Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 3
Caddies (n. pl. ) of Caddy.
Caddy (n.) A small box, can, or chest to keep tea in , also called tea caddy.
Caddy (n.) A container to hold objects when not in use.
Caddy (n.) (Computers) A container to hold a compact disk, used in some types of compact disk devices, which is inserted into the CD player during playing, or in the case of recordable
CD-ROMS, during recording. It is approximately square and thin, slightly larger than the compact disk. However, many CD players have a drawer for the compact disk, requiring no caddy.
Cade (a.) Bred by hand; domesticated; petted.
He brought his cade lamb with him. -- Sheldon.
Cade (v. t.) To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame. [Obs.] -- Johnson.
Cade (n.) A barrel or cask, as of fish. "A cade of herrings." -- Shak.
A cade of herrings is 500, of sprats 1,000. -- Jacob, Law Dict.
Cade (n.) A species of juniper ({Juniperus Oxycedrus) of Mediterranean countries.
Oil of cade, A thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by destructive distillation of the inner wood of the cade. It is used as a local application in skin diseases.
CADE, () Computer Aided Document Engineering (Microstar)
Cadence (n.) The act or state of declining or sinking. [Obs.]
Now was the sun in western cadence low. -- Milton.
Cadence (n.) A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, especially at the end of a sentence.
Cadence (n.) A rhythmical modulation of the voice or of any sound; as, music of bells in cadence sweet.
Blustering winds, which all night long Had roused the sea, now with hoarse cadence lull Seafaring men o'erwatched. -- Milton.
The accents . . . were in passion's tenderest cadence. -- Sir W. Scott.
Cadence (n.) Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse.
Golden cadence of poesy. -- Shak.
If in any composition much attention was paid to the flow of the rhythm, it was said (at least in the 14th and 15th centuries) to be "prosed in faire cadence." -- Dr. Guest.
Cadence (n.) (Her.) See Cadency.
Cadence (n.) (Man.) Harmony and proportion in motions, as of a well-managed horse.
Cadence (n.) (Mil.) A uniform time and place in marching.
Cadence (n.) (Mus.) The close or fall of a strain; the point of rest, commonly reached by the immediate succession of the tonic to the dominant chord.
Cadence (n.) (Mus.) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy.
Imperfect cadence. (Mus.) See under Imperfect.
Cadence (v. t.) To regulate by musical measure.
These parting numbers, cadenced by my grief. -- Philips.
Cadence (n.) (Prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse [syn: meter, metre, measure, beat, cadence].
Cadence (n.) The close of a musical section.
Cadence (n.) A recurrent rhythmical series [syn: cadence, cadency].
Cadence (n.) A regular beat or rhythm.
Cadence (n.) The way a person's voice changes by gently rising and falling while he or she is speaking.
Cadence (n.) An ending part of a piece of music.
Cadence (n.) a : A rhythmic sequence or flow of sounds in language. b : The beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity.
Cadence (n.) a : A falling inflection of the voice. b : A concluding and usually falling strain; specifically : a musical chord sequence moving to a harmonic close or point of rest and giving the sense of harmonic completion.
Cadence (n.) The modulated and rhythmic recurrence of a sound especially in nature.
Cadence (n.) - cadenced (a.) - cadential (a.)
Cadence (n.) A regular beat or rhythm <We heard the steady cadence of the drums.>.
Cadency (n.) Descent of related families; distinction between the members of a family according to their ages.
Marks of cadency (Her.), Bearings indicating the position of the bearer as older or younger son, or as a descendant of an older or younger son. See Difference (Her.).
Cadency (n.) A recurrent rhythmical series [syn: cadence, cadency].
Cadene (n.) A species of inferior carpet imported from the Levant. -- McElrath.
Cadent (a.) Falling. [R.] "Cadent tears." -- Shak.
Cadent (a.) Marked by a rhythmical cadence; "the cadenced crunch of marching feet" [syn: cadenced, cadent].
Cadenza (n.) [It.] (Mus.) A parenthetic flourish or flight of ornament in the course of a piece, commonly just before the final cadence.
Cadenza (n.) A brilliant solo passage occurring near the end of a piece of music.
Cader (n.) See Cadre.
Compare: Cadre
Cadre (n.) (Mil.) The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff. [Written also cader.]
Cadet (n.) The younger of two brothers; a younger brother or son; the youngest son.
The cadet of an ancient and noble family. -- Wood.
Cadet (n.) (Mil.) A gentleman who carries arms in a regiment, as a volunteer, with a view of acquiring military skill and obtaining a commission.
Cadet (n.) (Mil.) A young man in training for military or naval service; esp. a pupil in a military or naval school, as at West Point, Annapolis, or Woolwich.
Note: All the undergraduates at Annapolis are Naval cadets.
The distinction between Cadet midshipmen and Cadet engineers was abolished by Act of Congress in 1882.
Cadet (n.) In New Zealand, a young gentleman learning sheep farming at a station; also, any young man attached to a sheep station.
Cadet (n.) A young man who makes a business of ruining girls to put them in brothels. [Slang, U. S.]
Cadet (n.) A military trainee (as at a military academy) [syn: cadet, plebe].
CADET, () Computer Aided Design Experimental Translator. [Sammet 1969, p. 683]. (1994-11-29)
Cadetship (n.) The position, rank, or commission of a cadet; as, to get a cadetship. Cadew
Cadetship (n.) The position of cadet.
Cadew (n.) Alt. of Cadeworm.
Cadeworm (n.) A caddice. See Caddice.
Cadged (imp. & p. p.) of Cadge.
Cadging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cadge.
Cadge (v. t. & i.) To carry, as a burden. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] -- Halliwell.
Cadge (v. t. & i.) To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc. [Prov.]
Cadge (v. t. & i.) To intrude or live on another meanly; to beg. [Prov. or Slang, Eng.] -- Wright.
Cadge (v.) Ask for and get free; be a parasite [syn: mooch, bum, cadge, grub, sponge].
Cadge (v.) Obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; "he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends" [syn: schnorr, shnorr, scrounge, cadge].
Cadge (n.) (Hawking) A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.
Cadge (v.) To persuade someone to give you (something) for free.
Cadge (v.) cadged cadging : Beg, sponge <cadge a free cup of coffee>.
Cadger (n.) A packman or itinerant huckster.
Cadger (n.) One who gets his living by trickery or begging. [Prov. or Slang] "The gentleman cadger." -- Dickens.
Cadger (n.) (Hawking) One who carries hawks on a cadge.
Cadger (n.) Someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free) [syn: moocher, mooch, cadger, scrounger]
Cadgy (a.) Cheerful or mirthful, as after good eating or drinking; also, wanton. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
Cadi (n.) An inferior magistrate or judge among the Mohammedans, usually the judge of a town or village. Cadie
Cadie (n.) Alt. of Caddie.
Caddie (n.) A cadet. [Obs. Scot.]
Caddie (n.) A lad; young fellow. [Scot.] -- Burns.
Caddie (n.) One who does errands or other odd jobs. [Scot.]
Caddie (n.) An attendant who carries a golf player's clubs, tees his ball, etc.
Caddie (n.) A Scotch errand boy, porter, or messenger. [Written also cady.]
Every Scotchman, from the peer to the cadie. -- Macaulay.
Cadilesker (n.) A chief judge in the Turkish empire, so named originally because his jurisdiction extended to the cases of soldiers, who are now tried only by their own officers.
Cadillac (n.) A large pear, shaped like a flattened top, used chiefly for cooking. -- Johnson.
Cadillac (n.) [From Cadillac, the high-end expensive line of automobiles made by General Motors, often thought of as the best American-made automobile.] The best; -- metaphorical, from the automobile. Often used in the phrase "the Cadillac of . . . ".
Cadillac, MI -- U.S. city in Michigan
Population (2000): 10000
Housing Units (2000): 4466
Land area (2000): 6.821254 sq. miles (17.666967 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.779726 sq. miles (4.609468 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 8.600980 sq. miles (22.276435 sq. km)
FIPS code: 12320
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 44.250962 N, 85.413696 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 49601
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Cadillac, MI
Cadillac
Cadis (n.) [F.] A kind of coarse serge.
Cadmean (a.) Of or pertaining to Cadmus, a fabulous prince of Thebes, who was said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple letters of the alphabet -- [alpha], [beta], [gamma], [delta], [epsilon], [iota], [kappa], [lambda], [mu], [nu], [omicron], [pi], [rho], [sigma], [tau], [upsilon]. These are called Cadmean letters.
Cadmean victory, A victory that damages the victors as much as the vanquished; probably referring to the battle in which the soldiers who sprang from the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus slew each other. Similar to a Pyhrric victory.
Cadmia (n.) (Min.) An oxide of zinc which collects on the sides of furnaces where zinc is sublimed. Formerly applied to the mineral calamine.
Cadmian (a.) [R.] See Cadmean.
Cadmic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cadmium; as, cadmic sulphide.
Cadmium (n.) (Chem.) A comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring in some zinc ores. It is a white metal, both ductile and malleable. Symbol Cd. Atomic weight 111.8. It was discovered by Stromeyer in 1817, who named it from its association with zinc or zinc ore.
Cadmium yellow, A compound of cadmium and sulphur, of an intense yellow color, used as a pigment.
Cadmium (n.) A soft bluish-white ductile malleable toxic bivalent metallic element; occurs in association with zinc ores [syn: cadmium, Cd, atomic number 48].
Cadmium
Symbol: Cd
Atomic number: 48
Atomic weight: 112.40
Soft bluish metal belonging to group 12 of the periodic table. Extremely toxic even in low concentrations. Chemically similar to zinc, but lends itself to more complex compounds. Discovered in 1817 by F. Stromeyer.
Cadrans (n.) An instrument with a graduated disk by means of which the angles of gems are measured in the process of cutting and polishing.
Cadre (n.) (Mil.) The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff. [Written also cader.]
Cadre (n.) A small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement [syn: cell, cadre].
Cadre (n.) A nucleus of military personnel capable of expansion.
CADRE, () The US software engineering vendor which merged with Bachman Information Systems to form Cayenne Software in July 1996. (1998-02-08)
Caducary (a.) (Law) Relating to escheat, forfeiture, or confiscation.
Caducean (a.) Of or belonging to Mercury's caduceus, or wand.
Caducean (a.) Of or relating to a caduceus.
Caduceus (n.) (Myth.) 【希神】墨丘利的節杖；使者的杖 The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olive wood, but was afterwards fabled to have two serpents coiled about it, and two wings at the top.
Caduceus (n.) An insignia used by the medical profession; modeled after the staff of Hermes.
Caducibranchiate (a.) (Zool.) With temporary gills: -- applied to those Amphibia in which the gills do not remain in adult life.
Caducity (n.) Tendency to fall; the feebleness of old age; senility. [R.]
[A] jumble of youth and caducity. -- Chesterfield.
Caducous () (Bot. & Zool.) Dropping off or disappearing early, as the calyx of a poppy, or the gills of a tadpole.
Caducous (a.) Shed at an early stage of development; "most amphibians have caducous gills"; "the caducous calyx of a poppy" [syn: caducous, shed] [ant: lasting, persistent].
Caduke (a.) Perishable; frail; transitory. [Obs.] -- Hickes.
The caduke pleasures of his world. -- Bp. Fisher.
Compare: Caddie
Caddie (n.) [Written also caddy, cadie, cady, and cawdy.] [See Cadet.] A cadet. [Obs. Scot.]
Caddie (n.) A lad; young fellow. [Scot.] -- Burns.
Caddie (n.) One who does errands or other odd jobs. [Scot.]
Caddie (n.) An attendant who carries a golf player's clubs, tees his ball, etc.
Cadie, Caddie (n.) A Scotch errand boy, porter, or messenger. [Written also cady.]
Every Scotchman, from the peer to the cadie. -- Macaulay.
Cady (n.) See Cadie.
Caeca (n. pl.) See Caecum.
Caecum (n.; pl. C[ae]cums, L. C[ae]ca.) (Anat.) (a) A cavity open at one end, as the blind end of a canal or duct.
Caecum (n.; pl. C[ae]cums, L. C[ae]ca.) (Anat.) (b) The blind part of the large intestine beyond the entrance of the small intestine; -- called also the blind gut. [Also spelled cecum.]
Note: The c[ae]cum is comparatively small in man, and ends in a slender portion, the vermiform appendix; but in herbivorous mammals it is often as large as the rest of the large intestine. In fishes there are often numerous intestinal c[ae]ca.
Caecal (a.) (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the caecum, or blind gut.
Caecal (a.) (Anat.) Having the form of a caecum, or bag with one opening; baglike; as, the caecal extremity of a duct.
Caecal (a.) Of or like a cecum [syn: cecal, caecal].
Caecias (n.) A wind from the northeast. -- Milton.
Caecilian (n.) (Zool.) A limbless amphibian belonging to the order Caeciliae or Ophimorpha. See Ophiomorpha. [Written also c[oe]cilian.]
Caecilian (a.) Of or relating to or belonging to the family Caeciliidae.
Caecilian (n.) Any of the small slender limbless burrowing wormlike amphibians of the order Gymnophiona; inhabit moist soil in tropical regions [syn: caecilian, blindworm].
Caecums (n. pl. ) of Caecum.
Caeca (n. pl. ) of Caecum.
Caecum (n.) A cavity open at one end, as the blind end of a canal or duct.
Caecum (n.) The blind part of the large intestine beyond the entrance of the small intestine; -- called also the blind gut. [Also spelled cecum.]
Note: The c[ae]cum is comparatively small in man, and ends in a slender portion, the vermiform appendix; but in herbivorous mammals it is often as large as the rest of the large intestine. In fishes there are often numerous intestinal c[ae]ca.
Caenozoic (a.) (Geol.) See Cenozoic.
Compare: Cenozoic
Cenozoic (a.) (Geol.) Belonging to the most recent division of geological time, including the tertiary, or Age of mammals, and the Quaternary, or Age of man. [Written also c[ae]nozoic, cainozoic, kainozoic.] See Geology.
Caen stone () A cream-colored limestone for building, found near Caen, France.
Caesar (n.) A Roman emperor, as being the successor of Augustus Caesar. Hence, a kaiser, or emperor of Germany, or any emperor or powerful ruler. See Kaiser, Kesar, Tsar.
Marlborough anticipated the day when he would be servilely flattered and courted by C[ae]sar on one side and by Louis the Great on the other. -- Macaulay. C[ae]sarean
Caesar (n.) Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC) [syn: Caesar, Julius Caesar, Gaius Julius Caesar].
Caesar (n.) United States comedian who pioneered comedy television shows (born 1922) [syn: Caesar, Sid Caesar, Sidney Caesar].
Caesar, () The title assumed by the Roman emperors after Julius Caesar. In the New Testament this title is given to various emperors as sovereigns of Judaea without their accompanying distinctive proper names (John 19:15; Acts 17:7). The Jews paid tribute to Caesar (Matt. 22:17), and all Roman citizens had the right of appeal to him (Acts 25:11). The Caesars referred to in the New Testament are Augustus (Luke 2:1), Tiberius (3:1; 20:22), Claudius (Acts 11:28), and Nero (Acts 25:8; Phil. 4:22).
Caesarean (n.) Same as caesarean section.
Caesarean section (n.) (Surg.), The operation of taking a child from the womb by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus; -- so called because Julius C[ae]sar is reported to have been brought into the world by such an operation; -- called also caesarean.
Syn: cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section, caesarian section, C-section, cesarean, cesarian.
Caesarean, Caesarian (a.) [L. Caesareus, Caesarianus.] Of or pertaining to C[ae]sar or the C[ae]sars; imperial.
Cesarean section (n.) (Surg.), The operation of taking a child from the womb by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus; -- so called because Julius C[ae]sar is reported to have been brought into the world by such an operation; -- called also caesarean.
Syn: caesarean section, cesarian section, caesarian section, C-section, cesarean, cesarian.
Caesarean (a.) Relating to abdominal delivery [syn: cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian].
Caesarean (a.) Of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar [syn: Caesarian, Caesarean].
Caesarean (n.) The delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) [syn: cesarean delivery, caesarean delivery, caesarian delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section, caesarian section, C-section, cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian, abdominal delivery].
Caesarean (a.) Alt. of Caesarian.
Caesarian (a.) Of or pertaining to Caesar or the Caesars; imperial.
Caesarian (a.) Relating to abdominal delivery [syn: cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian].
Caesarian (a.) Of or relating to or in the manner of Julius Caesar [syn: Caesarian, Caesarean].
Caesarian (n.) The delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) [syn: cesarean delivery, caesarean delivery, caesarian delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section, caesarian section, C-section, cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian, abdominal delivery].
Caesarism (n.) A system of government in which unrestricted power is exercised by a single person, to whom, as Caesar or emperor, it has been committed by the popular will; imperialism; also, advocacy or support of such a system of government.
Note: This word came into prominence in the time of Napoleon III., as an expression of the claims and political views of that emperor, and of the politicians of his court.
Caesious (a.) (Nat. Hist.) Of the color of lavender; pale blue with a slight mixture of gray. -- Lindley.
caesium
Caesium (n.) (Chem.) A rare alkaline metal found in mineral water; -- so called from the two characteristic blue lines in its spectrum. It was the first element discovered by spectrum analysis, and is the most strongly basic and electro-positive substance known. Symbol Cs. Atomic weight 132.6.
Syn: cesium, Cs
Caesium (n.) A soft silver-white ductile metallic element (liquid at normal temperatures); the most electropositive and alkaline metal [syn: cesium, caesium, Cs, atomic number 55].
Caesium
Symbol: Cs
Atomic number: 55
Atomic weight: 132.90545
Soft silvery-white metallic element belonging to group 1 of the periodic table. One of the three metals which are liquid at room temperature.
Cs-133 is the natural, and only stable, isotope. Fifteen other radioisotopes exist.
Caesium reacts explosively with cold water, and ice at temperatures above 157K. Caesium hydroxide is the strongest base known. Caesium is the most electropositive, most alkaline and has the least ionization potential of all the elements. Known uses include the basis of atomic clocks, catalyst for the hydrogenation of some organic compounds, and in photoelectric cells.
Caesium was discovered by Gustav Kirchoff and Robert Bunsen in Germany in 1860 spectroscopically. Its identification was based upon the bright blue lines in its spectrum. The name comes from the latin word caesius, which means sky blue. Caesium should be considered highly toxic. Some of the radioisotopes are even more toxic.
Caespitose (a.) Same as Cespitose.
Cespitose (a.) (Bot.) Having the form a piece of turf, i. e., many stems from one rootstock or from many entangled rootstocks or roots. [Written also c[ae]spitose.]
Caesuras (n. pl. ) of Caesura.
Caesurae (n. pl. ) of Caesura.
Caesura (n.) （詩行中的）休止；【音】句逗 A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the caesural accent rests, or which is used as a foot.
Note: In the following line the c[ae]sura is between study and of.
The prop | er stud | y of | mankind | is man.
Caesura (n.) A pause or interruption (as in a conversation); as, after an ominous caesura the preacher continued.
Caesura (n.) A pause or interruption (as in a conversation); "after an ominous caesura the preacher continued."
Caesura (n.) A break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line.
Caesural (a.) Of or pertaining to a caesura.
C[ae]sural pause, A pause made at a c[ae]sura.
Caesural (a.) Of or relating to a caesura.
Caesura (n.; pl. E. caesuras, L. C[ae]sur[ae]) A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the c[ae]sural accent rests, or which is used as a foot.
Note: In the following line the c[ae]sura is between study and of.
The prop | er stud | y of | mankind | is man.
Caesura (n.; pl. E. caesuras, L. C[ae]sur[ae]) A pause or interruption (as in a conversation); as, after an ominous caesura the preacher continued.
Caesura (n.) A pause or interruption (as in a conversation); "after an ominous caesura the preacher continued".
Caesura (n.) A break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line.
Caesura (n.) (pl.) - caesuras or - caesurae 1 In modern prosody : A usually rhetorical break in the flow of sound in the middle of a line of verse.
Caesura (n.) Greek & Latin prosody : A break in the flow of sound in a verse caused by the ending of a word within a foot.
Caesura (n.) Break, interruption.
Caesura (n.) A pause marking a rhythmic point of division in a melody. (a.) - caesural.
Cafe (n.) A coffeehouse; a restaurant; also, a room in a hotel or restaurant where coffee and liquors are served.
Syn: coffeehouse, coffee shop, coffee bar.
Cafe (n.) A small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold [syn: cafe, coffeehouse, coffee shop, coffee bar].
CAFE, () ["Job Control Languages: MAXIMOP and CAFE", J. Brandon, Proc BCS Symp on Job Control Languages -- Past Present and Future, NCC, Manchester, England 1974]. (1994-10-28)
Cafenet (n.) Alt. of Cafeneh.
Cafeneh (n.) A humble inn or house of rest for travelers, where coffee is sold. [Turkey]
Caffeic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, coffee.
Caffeic acid, An acid obtained from coffee tannin, as a yellow crystalline substance, C9H8O4.
Caffeine (n.) (Chem.) A white, bitter, crystallizable substance, found in coffee and tea. It is identical with the alkaloid theine from tea leaves, and with guaranine from guarana. It is responsible for most of the stimulating effect of coffee or tea.
Caffeine (n.) A bitter alkaloid found in coffee and tea that is responsible for their stimulating effects [syn: caffeine, caffein].
Caffetannic (a.) (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the tannin of coffee.
Caffetannic acid, A variety of tannin obtained from coffee berries, regarded as a glucoside.
Caffila (n.) [Ar.] See Cafila.
Compare: Kaffir
Kaffir (n.) (Ethnol.) One of a race which, with the Hottentots and Bushmen, inhabit South Africa. They inhabit the country north of Cape Colony, the name being now specifically applied to the tribes living between Cape Colony and Natal, including the Ponda, Xosa, and Tembu; but the Zulus of Natal are true Kaffirs.
Kaffir (n.) (Ethnol.) One of a race inhabiting Kafiristan in Central Asia. [Spelt also Caffre.]
Kaffir (n.) (Ethnol.) Any Black African; -- a disparaging and offensive term used by white South Africans. [South Africa]
Syn: kaffir, caffer, caffre.
Kaffir corn (Bot.), A Cape Colony name for Indian millet.
Caffre (n.) See Kaffir. Cafila
Caffre (n.) An offensive and insulting term for any Black African [syn: kaffir, kafir, caffer, caffre].
Cafila (n.) Alt. of Cafileh.
Cafileh (n.) [Ar.] A caravan of travelers; a military supply train or government caravan; a string of pack horses.
Caftan (n.) A garment worn throughout the Levant, consisting of a long gown with sleeves reaching below the hands. It is generally fastened by a belt or sash.
Caftan (v. t.) To clothe with a caftan. [R.]
The turbaned and caftaned damsel. -- Sir W. Scott.
Caftan (n.) A woman's dress style that imitates the caftan cloaks worn by men in the Near East [syn: caftan, kaftan].
Caftan (n.) A (cotton or silk) cloak with full sleeves and sash reaching down to the ankles; worn by men in the Levant [syn: caftan, kaftan].
Cag (n.) See Keg. [Obs.]
Cage (n.) A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals.
In his cage, like parrot fine and gay. -- Cowper.
Cage (n.) A place of confinement for malefactors -- Shak.
Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage. -- Lovelace.
Cage (n.) (Carp.) An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase. -- Gwilt.
Cage (n.) (Mach.) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve.
Cage (n.) (Mach.) A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.
Cage (n.) The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft.
Cage (n.) (Mining) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.