Caducous

[Lat. caducus, from cado, to fall.] ( Bot. ) Falling early, or soon after development, as flowers. Cad wall a der, JOHN, an American military officer during the Revolutionary war, B. in Philadelphia abt. 1743. He commanded a volunteer corps at the outbreak of the war, was afterwards appointed colonel of one of the city battalions, and, finally, was made brigadier-general, with which rank he commanded the Pennsylvania militia in the winter campaign of 1776-7. He was present and did good service in the battles of Princeton, Brandy wine, German town, and Mon mouth. He wounded in a duel General Conway, being provoked by his conduct as the leader of a cabal against the commander-in-chief. In 1778, Congre appointed C. general of cavalry, but he declined to accept the position. D. 1786. Cad wall a der, in Ohio , a post-office of Tuscarawas co. Ca'dy, n. [Scot.] The name given, in Edinburgh, to a street-porter. Ca'dy, in Michigan , a post-office of Macomb co. Cady's Falls, in Vermont , a post-office of Lamoille co. Cady's Tunnel, in Virginia , a post-office of Bath co. Ca'dysville, in Vermont , a village of Lamoille co., Morris town township, on the Lamoille River. Ca'dyville, in New York , a post-village of Clinton co., about 6 m. W. of Plattsburg, on the Saranac River. Cæ'cal, a . Bag-like; having but one opening, as a cæcum. Cæ'cias, n. A wind from the north-east. "Boreas and Cæcias , and Argestes loud," Milton . Cæci. a, n.; Cæciliadæ, n . pl . [Lat. cæcus , blind.] (Zool.) A genus and family of Batrachians, formerly placed among serpents on account of their form, which is almost cylindrical or worm-like. The species are inhabitants of warm climates, and of marshy or moist places. Cæcilius, STATIUS, a Roman poet, was highly esteemed by the Romans, who placed him in the first rank of comic poets, with Plautus and Terence. Of his works there remain only some fragments, and the titles of 40 dramas. D. 168 в. с.