Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 31
Cavalier (n.) A work of more than ordinary height, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.
Cavalier (a.) Gay; easy; offhand; frank.
Cavalier (a.) High-spirited.
Cavalier (a.) Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.
Cavalier (a.) Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I.
Cavalierish (a.) Somewhat like a cavalier.
Cavalierism (n.) The practice or principles of cavaliers.
Cavalierly (adv.) In a supercilious, disdainful, or haughty manner; arrogantly.
Cavalierness (n.) A disdainful manner.
Cavally (n.) A carangoid fish of the Atlantic coast (Caranx hippos): -- called also horse crevalle. [See Illust. under Carangoid.]
Cavalry (n.) 騎兵，騎兵部隊；裝甲兵，裝甲部隊 That part of military force which serves on horseback.
Note: Heavy cavalry and light cavalry are so distinguished by the character of their armament, and by the size of the men and horses.
Cavalry (n.) Troops trained to fight on horseback; "500 horse led the attack" [syn: cavalry, horse cavalry, horse].
Cavalry (n.) A highly mobile army unit.
Cavalryman (n.) One of a body of cavalry.
Cavatina (n.) Originally, a melody of simpler form than the aria; a song without a second part and a da capo; -- a term now variously and vaguely used.
Cave (n.) [C] 洞穴，洞窟；塌落（處） A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den.
Cave (n.) Any hollow place, or part; a cavity. [Obs.] "The cave of the ear." -- Bacon.
Cave (n.) (Eng. Politics) A coalition or group of seceders from a political party, as from the Liberal party in England in 1866. See {Adullam}, {Cave of}, In the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.
{Cave bear} (Zool.), A very large fossil bear ({Ursus spel[ae]us}) similar to the grizzly bear, but large; common in European caves.
{Cave dweller}, A savage of prehistoric times whose dwelling place was a cave. -- Tylor.
{Cave hyena} (Zool.), A fossil hyena found abundanty in British caves, now usually regarded as a large variety of the living African spotted hyena.
{Cave lion} (Zool.), A fossil lion found in the caves of Europe, believed to be a large variety of the African lion.
{Bone cave}. See under {Bone}.
Cave (n.) A geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea.
Cave (v.) Hollow out as if making a cave or opening; "The river was caving the banks" [syn: {cave}, {undermine}].
Cave (v.) Explore natural caves [syn: {cave}, {spelunk}].
CAVE () Cave for Automated Virtual Environment (VR)
Cave () There are numerous natural caves among the limestone rocks of Syria, many of which have been artificially enlarged for various purposes.
The first notice of a cave occurs in the history of Lot (Gen. 19:30).
The next we read of is the cave of Machpelah (q.v.), Which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth (Gen. 25:9, 10). It was the burying-place of Sarah and of Abraham himself, also of Isaac, Rebekah, Leah, and Jacob (Gen. 49:31; 50:13).
The cave of Makkedah, Into which the five Amorite kings retired after their defeat by Joshua (10:16, 27).
The cave of Adullam (q.v.), An immense natural cavern, where David hid himself from Saul (1 Sam. 22:1, 2).
The cave of Engedi (q.v.), Now called 'Ain Jidy, i.e., the "Fountain of the Kid", where David cut off the skirt of Saul's robe (24:4). Here he also found a shelter for himself and his followers to the number of 600 (23:29; 24:1). "On all sides the country is full of caverns which might serve as lurking-places for David and his men, as they do for outlaws at the present day."
The cave in which Obadiah hid the prophets (1 Kings 18:4) was probably in the north, but it cannot be identified.
The cave of Elijah (1 Kings 19:9), and the "cleft" of Moses on Horeb (Ex. 33:22), cannot be determined.
In the time of Gideon the Israelites took refuge from the Midianites in dens and caves, such as abounded in the mountain regions of Manasseh (Judg. 6:2).
Caves were frequently used as dwelling-places (Num. 24:21; Cant. 2:14; Jer. 49:16; Obad. 1:3). "The excavations at Deir Dubban, on the south side of the wady leading to Santa Hanneh, are probably the dwellings of the Horites," the ancient inhabitants of Idumea Proper. The pits or cavities in rocks were also sometimes used as prisons (Isa. 24:22; 51:14; Zech. 9:11). Those which had niches in their sides were occupied as burying-places (Ezek. 32:23; John 11:38).
Caved (imp. & p. p.) of Cave.
Caving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cave.
Cave (v. t.) 在……挖洞穴；使屈服；使崩潰 To make hollow; to scoop out. [Obs.]
The mouldred earth cav'd the banke. -- Spenser.
Cave (v. i.) 塌落，倒坍 [（+in）]；【口】屈服，投降 [（+in）] [（+to）] To dwell in a cave. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Cave (v. i.) [See To cave in, below.] To fall in or down; as, the sand bank caved. Hence (Slang), to retreat from a position; to give way; to yield in a disputed matter.
{To cave in}. [Flem. inkalven.] To fall in and leave a hollow, as earth on the side of a well or pit.
{To cave in}. [Flem. inkalven.] To submit; to yield. [Slang] -- H. Kingsley.
Cave, MO -- U.S. town in Missouri
Population (2000): 7
Housing Units (2000): 5
Land area (2000): 0.988342 sq. miles (2.559794 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.988342 sq. miles (2.559794 sq. km)
FIPS code: 12079
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 39.022986 N, 91.058936 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Cave, MO
Cave
Tham Luang cave rescue (n.) 睡美人洞救援行動，指2018年6月起多國合作，於泰國救援受困的少年足球隊的系列行動。
2018年6月23日，泰國清萊府的一支少年足球隊「野豬隊」（泰語：Moo Pa）共計13人，前往泰國第4大山洞「睡美人洞」（Tham Luang，或譯「探鑾」）洞窟探險，因洞內多處被雨水淹沒而失蹤。泰國政府派出大量搜救人員前往搜救，中國、英國、美國及澳洲等國也相繼派出專家和救援隊前往支援。
7月2日，在足球隊失蹤的第九天，英國潛水家在洞窟內發現所有失蹤者，全部倖存。但因雨季不斷，全員仍被困洞窟 [4] [5] [6]。
7月8日晚間，政府展開第一波救援行動，共4位少年脫困。每人採前後包夾的方式，在兩名海豹部隊隊員的帶領下潛水出洞 [7]。7月9日，第二波救援行動，共4位少年脫困[8]。7月10日，受困第18天，第三波救援行動，剩餘5人順利脫困，為本次救援行動劃下句點 [9]。
Twelve boys, aged 11 to 17, and a 25-year-old man became stranded on 23 June 2018 in the cave Tham Luang Nang Non (Great Cave of the Sleeping Lady, Thai: ถ้ำหลวงนางนอน) in Thailand's Chiang Rai Province. Shortly after they had entered the cave, heavy rains suddenly partially flooded it, blocking the exit and forcing the group to venture deeper into the cave to avoid the waters. The boys, all members of a local junior football team, and their assistant coach were reported missing a few hours later, and search operations began immediately.
Efforts to locate them were hampered by rising water levels within the cave system. No contact was made for over a week. The rescue effort expanded into a massive operation amid intense worldwide media coverage and public interest. After struggles through narrow passages and muddy waters, on July 2, British divers discovered those missing to be alive. They were on an elevated rock about 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) from the cave mouth. Rescue organizers discussed whether to teach the boys and their coach basic diving skills to enable their early rescue or wait for the floodwaters to subside at the end of the monsoon season months later. After days of pumping water from the cave system and a respite from rain, the rescue teams hastened to get everyone out before the next monsoon rain, which was expected to bring a potential 52 mm (2.0 in) of additional rainfall and was predicted to start around 11 July. On 8 July, four of the boys were rescued. On 9 July, another four boys were rescued. By 10 July, all of the boys and their coach had been rescued from the cave.
Caveat (n.) A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition; as, a caveat entered in a probate court to stop the proving of a will or the taking out of letters of administration, etc.
Caveat (n.) A description of some invention, designed to be patented, lodged in the patent office before the patent right is applied for, and operating as a bar to the issue of letters patent to any other person, respecting the same invention.
Caveat (n.) Intimation of caution; warning; protest.
Caveating (n.) Shifting the sword from one side of an adversary's sword to the other.
Caveator (n.) One who enters a caveat.
Cavendish (n.) Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes.
Cavern (n.) [C]（巨大的）洞穴，山洞；凹處，深部 A large, deep, hollow place in the earth; a large cave.
Cavern (n.) Any large dark enclosed space; "his eyes were dark caverns."
Cavern (n.) A large cave or a large chamber in a cave.
Cavern (v.) 在……挖洞穴，挖空；置……於洞穴中Hollow out as if making a cavern [syn: {cavern}, {cavern out}].
Caverned (a.) Containing caverns.
Caverned (a.) Living in a cavern.
Cavernlike (a.) Resembling a cavern or some aspect of one.
Cavernous (a.) 洞穴狀的；凹狀的；甕聲的 Full of caverns; resembling a cavern or large cavity; hollow.
Cavernous (a.) Filled with small cavities or cells.
Cavernous (a.) Having a sound caused by a cavity.
{Cavernous body}, A body of erectile tissue with large interspaces which may be distended with blood, as in the penis or clitoris.
{Cavernous respiration}, A peculiar respiratory sound andible on auscultation, when the bronchial tubes communicate with morbid cavities in the lungs.
Cavernous (a.) Being or suggesting a cavern; "vast cavernous chambers hollowed out of limestone".
Cavernous (a.) Filled with vascular sinuses and capable of becoming distended and rigid as the result of being filled with blood; "erectile tissue"; "the penis is an erectile organ" [syn: {erectile}, {cavernous}].
Cavernulous (a.) Full of little cavities; as, cavernulous metal.
Cavesson (n.) Alt. of Cavezon.
Cavezon (n.) A kind of noseband used in breaking and training horses.
Cavetto (n.) A concave molding; -- used chiefly in classical architecture. See Illust. of Column.
Caviare (n.) Alt. of Caviar.
Caviar (n.) The roes of the sturgeon, prepared and salted; -- used as a relish, esp. in Russia.
Cavicorn (a.) Having hollow horns.
Cavicornia (n. pl.) A group of ruminants whose horns are hollow, and planted on a bony process of the front, as the ox.
Caviled (imp. & p. p.) of Cavil.
Cavilled () of Cavil.
Caviling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cavil.
Cavilling () of Cavil.
Cavil (v. i.) To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason.
Cavil (v. t.) To cavil at.
Cavil (v.) To raise trivial and frivolous objection.
Cavil (n.) A captious or frivolous objection.
Caviler (n.) Alt. of Caviller.
Caviller (n.) One who cavils.
Caviling (a.) Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See Captious.
Cavilingly (adv.) In a caviling manner.
Cavillation (n.) Frivolous or sophistical objection.
Cavilous (a.) Alt. of Cavillous.
Cavillous (a.) Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbing.
Cavin (n.) A hollow way, adapted to cover troops, and facilitate their aproach to a place.
Cavitary (a.) Containing a body cavity; as, the cavitary or nematoid worms.
Cavities (n. pl. ) of Cavity.
Cavity (n.) Hollowness.
Cavity (n.) A hollow place; a hollow; as, the abdominal cavity.
Cavo-relievo (n.) Cavo-rilievo.
Cavo-rilievo (n.) Hollow relief; sculpture in relief within a sinking made for the purpose, so no part of it projects beyond the plain surface around.
Cavorted (imp. & p. p.) of Cavort.
Cavorting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cavort.
Cavort (v. i.) 騰躍，跳躍 To prance ostentatiously; -- said of a horse or his rider. [Local slang, U. S.]
Cavort (v.) Play boisterously; "The children frolicked in the garden"; "the gamboling lambs in the meadows"; "The toddlers romped in the playroom" [syn: {frolic}, {lark}, {rollick}, {skylark}, {disport}, {sport}, {cavort}, {gambol}, {frisk}, {romp}, {run around}, {lark about}].
Cavies (n. pl. ) of Cavy.
Cavy (n.) A rodent of the genera Cavia and Dolichotis, as the guinea pig (Cavia cobaya). Cavies are natives of South America.
Cawed (imp. & p. p.) of Caw.
Cawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Caw.
Caw (v. i.) To cry like a crow, rook, or raven.
Caw (n.) The cry made by the crow, rook, or raven.
Cawk (n.) An opaque, compact variety of barite, or heavy spar.
Cawker (n.) See Calker.
Cawky (a.) Of or pertaining to cawk; like cawk.
Caxon (n.) A kind of wig.
Caxton (n.) Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer.
Cay (n.) See Key, a ledge.
Cayenne (n.) Cayenne pepper.
Cayman (n.) The south America alligator. See Alligator.
Cayugas (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting western New-York, forming part of the confederacy called the Five Nations.
Cayuse (n.) An Indian pony.
Cazique (n.) Alt. of Cazic.
Cazic (n.) A chief or petty king among some tribes of Indians in America.
Ceased (imp. & p. p.) of Cease.
Ceasing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cease.
Cease (v. i.) To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased. "To cease from strife." -- Prov. xx. 3.
Cease (v. i.) To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
The poor shall never cease out of the land. -- Deut. xv. 11.
Syn: To intermit; desist; stop; abstain; quit; discontinue; refrain; leave off; pause; end.
Cease (v. t.) To put a stop to; to bring to an end.
But he, her fears to cease Sent down the meek-eyed peace. -- Milton.
Cease, then, this impious rage. -- Milton
Cease (n.) Extinction. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Cease (n.) (`Cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') End.
Cease (v.) Put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother" [syn: discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off] [ant: bear on, carry on, continue, preserve, uphold].
Cease (v.) Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" [syn: end, stop, finish, terminate, cease] [ant: begin, start].
Ceasefire (n.) [ C ] (Also cease-fire) 停火；休戰期 A ceasefire is an arrangement in which countries or groups of people that are fighting each other agree to stop fighting.
// They have agreed to a ceasefire after three years of conflict.
// U.N. officials are expressing cautious optimism that the latest cease-fire is holding.
Ceasefire (n.) A ceasefire (also known as a truce or armistice [1]), also spelled cease fire (the antonym of 'open fire' [2]), is a temporary stoppage of a war in which each side agrees with the other to suspend aggressive actions. [3] Ceasefires may be between state actors or involve non-state actors. [1]
Ceaseless (a.) Without pause or end; incessant.
Ceaseless (adv.) Without intermission or end.
Cecidomyia (n.) A genus of small dipterous files, including several very injurious species, as the Hessian fly. See Hessian fly.
Cecity (n.) Blindness.
Cecutiency (n.) Partial blindness, or a tendency to blindness. [R.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Cedar (n.) (Bot.) The name of several evergreen trees. The wood is remarkable for its durability and fragrant odor.
Note: The cedar of Lebanon is the Cedrus Libani; the white cedar ({Cupressus thyoides) is now called Cham[oe]cyparis sph[ae]roidea; American red cedar is the Juniperus Virginiana; Spanish cedar, the West Indian Cedrela odorata. Many other trees with odoriferous wood are locally called cedar.
Cedar (a.) Of or pertaining to cedar. cedar bird
Cedar (n.) Any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars [syn: cedar, cedar tree].
Cedar (n.) Durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests [syn: cedar, cedarwood].
Cedar (n.) Any cedar of the genus Cedrus [syn: cedar, cedar tree, true cedar].
Cedar, () A superset of Mesa, from Xerox PARC, adding garbage collection, dynamic types and a universal pointer type (REF ANY). Cedar is a large complex language designed for custom Xerox hardware and the Cedar operating system/environment. Data types are atoms, lists, ropes ("industrial strength" strings), conditions. Multi-processing features include threads, monitors, signals and catch phrases. It was used to develop the Cedar integrated programming environment.
["A Description of the Cedar Language", Butler Lampson, Xerox PARC, CSL-83-15 (Dec 1983)].
["The Structure of Cedar", D. Swinehart et al, SIGPLAN Notices 20(7):230-244 (July 1985)].
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Cedar, () (Heb. e'rez, Gr. kedros, Lat. cedrus), a tree very frequently mentioned in Scripture. It was stately (Ezek. 31:3-5), long-branched (Ps. 80:10; 92:12; Ezek. 31:6-9), odoriferous (Cant. 4:11; Hos. 14:6), durable, and therefore much used for boards, pillars, and ceilings (1 Kings 6:9, 10; 7:2; Jer. 22:14), for masts (Ezek. 27:5), and for carved images (Isa. 44:14).
It grew very abundantly in Palestine, and particularly on Lebanon, of which it was "the glory" (Isa. 35:2; 60:13). Hiram supplied Solomon with cedar trees from Lebanon for various purposes connected with the construction of the temple and the king's palace (2 Sam. 5:11; 7:2, 7; 1 Kings 5:6, 8,10; 6:9, 10, 15, 16, 18, 20; 7:2, 3, 7, 11, 12; 9:11, etc.). Cedars were used also in the building of the second temple under Zerubbabel (Ezra 3:7).
Of the ancient cedars of Lebanon there remain now only some seven or eight. They are not standing together. But beside them there are found between three hundred and four hundred of younger growth. They stand in an amphitheatre fronting the west, about 6,400 feet above the level of the sea.
The cedar is often figuratively alluded to in the sacred Scriptures. "The mighty conquerors of olden days, the despots of Assyria and the Pharaohs of Egypt, the proud and idolatrous monarchs of Judah, the Hebrew commonwealth itself, the war-like Ammonites of patriarchal times, and the moral majesty of the Messianic age, are all compared to the towering cedar, in its royal loftiness and supremacy (Isa. 2:13; Ezek. 17:3, 22, 23, 31:3-9; Amos 2:9; Zech. 11:1, 2; Job 40:17; Ps. 29:5; 80:10; 92:12, etc).", Groser's Scrip. Nat. Hist.
Cedar -- U.S. County in Iowa
Population (2000): 18187
Housing Units (2000): 7570
Land area (2000): 579.522058 sq. miles (1500.955175 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 2.437087 sq. miles (6.312027 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 581.959145 sq. miles (1507.267202 sq. km)
Located within: Iowa (IA), FIPS 19
Location: 41.770019 N, 91.118036 W
Headwords:
Cedar
Cedar, IA
Cedar County
Cedar County, IA
Cedar -- U.S. County in Missouri
Population (2000): 13733
Housing Units (2000): 6813
Land area (2000): 475.933347 sq. miles (1232.661657 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 22.573530 sq. miles (58.465173 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 498.506877 sq. miles (1291.126830 sq. km)
Located within: Missouri (MO), FIPS 29
Location: 37.730500 N, 93.885396 W
Headwords:
Cedar
Cedar, MO
Cedar County
Cedar County, MO
Cedar -- U.S. County in Nebraska
Population (2000): 9615
Housing Units (2000): 4200
Land area (2000): 740.225954 sq. miles (1917.176338 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 5.586179 sq. miles (14.468136 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 745.812133 sq. miles (1931.644474 sq. km)
Located within: Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location: 42.605286 N, 97.239880 W
Headwords:
Cedar
Cedar, NE
Cedar County
Cedar County, NE
Cedar, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 26
Housing Units (2000): 17
Land area (2000): 0.176617 sq. miles (0.457437 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.176617 sq. miles (0.457437 sq. km)
FIPS code: 11325
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 39.656711 N, 98.940389 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 67628
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Cedar, KS
Cedar
Cedared (a.) Covered, or furnished with, cedars.
Cedarn (a.) Of or pertaining to the cedar or its wood. [R.]
Cedarn (a.) Consisting of or made of cedar; "carved cedarn doors."
Ceded (imp. & p. p.) of Cede.
Ceding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cede.
Cede (v. t.) [(+to)] 放棄；割讓，讓與；交出；轉讓；過戶 To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cede a fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty.
The people must cede to the government some of their natural rights. -- Jay.
Cede (v.) Give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another [syn: {concede}, {yield}, {cede}, {grant}].
Cede (v.) Relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in" [syn: {surrender}, {cede}, {deliver}, {give up}].