; wheedling; deceiving.
CAJOTA
CAJOTA, noun A Mexican animal resembling a wolf and a dog.
CAKE
CAKE, noun1. A small mass of dough baked; or a composition of flour, butter, sugar, or other ingredients, baked in a small mass. The name is applied to various compositions, bak...
CALABASH
CALABASH, noun1. A vessel made of a dried gourd-shell or of the shell of a calabash tree, used for containing liquors, or goods, as pitch, rosin and the like.2. A popular name o...
CALABASH-TREE
CALABASH-TREE, noun A tree of two species, known in botany by the generic name Crescentia. The cujete has narrow leaves, but a large round or oval fruit. The latifolia has broad...