Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Caddish

Cad″dish (?), a. Like a cad; lowbred and presuming.

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Caddow

Cad″dow (?), n. [OE. cadawe, prob. fr. ca chough + daw jackdaw; cf. Gael. cadhag, cathag. Cf. Chough, Daw, n.] (Zoöl.) A jackdaw.

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Caddy

Cad″dy (?), n.; pl.Caddies (#). [Earlier spelt catty, fr. Malay katī a weight of 1⅓ pounds. Cf. Catty.] A small box, can, or chest to keep tea in.

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Cade

Cade (?), a. [Cf. OE. cad, kod, lamb, also Cosset, Coddle.] Bred by hand; domesticated; petted.He brought his cade lamb with him.Sheldon.

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Cade (2)

Cade, v. t. To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame. Johnson.

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Cade (3)

Cade, n. [L. cadus jar, Gr. �.] A barrel or cask, as of fish. “A cade of herrings.” Shak.A cade of herrings is 500, of sprats 1,000.Jacob, Law Dict.

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Cade (4)

Cade, n. [F. & Pr.; LL. cada.] A species of juniper (Juniperus Oxycedrus) of Mediterranean countries.Oil of cade, a thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by destructive distillat...

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Cadence

Ca″dence (?), n. [OE. cadence, cadens, LL. cadentia a falling, fr. L. cadere to fall; cf. F. cadence, It. cadenza. See Chance.]1. The act or state of declining or sinking.Now wa...

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Cadence (2)

Ca″dence, v. t. To regulate by musical measure.These parting numbers, cadenced by my grief.Philips.

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Cadency

Ca″den‐cy (?), n. Descent of related families; distinction between the members of a family according to their ages.Marks of cadency(Her.), bearings indicating the position of th...

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Cadene

Ca‐dene″ (?), n. [Cf. F. cadène.] A species of inferior carpet imported from the Levant. McElrath.

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Cadent

Ca″dent (?), a. [L. cadens, -entis, p. pr. of cadere to fall.] Falling. “Cadent tears.” Shak.

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Cadenza

Ca‐den″za (?), n.(Mus.) A parenthetic flourish or flight of ornament in the course of a piece, commonly just before the final cadence.

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Cader

Ca″der (?), n. See Cadre.

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Cadet

Ca‐det″ (?), n. [F. cadet a younger or the youngest son or brother, dim. fr. L. caput head; i.e., a smaller head of the family, after the first or eldest. See Chief, and cf. Cad...

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Cadet (2)

Ca‐det″, n. 1. In New Zealand, a young gentleman learning sheep farming at a station; also, any young man attached to a sheep station.2. A young man who makes a business of ruin...

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Cadetship

Ca‐det″ship (?), n. The position, rank, or commission of a cadet; as, to get a cadetship.

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Cadew

{ Ca‐dew″ (?), Cade″worm′ (?), } n. A caddice. See Caddice.

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Cadge

Cadge (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.Cadged (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Cadging.] [Cf. Scot. cache, caich, cadge, to toss, drive, OE. cachen to drive, catch, caggen to bind, or perh. E. c...

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Cadge (2)

Cadge, n. [Cf. 2d Cadger.] (Hawking) A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.

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Cadger

Cadg″er (?), n. [From Cadge, v. t., cf. Codger.]1. A packman or itinerant huckster.2. One who gets his living by trickery or begging. “The gentleman cadger.” Dickens.

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Cadger (2)

Cadg″er, n. [OF. cagier one who catches hawks. Cf. Cage.] (Hawking) One who carries hawks on a cadge.

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Cadgy

Cadg″y (?), a. Cheerful or mirthful, as after good eating or drinking; also, wanton.

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Cadi

Ca″di (?), n. [Turk. See Alcalde.] An inferior magistrate or judge among the Mohammedans, usually the judge of a town or village.

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Cadie

{ Cad″ie, Cad″die (?), } n. A Scotch errand `oy, poruer, or oessenger. [Written also cady.]Every Scotchman, from the peer to the cadie.Macaulay.

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Cadilesker

Ca′di‐les″ker (?), n. [Ar. qāḍī judge + al'sker the army, Per. leshker.] A chief judge in the Turkish empire, so named originally because his jurisdiction extended to the cases ...

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Cadillac

Ca‐dil″lac (?), n. [Prob. from Cadillac, a French town.] A large pear, shaped like a flattened top, used chiefly for cooking. Johnson.