Webster's Dictionary 1913

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C

C. (sē) 1. C is the third letter of the English alphabet. It is from the Latin letter C, which in old Latin represented the sounds of k, and g (in go); its original value being ...

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C Q D

C Q D. In radiotelegraphy, the letters signified by the code call formerly used (cf. S O S) by ships in distress, formed by combining the code call C Q (formerly used as a gener...

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C. G. S.

C. G. S. An abbreviation for Centimeter, Gram, Second. — applied to a system of units much employed in physical science, based upon the centimeter as the unit of length, the gra...

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C. G. T.

C. G. T. An abbreviation for Confédération Générale du Travail (the French syndicalist labor union).

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Ça ira

‖Ça″ i‐ra″ (?). [F. ça ira, ça ira, les aristocrates à la lanterne, it shall go on, it shall go on, the arictocrats to the lantern (lamp-post).] The refrain of a famous song of ...

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Caaba

‖Ca‐a″ba (kȧ‐ā″bȧ), n. [Ar. ka'bah, lit., a square building, fr. ka'b cube.] The small and nearly cubical stone building, toward which all Mohammedans must pray. [Written also k...

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Caas

Caas (käs), n. sing. & pl. Case. Chaucer.

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Caatinga

‖Caa‐tin″ga (?), n. [Tupi caa-tinga white forest.] (Phytogeography) A forest composed of stunted trees and thorny bushes, found in areas of small rainfall in Brazil.

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Cab

Cab (kăb), n. [Abbrev. fr. cabriolet.] 1. A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle. “A cab came clattering up.” Thackeray.☞ A cab may have two ...

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Cab (2)

Cab (kăb), n. [Heb. qab, fr. qābab to hollow.] A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two (2.37) pints. W. H. Ward. 2 Kings vi. 25.

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Cabal

Ca‐bal″ (kȧ‐băl″), n. [F. cabale cabal, cabala, LL. cabala cabala, fr. Heb. qabbālēh reception, tradition, mysterious doctrine, fr. qābal to take or receive, in Piël qibbel to a...

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Cabal (2)

Ca‐bal″, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Caballed (–băld″); p. pr. & vb. n.Caballing]. [Cf. F. cabaler.] To unite in a small party to promote private views and interests by intrigue; to intr...

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Cabala

Cab″a‐la (kăb″ȧ‐lȧ), n. [LL. See Cabal, n.] 1. A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediæval Christians, wh...

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Cabalism

Cab″a‐lism (kăb″ȧ‐lĭz'm), n. [Cf. F. cabalisme.]1. The secret science of the cabalists.2. A superstitious devotion to the mysteries of the religion which one professes. Emerson.

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Cabalist

Cab″a‐list (–lĭst), n. [Cf. F. cabaliste.] One versed in the cabala, or the mysteries of Jewish traditions. “Studious cabalists.” Swift.

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Cabalistic

{ Cab′a‐lis″tic (kăb′ȧ‐lĭs″tĭk), Cab′a‐lis″tic‐al (–tĭ‐kal) } a. Of or pertaining to the cabala; containing or conveying an occult meaning; mystic.The Heptarchus is a cabalistic...

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Cabalistically

Cab′a‐lis″tic‐al‐ly, adv. In a cabalistic manner.

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Cabalize

Cab″a‐lize (?), v. i. [Cf. F. cabaliser.] To use cabalistic language. Dr. H. More.

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Caballer

Ca‐bal″ler (kȧ‐băl″lẽr), n. One who cabals.A close caballer and tongue-valiant lord.Dryden.

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Caballeria

‖Ca′bal‐le‐ri″a (?), n. [Sp. See Caballero.] An ancient Spanish land tenure similar to the English knight's fee; hence, in Spain and countries settled by the Spanish, a land mea...

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Caballero

‖Ca′bal‐le″ro (?), n. [Sp. Cf. Cavalier.] A knight or cavalier; hence, a gentleman.

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Caballine

Cab″al‐line (kăb″al‐līn), a. [L. caballinus, fr. caballus a nag. Cf. Cavalier.] Of or pertaining to a horse. — n. Caballine aloes.Caballine aloes, an inferior and impure kind of...

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Caballo

‖Ca‐bal″lo (kȧ‐väl″yō̍; 220), n. [Written also cavallo.] [Sp., fr. L. caballus a nag. See Cavalcade.] A horse.

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Cabaret

Cab″a‐ret (kăb″ȧ‐rĕt; 277), n. A tavern; a house where liquors are retailed.

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Cabaret (2)

Cab″a‐ret (?), n. In the United States, a café or restaurant where the guests are entertained by performers who dance or sing on the floor between the tables, after the practice...

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Cabas

‖Ca‐bas″ (kȧ‐bä″), n. A flat basket or frail for figs, etc.; hence, a lady's flat workbasket, reticule, or hand bag; — often written caba. C. Bronté.

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Cabassou

‖Ca‐bas″sou (kȧ‐băs″so͞o), n.(Zoöl.) A species of armadillo of the genus Xenurus (X. unicinctus and X. hispidus); the tatouay. [Written also kabassou.]