Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Cæsious

Cæ″si‐ous (?), a. [L. caesius bluish gray.] (Nat. Hist.) Of the color of lavender; pale blue with a slight mixture of gray. Lindley.

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Cæsium

Cæ″si‐um (?), n. [NL., from L. caesius bluish gray.] (Chem.) A rare alkaline metal found in mineral water; — so called from the two characteristic blue lines in its spectrum. It...

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Cæspitose

Cæs″pi‐tose′ (?), a. Same as Cespitose.

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Cæsura

Cæ‐su″ra (?), n.; pl. E. Cæsuras (�), L. Cæsuræ (�) [L. caesura a cutting off, a division, stop, fr. caedere, caesum, to cut off. See Concise.] A metrical break in a verse, occu...

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Cæsural

Cæ‐su″ral (?), a. Of or pertaining to a cæsura.Cæsural pause, a pause made at a cæsura.

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Café

‖Ca′fé″ (?), n. [F. See Coffee.] A coffeehouse; a restaurant; also, a room in a hotel or restaurant where coffee and liquors are served.

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Cafenet

{ Caf″e‐net (?), Caf″e‐neh (?), } n. [Turk. qahveh khāneh coffeehouse.] A humble inn or house of rest for travelers, where coffee is sold.

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Cafeteria

Caf′e‐te″ri‐a (?), n. [Cf. F. cafetière.] A restaurant or café at which the patrons serve themselves with food kept at a counter, taking the food to small tables to eat.

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Caffeic

Caf‐fe″ic (?), a. [See Coffee.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, coffee.Caffeic acid, an acid obtained from coffee tannin, as a yellow crystalline substance, C9H8O4.

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Caffeine

Caf‐fe″ine (?), n. [Cf. F. caféine. See Coffee.] (Chem.) A white, bitter, crystallizable substance, obtained from coffee. It is identical with the alkaloid theine from tea leave...

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Caffetannic

Caf′fe‐tan″nic (?), a. [Caffeic + tannic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the tannin of coffee.Caffetannic acid, a variety of tannin obtained from coffee berries, regar...

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Caffila

‖Caf″fi‐la (?), n. See Cafila.

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Caffre

Caf″fre (?), n. See Kaffir.

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Cafila

{ ‖Ca″fi‐la (?), ‖Ca″fi‐leh (?), } n. A caravan of travelers; a military supply train or government caravan; a string of pack horses.

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Caftan

Caf″tan (?), n. [Turk. qaftān: cf. F. cafetan.] A garment worn throughout the Levant, consisting of a long gown with sleeves reaching below the hands. It is generally fastened b...

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Caftan (2)

Caf″tan (?), v. t. To clothe with a caftan.The turbaned and caftaned damsel.Sir W. Scott.

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Cag

Cag (?), n. See Keg.

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Cage

Cage (?), n. [F. cage, fr. L. cavea cavity, cage, fr. cavus hollow. Cf. Cave, n., Cajole, Gabion.]1. A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for...

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Cage (2)

Cage (kāj), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Caged (kājd); p. pr. & vb. n.Caging.] To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine. “Caged and starved to death.” Cowper.

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Caged

Caged (kājd), a. Confined in, or as in, a cage; like a cage or prison. “The caged cloister.” Shak.

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Cageling

Cage″ling (kāj″lĭng), n. [Cage + -ling] A bird confined in a cage; esp. a young bird. Tennyson.

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Cagit

‖Ca″git (kā″jĭt), n.(Zoöl) A kind of parrot, of a beautiful green color, found in the Philippine Islands.

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Cagmag

Cag″mag (kăg″măg), n. A tough old goose; hence, coarse, bad food of any kind. Halliwell.

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Cagot

‖Ca′got″ (kȧ′gō̍″), n. One of a race inhabiting the valleys of the Pyrenees, who until 1793 were political and social outcasts (Christian Pariahs). They are supposed to be a rem...

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Cahenslyism

Ca‐hens″ly‐ism (?), n.(R. C. Ch.) A plan proposed to the Pope in 1891 by P. P. Cahensly, a member of the German parliament, to divide the foreign-born population of the United S...

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Cahier

‖Ca′hier″ (kȧ′yā̍″ or kȧ′hēr), n. [F., fr. OF. cayer, fr. LL. quaternum. See Quire of paper. The sheets of manuscript were folded into parts.] 1. A number of sheets of paper put...

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Cahinca root

Ca‐hin″ca root′ (?). [Written also cainca root.] [See Cahincic.] (Bot.) The root of an American shrub (Chiococca racemosa), found as far north as Florida Keys, from which cahinc...