Webster's Dictionary 1913

1837

Catholic (2)

Cath″o‐lic, n. 1. A person who accepts the creeds which are received in common by all parts of the orthodox Christian church.2. An adherent of the Roman Catholic church; a Roman...

1838

Catholical

Ca‐thol″i‐cal (?), a. Catholic.

1839

Catholicism

Ca‐thol″i‐cism (?), n. [Cf. F. catholicisme.]1. The state or quality of being catholic or universal; catholicity. Jer. Taylor.2. Liberality of sentiment; breadth of view.3. The ...

1840

Catholicity

Cath′o‐lic″i‐ty (?), n. 1. The state or quality of being catholic; universality.2. Liberality of sentiments; catholicism.3. Adherence or conformity to the system of doctrine hel...

1841

Catholicize

Ca‐thol″i‐cize (?), v. t. & i. To make or to become catholic or Roman Catholic.

1842

Catholicly

Cath″o‐lic‐ly (?), adv. In a catholic manner; generally; universally. Sir L. Cary.

1843

Catholicness

Cath″o‐lic‐ness, n. The quality of being catholic; universality; catholicity.

1844

Catholicon

Ca‐thol″i‐con (?), n. [Gr. �, neut. �, universal. See Catholic.] (Med.) A remedy for all diseases; a panacea.

1845

Catholicos

‖Ca‐thol″i‐cos (?), n. [NL. See Catholic.] (Eccl.) The spiritual head of the Armenian church, who resides at Etchmiadzin, Russia, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over, and c...

1846

Catilinarian

Cat′i‐li‐na″ri‐an (?), a. [L. Catilinarius.] Pertaining to Catiline, the Roman conspirator; resembling Catiline's conspiracy.

1847

Cation

Cat″i‐on (?), n.(Chem.) An electro-positive substance, which in electro-decomposition is evolved at the cathode; — opposed to anion. Faraday.

1848

Catkin

Cat″kin (?), n. [Cat + -kin.] (Bot.) An ament; a species of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow a...

1849

Catlike

Cat″like′ (?), a. Like a cat; stealthily; noiselessly.

1850

Catling

Cat″ling (?), n. [Cat + -ing.] 1. A little cat; a kitten. “Cat nor catling.” Drummond.2. Catgut; a catgut string. Shak.3. (Surg.) A double-edged, sharp-pointed dismembering knif...

1851

Catlinite

Cat″lin‐ite (?), n. [From George Catlin, an American traveler.] A red clay from the Upper Missouri region, used by the Indians for their pipes.

1852

Catnip

{ Cat″nip′ (?), Cat″mint′ (?), } n.(Bot.) A well-know plant of the genus Nepeta (N. Cataria), somewhat like mint, having a string scent, and sometimes used in medicine. It is so...

1853

Cato-cathartic

Cat′o–ca‐thar″tic (?), n. [Gr. � down + � serving to purge. See Cathartic.] (Med.) A remedy that purges by alvine discharges.

1854

Catonian

Ca‐to″ni‐an (?), a. [L. Catonionus.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the stern old Roman, Cato the Censor; severe; inflexible.

1855

Catopter

{ Ca‐top″ter (?), Ca‐top″tron (?), } n. A reflecting optical glass or instrument; a mirror.

1856

Catoptric

{ Ca‐top″tric (?), Ca‐top″tric‐al (?), } a. [Gr. �. See Catopter.] Of or pertaining to catoptrics; produced by reflection.Catoptric light, a light in which the rays are concentr...

1857

Catoptrics

Ca‐top″trics (?), n. [Cf. F. catoptrique. See Catropric.] (Physics) That part of optics which explains the properties and phenomena of reflected light, and particularly that whi...

1858

Catoptromancy

Ca‐top″tro‐man′cy (?), n. [Gr. � mirror + -mancy. See Catopter.] (Antiq.) A species of divination, which was performed by letting down a mirror into water, for a sick person to ...

1859

Catoptron (2)

Ca‐top″tron (kȧ‐tŏp″trŏn), n. See Catopter.

1860

Catpipe

Cat′pipe″ (kăt″pīp′), n. See Catcall.

1861

Catskill period

Cats″kill pe′ri‐od (?). (Geol.) The closing subdivision of the Devonian age in America. The rocks of this period are well developed in the Catskill mountains, and extend south a...

1862

Catso

Cat″so (?), n.; pl.Catsos (#). [It. cazzo.] A base fellow; a rogue; a cheat. B. Jonson.

1863

Catstick

Cat″stick′ (?), n. A stick or club employed in the game of ball called cat or tipcat. Massinger.