Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Cahincic

Ca‐hin″cic (?), a. Pertaining to, or derived from, cahinca, the native name of a species of Brazilian Chiococca, perhaps C. racemosa; as, cahincic acid.

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Cahoot

Ca‐hoot″ (?), n. [Perhaps fr. f. cohorte a company or band.] Partnership; as, to go in cahoot with a person. Bartlett.

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Caimacam

‖Cai′ma‐cam″ (?), n. The governor of a sanjak or district in Turkey.

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Caiman

Cai″man (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Cayman.

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Cainozoic

Cai′no‐zo″ic (?), a.(Geol.) See Cenozic.

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Caïque

‖Ca‐ïque″ (?), n. [F., fr. Turk. qāīq boat.] (Naut.) A light skiff or rowboat used on the Bosporus; also, a Levantine vessel of larger size.

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Caird

Caird (?), n. [Ir. ceard a tinker.] A traveling tinker; also a tramp or sturdy beggar.

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Cairn

Cairn (?), n. [Gael. carn, gen. cairn, a heap: cf. Ir. & W. carn.] 1. A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepu...

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Cairngormstone

Cairn‐gorm″stone′ (?). [Gael. carn a cairn + gorm azure.] (Min.) A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, or crystallized quartz, found esp, in the mountain of Cairngorm...

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Caisson

Cais″son (?), n. [F., fr. caisse, case, chest. See 1st Case.] 1. (Mil.) (a) A chest to hold ammunition. (b) A four-wheeled carriage for conveying ammunition, consisting of two p...

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Caisson disease

Cais″son dis‐ease″. (Med.) A disease frequently induced by remaining for some time in an atmosphere of high pressure, as in caissons, diving bells, etc. It is characterized by n...

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Caitiff

Cai″tiff (?), a. [OE. caitif, cheitif, captive, miserable, OF. caitif, chaitif, captive, mean, wretched, F. chétif, fr. L. captivus captive, fr. capere to take, akin to E. heave...

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Caitiff (2)

Cai″tiff, n. A captive; a prisoner.Avarice doth tyrannize over her caitiff and slave.Holland.2. A wretched or unfortunate man. Chaucer.3. A mean, despicable person; one whose ch...

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Cajeput

Caj″e‐put (?), n. See Cajuput.

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Cajole

Ca‐jole″ (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Cajoled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Cajoling.] [F. cajoler, orig., to chatter like a bird in a cage, to sing; hence, to amuse with idle talk, to flatter...

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Cajolement

Ca‐jole″ment (?), n. The act of cajoling; the state of being cajoled; cajolery. Coleridge.

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Cajoler

Ca‐jol″er (?), n. A flatterer; a wheedler.

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Cajolery

Ca‐jol″er‐y (?), n.; pl.Cajoleries (�). A wheedling to delude; words used in cajoling; flattery. “Infamous cajoleries.” Evelyn.

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Cajun

Ca″jun (?), n. [A corruption of Acadian.] (Ethnol.) In Louisiana, a person reputed to be Acadian French descent.

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Cajuput

Caj″u‐put (?), n. [Of Malayan origin; kāyu tree + pūtih white.] (Med.) A highly stimulating volatile inflammable oil, distilled from the leaves of an East Indian tree (Melaleuca...

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Cajuputene

Caj″u‐put‐ene′ (?), n.(Chem.) A colorless or greenish oil extracted from cajuput.

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Cake

Cake (kāk), n. [OE. cake, kaak; akin to Dan. kage, Sw. & Icel. kaka, D. koek, G. kuchen, OHG. chuocho.]1. A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened do...

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Cake (2)

Cake, v. i. To form into a cake, or mass.

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Cake (3)

Cake, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Caked (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Caking.] To concrete or consolidate into a hard mass, as dough in an oven; to coagulate.Clotted blood that caked within.Addison.

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Cake (4)

Cake, v. i. To cackle as a goose.

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Caking coal

Cak″ing coal′ (?). See Coal.

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Cal

Cal (?), n.(Cornish Mines) Wolfram, an ore of tungsten. Simmonds.