Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 29
Catherine wheel (n.) (Pyrotechny) A revolving piece of fireworks resembling in form the window of the same name. [Written also Catharine wheel.]
Catherine wheel (n.) A circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire [syn: catherine wheel, pinwheel].
Catheter (n.) (Med.) 【醫】導尿管；尿液管；導管 The name of various instruments for passing along mucous canals, esp. applied to a tubular instrument to be introduced into the bladder through the urethra to draw off the urine.
Eustachian catheter. See under Eustachian.
Prostatic catheter, One adapted for passing an enlarged prostate. Catheterism
Catheter (n.) A thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open.
Catheterism (n.) Alt. of Catheterization.
Catheterization (n.) (Med.) 插入導管術；導管插入術；導尿術 The operation of introducing a catheter.
Catheterized (imp. & p. p.) of Catheterize.
Catheterizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Catheterize.
Catheterize (v. t.) (Med.) To operate on with a catheter. -- Dunglison.
Catheterize (v.) Insert a catheter into (a body part); "catheterize the patient's bladder" [syn: catheterize, catheterise].
Cathetometer (n.) An instrument for the accurate measurement of small differences of height; esp. of the differences in the height of the upper surfaces of two columns of mercury or other fluid, or of the same column at different times. It consists of a telescopic leveling apparatus (d), which slides up or down a perpendicular metallic standard very finely graduated (bb). The telescope is raised or depressed in order to sight the objects or surfaces, and the differences in vertical height are thus shown on the graduated standard. [Written also kathetometer.]
Catheti (n. pl. ) of Cathetus.
Cathetus (n.) (Geom.) One line or radius falling perpendicularly on another; as, the catheti of a right-angled triangle, that is, the two sides that include the right angle. -- Barlow.
Cathode (n.) (Physics) The part of a voltaic battery by which the electric current leaves substances through which it passes, or the surface at which the electric current passes out of the electrolyte; the negative pole; -- opposed to anode. -- Faraday.
Cathode ray (Phys.), A kind of ray generated at the cathode in a vacuum tube, by the electrical discharge.
Cathode (n.) A negatively charged electrode that is the source of electrons entering an electrical device [ant: anode].
Cathode (n.) The positively charged terminal of a voltaic cell or storage battery that supplies current [ant: anode].
Cathodic (a.) (Physiol.) A term applied to the centrifugal, or efferent, course of the nervous influence. -- Marshall Hall. Cathodograph
Cathodic (a.) Of or at or pertaining to a cathode; "cathodic deposition of metals" [ant: anodal, anodic].
Cat-hole (n.) One of two small holes astern, above the gunroom ports, through which hawsers may be passed.
Catholic (a.) 普遍的；廣泛的；包容一切的；寬容的；（C-）天主教的 Universal or general; as, the catholic faith.
Catholic (a.) Not narrow-minded, partial, or bigoted; liberal; as, catholic tastes.
Catholic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or affecting the Roman Catholics; as, the Catholic emancipation act.
Catholic (n.) （C-）天主教徒 A person who accepts the creeds which are received in common by all parts of the orthodox Christian church.
Catholic (n.) An adherent of the Roman Catholic church; a Roman Catholic.
Catholic (a.) Of or relating to or supporting Catholicism; "the Catholic Church."
Catholic (a.) Free from provincial prejudices or attachments; "catholic in one's tastes."
Catholic (n.) A member of a Catholic church.
Catholical (a.) Catholic. [Obs.]
Catholicism (n.) 天主教義、信仰及組織；天主教；（c-）寬容；普遍性 The state or quality of being catholic or universal; catholicity. -- Jer. Taylor.
Catholicism (n.) Liberality of sentiment; breadth of view.
Catholicism (n.) The faith of the whole orthodox Christian church, or adherence thereto.
Catholicism (n.) The doctrines or faith of the Roman Catholic church, or adherence thereto.
Catholicism (n.) The beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church [syn: {Catholicism}, {Catholicity}].
Catholicity (n.) 天主教之教義；服從天主教會；皈依天主教 The state or quality of being catholic; universality.
Catholicity (n.) Liberality of sentiments; catholicism.
Catholicity (n.) Adherence or conformity to the system of doctrine held by all parts of the orthodox Christian church; the doctrine so held; orthodoxy.
Catholicity (n.) Adherence to the doctrines of the church of Rome, or the doctrines themselves.
Catholicity (n.) The beliefs and practices of a Catholic Church [syn: {Catholicism}, {Catholicity}].
Catholicity (n.) The quality of being universal; existing everywhere [syn: {universality}, {catholicity}].
Catholicize (v. t. & i.) To make or to become catholic or Roman Catholic.
Catholicly (adv.) In a catholic manner; generally; universally. -- Sir L. Cary.
Catholicness (n.) The quality of being catholic; universality; catholicity.
Catholicon (n.) (Med.) 萬靈丹 A remedy for all diseases; a panacea.
Catholicon (n.) Cure-all, Panacea.
Catholicon (n.) Hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists [syn: {panacea}, {nostrum}, {catholicon}, {cure-all}].
Catholicos (n.) The spiritual head of the Armenian church, who resides at Etchmiadzin, Russia, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over, and consecrates the holy oil for, the Armenians of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, including the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Sis.
Catilinarian (a.) Pertaining to Catiline, the Roman conspirator; resembling Catiline's conspiracy.
Cation (n.) An electro-positive substance, which in electro-decomposition is evolved at the cathode; -- opposed to anion.
Catkin (n.) An ament; a species of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar, and (as to the staminate flowers) in the chestnut, oak, hickory, etc. -- so called from its resemblance to a cat's tail. See Illust. of Ament.
Catlike (a.) Like a cat; stealthy; noiseless.
Catling (n.) A little cat; a kitten. "Cat nor catling." -- Drummond.
Catling (n.) Catgut; a catgut string. [R.] -- Shak.
Catling (n.) () A double-edged, sharp-pointed dismembering knife. [Spelt also catlin.] -- Crobb.
Catling (n.) A long double-edged knife used for amputations.
Catlinite (n.) A red clay from the Upper Missouri region, used by the Indians for their pipes. Catnip
Catnip (n.) Alt. of Catmint.
Catmint (n.) 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 called because cats have a peculiar fondness for it.
Cato-cathartic (n.) A remedy that purges by alvine discharges.
Catonian (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the stern old Roman, Cato the Censor; severe; inflexible.
Cat o' nine tails () See under Cat.
Catopter (n.) Alt. of Catoptron.
Catoptron (n.) A reflecting optical glass or instrument; a mirror.
Catoptric (a.) Alt. of Catoptrical.
Catoptrical (a.) Of or pertaining to catoptrics; produced by reflection.
Catoptrics (n.) That part of optics which explains the properties and phenomena of reflected light, and particularly that which is reflected from mirrors or polished bodies; -- formerly called anacamptics.
Catoptromancy (n.) A species of divination, which was performed by letting down a mirror into water, for a sick person to look at his face in it. If his countenance appeared distorted and ghastly, it was an ill omen; if fresh and healthy, it was favorable.
Catopron (n.) See Catopter.
Catpipe (n.) See Catcall.
Cat-rigged (a.) Rigged like a catboat.
Cat-salt (n.) A sort of salt, finely granulated, formed out of the bittern or leach brine.
Cat's-eye (n.) (Min.) A variety of quartz or chalcedony, exhibiting opalescent reflections from within, like the eye of a cat. The name is given to other gems affording like effects, esp. the chrysoberyl.
Cat's-foot (n.) (Bot.) A plant ({Nepeta Glechoma) of the same genus with catnip; ground ivy.
Compare: Mica
Mica (n.) (Min.) The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in composition, and vary in color from pale brown or yellow to green or black. The transparent forms are used in lanterns, the doors of stoves, etc., being popularly called isinglass. Formerly called also cat-silver, and glimmer.
Note: The important species of the mica group are: muscovite, common or potash mica, pale brown or green, often silvery, including damourite (also called hydromica and muscovy glass); biotite, iron-magnesia mica, dark brown, green, or black; lepidomelane, iron, mica, black; phlogopite, magnesia mica, colorless, yellow, brown; lepidolite, lithia mica, rose-red, lilac.
Mica (usually muscovite, also biotite) is an essential constituent of granite, gneiss, and mica slate; biotite is common in many eruptive rocks; phlogopite in crystalline limestone and serpentine.
Mica diorite (Min.), An eruptive rock allied to diorite but containing mica (biotite) instead of hornblende.
Mica powder, A kind of dynamite containing fine scales of mica.
Mica schist, Mica slate (Geol.), A schistose rock, consisting of mica and quartz with, usually, some feldspar.
Cat-silver (n.) Mica. [Archaic]
Catskill period, () (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 and west under the Carboniferous formation. See the Diagram under Geology.
Catsos (n. pl. ) of Catso.
Catso (n.) A base fellow; a rogue; a cheat. [Obs.] -- B. Jonson.
Cat's-paw (n.) (Naut.) A light transitory air which ruffles the surface of the water during a calm, or the ripples made by such a puff of air.
Cat's-paw (n.) (Naut.) A particular hitch or turn in the bight of a rope, into which a tackle may be hooked.
Cat's-paw (n.) A dupe; a tool; one who, or that which, is used by another as an instrument to a accomplish his purposes.
Note: In this sense the term refers to the fable of the monkey using the cat's paw to draw the roasting chestnuts out of the fire.
Cat's-tail (n.) See Timothy, Cat-tail, Cirrus.
Catstick (n.) A stick or club employed in the game of ball called cat or tipcat. -- Massinger.
Catstitch (v. t.) (Needlework) To fold and sew down the edge of with a coarse zigzag stitch.
Compare: Ketchup
Ketchup (n.) A pureed table sauce made predominantly from tomatoes, flavored with onions, sugar, salt and spices; called also tomato ketchup. The term is also applied to pureed sauces containing mushrooms, walnuts, etc., being called in such cases mushroom ketchup, walnut ketchup, etc. [Written also catsup and catchup.]
Compare: Catchup
Catchup, Catsup (n.) A pureed table sauce made predominantly from tomatoes, flavored with onions, sugar, salt and spices; called also tomato ketchup. The term is also applied to pureed sauces containing mushrooms, walnuts, etc., being called in such cases mushroom ketchup, walnut ketchup, etc. [Written also ketchup.]
Catsup (n.) Same as Catchup, and Ketchup.
Catsup (n.) Thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes [syn: catsup, ketchup, cetchup, tomato ketchup].
Cat-tail (n.) A tall rush or flag (Typha latifolia) growing in marshes, with long, flat leaves, and having its flowers in a close cylindrical spike at the top of the stem. The leaves are frequently used for seating chairs, making mats, etc. See Catkin.
Cattish (a.) Catlike; feline.
Cattle (n. pl.) [S] [K] 牛；牲口，家畜 Quadrupeds of the Bovine family; sometimes, also, including all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules, asses, and swine.
{Belted cattle}, {Black cattle}. See under {Belted}, {Black}.
{Cattle guard}, A trench under a railroad track and alongside a crossing (as of a public highway). It is intended to prevent cattle from getting upon the track.
{Cattle louse} (Zool.), Any species of louse infecting cattle. There are several species. The {H[ae]matatopinus eurysternus} and {H[ae]matatopinus vituli} are common species which suck blood; {Trichodectes scalaris} eats the hair.
{Cattle plague}, The rinderpest; called also {Russian cattle plague}.
{Cattle range}, or {Cattle run}, An open space through which cattle may run or range. [U. S.] -- Bartlett.
{Cattle show}, An exhibition of domestic animals with prizes for the encouragement of stock breeding; -- usually accompanied with the exhibition of other agricultural and domestic products and of implements.
Cattle (n.) Domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen" [syn: {cattle}, {cows}, {kine}, {oxen}, {Bos taurus}].
Cattle (n.) Abounded in the Holy Land. To the rearing and management of them the inhabitants chiefly devoted themselves (Deut. 8:13; 12:21; 1 Sam. 11:5; 12:3; Ps. 144:14; Jer. 3:24). They may be classified as, (1.) Neat cattle. Many hundreds of these were yearly consumed in sacrifices or used for food. The finest herds were found in Bashan, beyond Jordan (Num. 32:4). Large herds also pastured on the wide fertile plains of Sharon. They were yoked to the plough (1 Kings 19:19), and were employed for carrying burdens (1 Chr. 12:40). They were driven with a pointed rod (Judg. 3:31) or goad (q.v.).
According to the Mosaic law, the mouths of cattle employed for the threshing-floor were not to be muzzled, so as to prevent them from eating of the provender over which they trampled (Deut. 25:4). Whosoever stole and sold or slaughtered an ox must give five in satisfaction (Ex. 22:1); but if it was found alive in the possession of him who stole it, he was required to make double restitution only (22:4). If an ox went astray, whoever found it was required to bring it back to its owner (23:4; Deut. 22:1, 4). An ox and an ass could not be yoked together in the plough (Deut. 22:10).
Cattle (n.) Small cattle. Next to herds of neat cattle, sheep formed the most important of the possessions of the inhabitants of Palestine (Gen. 12:16; 13:5; 26:14; 21:27; 29:2, 3). They are frequently mentioned among the booty taken in war (Num. 31:32; Josh. 6:21; 1 Sam. 14:32; 15:3). There were many who were owners of large flocks (1 Sam. 25:2; 2 Sam. 12:2, comp. Job 1:3). Kings also had shepherds "over their flocks" (1 Chr. 27:31), from which they derived a large portion of their revenue (2 Sam. 17:29; 1 Chr. 12:40). The districts most famous for their flocks of sheep were the plain of Sharon (Isa. 65: 10), Mount Carmel (Micah 7:14), Bashan and Gilead (Micah 7:14). In patriarchal times the flocks of sheep were sometimes tended by the daughters of the owners. Thus Rachel, the daughter of Laban, kept her father's sheep (Gen. 29:9); as also Zipporah and her six sisters had charge of their father Jethro's flocks (Ex. 2:16). Sometimes they were kept by hired shepherds (John 10:12), and sometimes by the sons of the family (1 Sam. 16:11; 17:15). The keepers so familiarized their sheep with their voices that they knew them, and followed them at their call. Sheep, but more especially rams and lambs, were frequently offered in sacrifice. The shearing of sheep was a great festive occasion (1 Sam. 25:4; 2 Sam. 13:23). They were folded at night, and guarded by their keepers against the attacks of the lion (Micah 5:8), the bear (1 Sam. 17:34), and the wolf (Matt. 10:16; John 10:12). They were liable to wander over the wide pastures and go astray (Ps. 119:176; Isa. 53:6; Hos. 4:16; Matt. 18:12).
Goats also formed a part of the pastoral wealth of Palestine (Gen. 15:9; 32:14; 37:31). They were used both for sacrifice and for food (Deut. 14:4), especially the young males (Gen. 27:9, 14, 17; Judg. 6:19; 13:15; 1 Sam. 16:20). Goat's hair was used for making tent cloth (Ex. 26:7; 36:14), and for mattresses and bedding (1 Sam. 19:13, 16). (See {goat}.)
Cattle tick (n.) Either of two ixodid ticks of the genus Boophilus (B. annulatus and B. microplus) that infest cattle and transmit the protozoan which causes Texas fever.
Cattle tick (n.) A dark brown tick, Boophilus annulatus, that infests cattle and is a vector for parasitic diseases of cattle, as babesiosis.
Catty (n.) An East Indian Weight of 1 1/3 pounds.
Caucasian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Caucasus, a mountainous region between the Black and Caspian seas.
Caucasian (a.) Of or pertaining to the white races of mankind, of whom the people about Mount Caucasus were formerly taken as the type.
Caucasian (n.) A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus, esp. a Circassian or Georgian.
Caucasian (n.) A member of any of the white races of mankind.
Caucus (n.) 幹部會議；（政黨等的）核心小組；政黨地方委員會 A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting.
This day learned that the caucus club meets, at certain times, in the garret of Tom Dawes, the adjutant of the Boston regiment. -- John Adams's Diary [Feb., 1763].
Caucused (imp. & p. p.) of Caucus.
Caucusing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Caucus.
Caucus (v. i.) 召開幹部會議 To hold, or meet in, a caucus or caucuses.
Caucus (n.) A closed political meeting.
Caucus (v.) Meet to select a candidate or promote a policy.
Caudad (adv.) (Zool.) Backwards; toward the tail or posterior part.
Cauda galli () (Paleon.) A plume-shaped fossil, supposed to be a seaweed, characteristic of the lower Devonian rocks; as, the cauda galli grit.
Cauda galli epoch (Geol.), An epoch at the begining of the Devonian age in eastern America, so named from the characteristic gritty sandstone marked with impressions of Cauda galli. See the Diagram under Geology.
Caudal (a.) Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a tail; having a tail-like appendage.
The male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes. -- Darwin.
Caudal fin (Zool.), The terminal fin (or "tail") of a fish.
Caudal (adv.) Toward the posterior end of the body [syn: caudally, caudal].
Caudal (a.) Constituting or relating to a tail; "caudal appendage" [ant: cephalic].
Caudal (a.) Resembling a tail [syn: caudal, taillike].
Caudal (a.) Situated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises; "caudal fins"; "the caudal end of the body."
Caudata (n. pl.) See Urodela.
Caudate (a.) Alt. of Caudated.
Caudated (a.) Having a tail; having a termination like a tail.
Caudices (n. pl. ) of Caudex.
Caudexes (n. pl. ) of Caudex.
Caudex (n.) (Bot.) The stem of a tree., esp. a stem without a branch, as of a palm or a tree fern; also, the perennial rootstock of an herbaceous plant. Caudicle
Caudex (n.) Persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant [syn: stock, caudex].
Caudex (n.) Woody stem of palms and tree ferns.
Caudicle (n.) Alt. of Caudicula.
Caudicula (n.) (Bot.) A slender, elastic process, to which the masses of pollen in orchidaceous plants are attached.
Caudle (n.) A kind of warm drink for sick persons, being a mixture of wine with eggs, bread, sugar, and spices.
Caudled (imp. & p. p.) of Caudle.
Caudling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Caudle.
Caudle (v. t.) To make into caudle.
Caudle (v. t.) Too serve as a caudle to; to refresh. . [R.] -- Shak.
Cauf (n.) A chest with holes for keeping fish alive in water. -- Philips.
Caufle (n.) A gang of slaves. Same as Coffle.
Caught () imp. & p. p. of Catch.
Cauk (n.) Alt. of Cauker.