Webster's Dictionary 1828

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CATERER

CATERER, noun A provider, buyer or purveyor of provision.

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CATERESS

CATERESS, noun A woman who caters; a female provider of food.

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CATERPILLAR

CATERPILLAR, noun The colored and often hairy larva of the lepidopterous insects. This term is also applied to the larvas of other insects, such as the Tenthredo, or saw-fly; bu...

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CATERPILLAR-EATER

CATERPILLAR-EATER, noun A worm bred in the body of a caterpillar, which eats it.

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CATERWAUL

CATERWAUL, verb intransitive To cry or wall, as cats in rutting time; to make a harsh offensive noise.

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CATERWAULING

CATERWAULING, noun The cry of cats; a harsh disagreeable noise or cry.

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CATES

CATES, noun Delicious food or viands; dainties.

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CATH-ARIST

CATH-ARIST, noun One who pretends to more purity than others possess.

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CATHARTIC

CATHARTIC,CATHARTICAL, adjective Purging; cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by stool; purgative.CATHARTIC, noun A medicine that promotes alvine discharges, and thus cl...

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CATHARTICAL

CATHARTICAL, a. Purging; cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by stool; purgative.

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CATHARTICALNESS

CATHARTICALNESS, noun The quality of promoting discharges from the bowels.

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CATHEDRAL

CATHEDRAL, noun The see or seat of a bishop; the principal church in a diocese.CATHEDRAL, adjective1. Pertaining to the church which is the bishops seat, or head church of a dio...

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CATHEDRATED

CATHEDRATED, adjective Relating to the authority of the chair or office of a teacher.

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CATHETER

CATHETER, noun In surgery, a tubular instrument, usually made of silver, to be introduced into the bladder, to draw off the urine when the natural discharge is suppressed; also,...

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CATHETUS

CATHETUSnoun In geometry, a line or radius, falling perpendicularly on another line or surface; as the two sides of a right-angled triangle.CATHETUS of incidence, in catoptries,...

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CATHOLIC

CATHOLIC, adjective1. Universal or general; as the catholic church. Originally this epithet was given to the Christian church in general, but is now appropriated to the Romish c...

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CATHOLICIZE

CATHOLICIZE, verb intransitive To become a catholic.

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CATHOLICLY

CATHOLICLY, adverb Generally; in a catholic manner.

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CATHOLICNESS

CATHOLICNESS, noun Universality.

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CATHOLICON

CATHOLICON, noun A remedy for all diseases; a universal remedy; a remedy supposed to be efficacious in purging away all humors; a panacea; a kind of soft purgative electuary so ...

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CATILINISM

CATILINISM, noun The practices of Catiline, the Roman conspirator; conspiracy.

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CATKIN

CATKIN, noun In botany, a species of calyx or rather of inflorescence, from a common chaffy gemmaceous receptacle, or consisting of many chaffy scales ranged along a stalk, slen...

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CATLING

CATLING, noun1. A dismembering knife, used by surgeons.2. The down or moss growing about walnut trees, resembling the hair of a cat.3. Catgut.

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CATONIAN

CATONIAN, adjective Pertaining to or resembling Cato, the Roman, who was remarkable for his severity of manners; grave; severe; inflexible.

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CATOPTER

CATOPTER,CATOPTRIC,CATOPTRICAL, adjective [See Catoptrics.] Relating to catoptries, or vision by reflection.

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CATOPTRIC

CATOPTRIC,

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CATOPTRICAL

CATOPTRICAL, a. [See Catoptrics.] Relating to catoptries, or vision by reflection.