Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 26
Castleward (n.) Same as Castleguard.
Compare: Castle
Castle (v. i.) [imp. & p. p. Castled; p. pr. & vb. n. Castling.] (Chess) To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the purpose of covering the king.
Castling (n.) That which is cast or brought forth prematurely; an abortion. -- Sir T. Browne.
Castling (n.) (Chess) A compound
move of the king and castle.
Castling (n.) Interchanging the positions of the king and a rook [syn: castle, castling].
Cast-off (a.) Cast or laid aside; as, cast-off clothes.
Syn: discarded, junked, scrap(prenominal), waste.
Cast-off (a.) Thrown away; "wearing someone's cast-off clothes"; "throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged some thrown-away furniture" [syn: cast-off(a), discarded, throwaway(a), thrown-away(a)].
Compare: Beaver
Beaver (n.) (Zool.) 海狸，河狸 [C] An amphibious rodent, of the genus Castor.
Note: It has palmated hind feet, and a broad, flat tail. It is remarkable for its ingenuity in constructing its lodges or "houses," and dams across streams. It is valued for its fur, and for the material called castor, obtained from two small bags in the groin of the animal. The European species is Castor fiber, and the American is generally considered a variety of this, although sometimes called Castor Canadensis.
Beaver (n.) 海狸皮毛 [U] The fur of the beaver.
Beaver (n.) A hat, formerly made of the fur of the beaver, but now usually of silk.
A brown beaver slouched over his eyes. -- Prescott.
Beaver (n.) Beaver cloth, a heavy felted woolen cloth, used chiefly for making overcoats.
Beaver (n.) A man's beard.
Beaver (n.) The hair on a woman's pubic area; -- vulgar. [vulgar slang].
Beaver (n.) A woman; -- vulgar and offensive. [vulgar slang]
Beaver (n.) A person who works enthusiastically and diligently; -- used especially in the phrase eager beaver. [informal]
Beaver rat (Zool.), An aquatic ratlike quadruped of Tasmania ({Hydromys chrysogaster).
Beaver skin, The furry skin of the beaver.
Bank beaver. See under 1st Bank.
Castor (n.) (Zool.) 【動】海狸；海狸皮 A genus of rodents, including the beaver. See Beaver.
Castor (n.) Castoreum. See Castoreum.
Castor (n.) A hat, esp. one made of beaver fur; a beaver.
Castor (n.) A heavy quality of broadcloth for overcoats.
Castor (n.) 腳輪（裝在笨重物下以利移動） See Caster, a small wheel.
Castor (n.) the northernmost of the two bright stars in the constellation Gemini, the other being Pollux.
Castor (n.) Alt. of Castorite.
Castorite (n.) A variety of the mineral called petalite, from Elba.
Castor and Pollux () See Saint Elmo's fire, under Saint.
Castor bean (ph.)【植】蓖麻子 The bean or seed of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi.)
Castoreum (n.) A peculiar bitter orange-brown substance, with strong, penetrating odor, found in two sacs between the anus and external genitals of the beaver; castor; -- used in medicine as an antispasmodic, and by perfumers.
Castorin (n.) A white crystalline substance obtained from castoreum.
Castor oil () A mild cathartic oil, expressed or extracted from the seeds of the Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi. When fresh the oil is inodorous and insipid.
Castrametation (n.) The art or act of encamping; the making or laying out of a camp.
Castrated (imp. & p. p.) of Castrate.
Castrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Castrate.
Neuter (v. t.) （委婉語）閹割 To render incapable of sexual reproduction; to remove or alter the sexual organs so as to make infertile; to alter; to fix; to desex; -- in male animals, to {castrate}; in female animals, to {spay}.
Castrate (v. t.) 割去睪丸；割除卵巢；使喪失力量（或效果）；刪改 To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter.
Castrate (v. t.) To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate.
My . . . correspondent . . . has sent me the following letter, which I have castrated in some places. -- Spectator.
Castrate (n.) A man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction; "eunuchs guarded the harem" [syn: {eunuch}, {castrate}].
Castrate (v.) Deprive of strength or vigor; "The Senate emasculated the law" [syn: {emasculate}, {castrate}]
Castrate (v.) Edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel" [syn: {bowdlerize}, {bowdlerise}, {expurgate}, {castrate}, {shorten}].
Castrate (v.) Remove the testicles of a male animal [syn: {emasculate}, {castrate}, {demasculinize}, {demasculinise}].
Castrate (v.) Remove the ovaries of; "Is your cat spayed?" [syn: {alter}, {neuter}, {spay}, {castrate}].
Castration (n.) The act of castrating.
Castrato (n.) A male person castrated for the purpose of improving his voice for singing; an artificial, or male, soprano.
Castrel (n.) See Kestrel.
Castrensial (a.) Belonging to a camp.
Castrensian (a.) Castrensial. [R.]
Cast steel () See Cast steel, under Steel.
Cast steel (Metal.), A fine variety of steel, originally made by smelting blister or cementation steel; hence, ordinarily, steel of any process of production when remelted and cast.
Casual (a.) Happening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance.
Casual breaks, in the general system. -- W. Irving.
Casual (a.) Coming without regularity; occasional; incidental; as, casual expenses.
A constant habit, rather than a casual gesture. -- Hawthorne.
Syn: Accidental; fortutious; incidental; occasional; contingent; unforeseen. See Accidental.
Casual (n.) One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.
Casual (a.) Marked by blithe unconcern; "an ability to interest casual students"; "showed a casual disregard for cold weather"; "an utterly insouciant financial policy"; "an elegantly insouciant manner"; "drove his car with nonchalant abandon"; "was polite in a teasing nonchalant manner" [syn: casual, insouciant, nonchalant].
Casual (a.) Without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand; "a casual remark"; "information collected by casual methods and in their spare time."
Casual (a.) Appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions; "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes" [syn: casual, everyday, daily].
Casual (a.) Occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence" [syn: casual, chance(a)].
Casual (a.) Hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough; "a casual (or cursory) inspection failed to reveal the house's structural flaws"; "a passing glance"; "perfunctory courtesy" [syn: casual, cursory, passing(a), perfunctory].
Casual (a.) Occurring from time to time; "casual employment"; "a casual correspondence with a former teacher"; "an occasional worker" [syn: casual, occasional].
Casual (a.) Characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility; "a broken back is nothing to be casual about; it is no fooling matter" [syn: fooling, casual].
Casual (a.) Natural and unstudied; "using their Christian names in a casual way"; "lectured in a free-and-easy style" [syn: free-and-easy, casual].
Casual (a.) Not showing effort or strain; "a difficult feat performed with casual mastery"; "careless grace" [syn: casual, effortless].
Casual. () What happens fortuitously what is accidental as, the casual revenue's of the government, are those which are contingent or uncertain.
Casualism (n.) The doctrine that all things exist or are controlled by chance.
Casualist (n.) One who believes in casualism.
Casually (adv.) Without design; accidentally; fortuitously; by chance; occasionally.
Casually (adv.) Not methodically or according to plan; "he dealt with his course work casually."
Casually (adv.) In an unconcerned manner; "glanced casually at the headlines" [syn: casually, nonchalantly].
Casualness (n.) The quality of being casual.
Casualness (n.) A casual manner [syn: casualness, familiarity].
Casualties (n. pl. ) of Casualty.
Casualty (n.) （軍隊的）傷亡人員 [P1]；（事故、災難等的）死者；傷者；受害人 [C] That which comes without design or without being foreseen; contingency.
Losses that befall them by mere casualty. -- Sir W. Raleigh.
Casualty (n.) Any injury of the body from accident; hence, death, or other misfortune, occasioned by an accident; as, an unhappy casualty.
Casualty (n.) pl. (Mil. & Naval) Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion.
Casualty ward, A ward in a hospital devoted to the treatment of injuries received by accident.
Syn: Accident; contingency; fortuity; misfortune.
Casualty (n.) Someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement.
Casualty (n.) Someone injured or killed in an accident [syn: casualty, injured party].
Casualty (n.) An accident that causes someone to die [syn: fatal accident, casualty].
Casualty (n.) A decrease of military personnel or equipment.
Casuarina (n.) A genus of leafless trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them are large, producing hard and heavy timber of excellent quality, called beefwood from its color.
Casuist (n.) One who is skilled in, or given to, casuistry.
Casuist (v. i.) To play the casuist.
Casuistic (a.) Alt. of Casuistieal.
Casuistieal (a.) Of or pertaining to casuists or casuistry.
Casuistry (a.) The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the lawfulness or unlawfulness of what a man may do by rules and principles drawn from the Scriptures, from the laws of society or the church, or from equity and natural reason; the application of general moral rules to particular cases.
Casuistry (a.) Sophistical, equivocal, or false reasoning or teaching in regard to duties, obligations, and morals.
Casus (n.) An event; an occurrence; an occasion; a combination of circumstances; a case; an act of God. See the Note under Accident.
Cat (n.) An animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name wild cat is commonly applied to the bay lynx (Lynx rufus) See Wild cat, and Tiger cat.
Cat (n.) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade.
Cat (n.) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship.
Cat (n.) A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position in is placed.
Cat (n.) An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See Tipcat. (c) A game of ball, called, according to the number of batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc.
Cat (n.) A cat o' nine tails. See below.
tted (imp. & p. p.) of Cat.
Catting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cat.
Cat (v. t.) To bring to the cathead; as, to cat an anchor. See Anchor.
Cata () The Latin and English form of a Greek preposition, used as a prefix to signify down, downward, under, against, contrary or opposed to, wholly, completely; as in cataclysm, catarrh. It sometimes drops the final vowel, as in catoptric; and is sometimes changed to cath, as in cathartic, catholic.
Catabaptist (n.) One who opposes baptism, especially of infants.
Catabasion (n.) A vault under altar of a Greek church.
Catabatic (a.) 下降的，減少的，緩解的 Of an air current or wind; moving downward or down a slope because of cooling especially at night [syn: {katabatic}, {catabatic}] [ant: {anabatic}].
Catabiotic (a.) See under Force.
Catacaustic (a.) Relating to, or having the properties of, a caustic curve formed by reflection. See Caustic, a.
Catacaustic (n.) A caustic curve formed by reflection of light.
Catachresis (n.) A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, "To take arms against a sea of troubles". Shak. "Her voice was but the shadow of a sound." Young.
Catachrestic (a.) Alt. of Catachrestical.
Catachrestical (a.) Belonging to, or in the manner of, a catachresis; wrested from its natural sense or form; forced; far-fetched.
Cataclysm (n.) 【地】地殼之劇烈變動；任何劇烈之變動（如戰爭、革命等）；大洪水 An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge.
Cataclysm (n.) (Geol.) Any violent catastrophe, involving sudden and extensive changes of the earth's surface.
Cataclysm (n.) A sudden violent change in the earth's surface [syn: {catastrophe}, {cataclysm}].
Cataclysm (n.) An event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster" [syn: {calamity}, {catastrophe}, {disaster}, {tragedy}, {cataclysm}].
Cataclysmal (a.) Alt. of Cataclysmic.
Cataclysmic (a.) 大洪水的；激變的，大變動的 Of or pertaining to a cataclysm.
Cataclysmist (n.) One who believes that the most important geological phenomena have been produced by cataclysms.
Catacomb (n.) 地下墓穴 A cave, grotto, or subterraneous place of large extent used for the burial of the dead; -- commonly in the plural.
Note: The terms is supposed to have been applied originally to the tombs under the church of St. Sebastian in Rome. The most celebrated catacombs are those near Rome, on the Appian Way, supposed to have been the place or refuge and interment of the early Christians; those of Egypt, extending for a wide distance in the vicinity of Cairo; and those of Paris, in abandoned stone quarries, excavated under a large portion of the city.
Catacomb (n.) An underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome).
Catacomb (n.) [ C usually plural ] （舊時由縱橫通道和若干房室構成的）地下墓穴 A series of underground passages and rooms where bodies were buried in the past.
// They went down into catacombs beneath the church.
Catacoustic (n.) That part of acoustics which treats of reflected sounds or echoes See Acoustics.
Catadioptric (a.) Alt. of Catadioptrical.
Catadioptrical (a.) Pertaining to, produced by, or involving, both the reflection and refraction of light; as, a catadioptric light.
Catadioptrics (n.) The science which treats of catadioptric phenomena, or of the used of catadioptric instruments.
Catadrome (n.) A race course.
Catadrome (n.) A machine for raising or lowering heavy weights.
Catadromous (a.) Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching in ferns, and opposed to anadromous.
Catadromous (a.) Living in fresh water, and going to the sea to spawn; -- opposed to anadromous, and said of the eel.
Catafalco (n.) See Catafalque.
Catafalque (n.) A temporary structure sometimes used in the funeral solemnities of eminent persons, for the public exhibition of the remains, or their conveyance to the place of burial.
Catagmatic (a.) Having the quality of consolidating broken bones.
Cataian (n.) A native of Cathay or China; a foreigner; -- formerly a term of reproach.
Catalan (a.) Of or pertaining to
Catalan (n.) A native or
inhabitant of
Catalectic (a.) Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic verse.
Catalectic (a.) Incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance.
Catalepsy (n.) Alt. of Catalepsis.
Catalepsis (n.) A sudden suspension of sensation and volition, the body and limbs preserving the position that may be given them, while the action of the heart and lungs continues.
Cataleptic (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, catalepsy; affected with catalepsy; as, a cataleptic fit.
Catallacta (n. pl.) A division of Protozoa, of which Magosphaera is the type. They exist both in a myxopod state, with branched pseudopodia, and in the form of ciliated bodies united in free, spherical colonies.
Catallactics (n.) The science of exchanges, a branch of political economy.
Catalog (n. & v.) Catalogue.
Catalogize (v. t.) To insert in a catalogue; to register; to catalogue.
Catalogued (imp. & p. p.) of Catalogue.
Cataloguing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Catalogue.
Catalogue (v. t.) To make a list or catalogue; to insert in a catalogue.
Catalogue (n.) A list or enumeration of names, or articles arranged methodically, often in alphabetical order; as, a catalogue of the students of a college, or of books, or of the stars.
Card catalogue, A catalogue, as of books, having each item entered on a separate card, and the cards arranged in cases by subjects, or authors, or alphabetically.
Catalogue raisonn['e][F.], A catalogue of books, etc., classed according to their subjects.
Syn: List; roll; index; schedule; enumeration; inventory. See List.
Catalogue (n.) A complete list of things; usually arranged systematically; "it does not pretend to be a catalog of his achievements" [syn: catalog, catalogue].
Catalogue (n.) A book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things; "he found it in the Sears catalog" [syn: catalog, catalogue].
Catalogue (v.) Make an itemized list or catalog of; classify; "He is cataloguing his photographic negatives" [syn: catalogue, catalog].
Catalogue (v.) Make a catalogue, compile a catalogue; "She spends her weekends cataloguing" [syn: catalogue, catalog].
Cataloguer (n.) A maker of catalogues; esp. one skilled in the making of catalogues.
Cataloguer (n.) A librarian who classifies publication according to a categorial system [syn: cataloger, cataloguer].
Compare: Bignonia
Bignonia (prop. n.) (Bot.) A large genus of American, mostly tropical, climbing shrubs, having compound leaves and showy somewhat tubular flowers. Bignonia capreolata is the cross vine of the Southern United States. The trumpet creeper (also called the trumpet vine), with large red tubular flowers, was formerly considered to be of this genus, but is now classified as Campsis radicans.
Bignonia (prop. n.) Any member of the family Bignoniaceae, including the bignonia [1], catalpa, trumpet creeper, and princess tree. They typically have brightly colored tubular (trumpet-shaped) flowers.
Catalpa (n.) (Bot.) A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best know species are the Catalpa bignonioides, a large, ornamental North American tree, with spotted white flowers and long cylindrical pods, and the C. speciosa, of the Mississipi valley; -- called also Indian bean.
Catalpa (n.) Tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods [syn: catalpa, Indian bean].