Cachectic
{ Ca‐chec″tic (?), Ca‐chec″tic‐al (?), } a. [L. cachecticus, Gr. ���������: cf. F. cachectique.] Having, or pertaining to, cachexia; as, cachectic remedies; cachectical blood. A...
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{ Ca‐chec″tic (?), Ca‐chec″tic‐al (?), } a. [L. cachecticus, Gr. ���������: cf. F. cachectique.] Having, or pertaining to, cachexia; as, cachectic remedies; cachectical blood. A...
‖Cache′pot″ (kȧsh′pō̍″), n. [F., fr. cacher to hide + pot a pot.] An ornamental casing for a flowerpot, of porcelain, metal, paper, etc.
‖Cach″et (?), n. [F. fr. cacher to hide.] A seal, as of a letter.Lettre de cachet, a sealed letter, especially a letter or missive emanating from the sovereign; — much used in F...
{ ‖Ca‐chex″i‐a (?), Ca‐chex″y (?) }, n. [L. cachexia, Gr. καχεξία; κακόσ bad + ἕξισ condition.] A condition of ill health and impairment of nutrition due to impoverishment of th...
Cach′in‐na″tion (kăk′ĭn‐nā″shŭn), n. [L. cachinnatio, fr. cachinnare to laugh aloud, cf. Gr. καχάζειν.] Loud or immoderate laughter; — often a symptom of hysterical or maniacal ...
Ca‐chin″na‐to‐ry (?), a. Consisting of, or accompanied by, immoderate laughter.Cachinnatory buzzes of approval.Carlyle.
‖Ca‐chi″ri (?), n. A fermented liquor made in Cayenne from the grated root of the manioc, and resembling perry. Dunglison.
Cach″o‐long (?), n. [F. cacholong, said to be from Cach, the name of a river in Bucharia + cholon, a Calmuck word for stone; or fr. a Calmuck word meaning “beautiful stone”] (Mi...
Ca′chou″ (?), n. [F. See Cashoo.] A silvered aromatic pill, used to correct the odor of the breath.
‖Ca‐chu″cha (?), n. An Andalusian dance in three-four time, resembling the bolero. [Sometimes in English spelled cachuca (�).]The orchestra plays the cachucha.Longfellow.
‖Ca‐chun″de (?), n.(Med.) A pastil or troche, composed of various aromatic and other ingredients, highly celebrated in India as an antidote, and as a stomachic and antispasmodic.
‖Ca‐cique″ (?), n. See Cazique.
Cack (kăk), v. i. [OE. cakken, fr. L. cacare; akin to Gr. κακκα̑ν, and to OIr. cacc dung; cf. AS. cac.] To ease the body by stool; to go to stool. Pope.
Cack″er‐el (?), n. [OF. caquerel cagarel (Cotgr.), from the root of E. cack.] (Zoöl.) The mendole; a small worthless Mediterranean fish considered poisonous by the ancients. See...
Cac″kle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Cackled (–k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.Cackling (?).] [OE. cakelen; cf. LG. kakeln, D. kakelen, G. gackeln, gackern; all of imitative origin. Cf. Gagle,...
Cac″kle (?), n. 1. The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg.By her cackle saved the state.Dryden.2. Idle talk; silly prattle.There is a buzz and c...
Cac″kler (?), n. 1. A fowl that cackles.2. One who prattles, or tells tales; a tattler.
Cac″kling, n. The broken noise of a goose or a hen.
{ ‖Cac′o‐chym″i‐a (?), Cac″o‐chym′y (?), } n. [NL. cacochymia, fr. Gr. ���������; κακόσ bad + ����� juice: cf. F. cacochymie.] (Med.) A vitiated state of the humors, or fluids, ...
‖Cac′o‐chym″i‐a (?), n.(Med.) A vitiated state of the humors, or fluids, of the body, esp. of the blood. — Cac′o‐chym″ic (#), Cac′o‐chym″ic‐al (#), a.
{ Cac′o‐chym″ic (?), Cac′o‐chym″ic‐al (?), } a. Having the fluids of the body vitiated, especially the blood. Wiseman.
Cac′o‐de″mon (?), n. [Gr. ����������; κακόσ bad + ������ demon: cf. F. cacodémon.] 1. An evil spirit; a devil or demon. Shak.2. (Med.) The nightmare. Dunaglison.
Cac′o‐dox″ic‐al (?), a. Heretical.
Cac″o‐dox′y (?), n. [Gr. ��������� perverted opinion; κακόσ bad + ����� opinion.] Erroneous doctrine; heresy; heterodoxy.Heterodoxy, or what Luther calls cacodoxy.R. Turnbull.
Cac″o‐dyl (?), n. [Gr. ������� ill-smelling (κακόσ bad + ����� to smell) + -yl.] (Chem.) Alkarsin; a colorless, poisonous, arsenical liquid, As2(CH3)4, spontaneously inflammable...
Cac′o‐dyl″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, cacodyl.Cacodylic acid, a white, crystalline, deliquescent substance, (CH3)2AsO.OH, obtained by the oxidation of ...
‖Cac′o‐ë″thes (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. �������� of ill habits, �� �������� an ill habit; κακόσ bad + � habit] 1. A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, cacoëthes scribendi...