cavalcade (kavalkad)

[F. cavalcade, We went from Sienna, desirous of being present at the cavalcade of the new Pope Innocent X., who had not yet made the grand proce ion to St. John de Later a no. Evelyn, Diary, Nov. 2, 1644. Onward came the cavalcade , illuminated by two hundred thick waxen torches, in the hands of as many horse Scott , Kenilworth, II. 117. He [King James] made a progre through his kingdom, escorted by long cavalcades of gentlemen from one lordly mansion to another. Macaulay , Hist. Eng., xviii. men. beware, = AS. sceawian, look at, behold, E. show: see show.] 1. Prudence in regard to danger; warine , consisting in a careful attention to probable and po ible results, and a judicious course of conduct to avoid failure or disaster. In the afternoon we walked out to see the City. But we thought fit, before we enter'd, to get License of the Govern our and to proceed with all caution . Maundrell , Aleppo to Jerusalem, p. 134. The first thing I did at Alexandria was to pace round the walls, and take the bearings; which I did with so much caution , that I thought I could only have been ob served by the Janizary that attended me. Pococke , Description of the East, I. 3. 2. Anything intended or serving to induce warine ; a warning given either by word of mouth or in any other way; monitory advice. In way of caution , I must tell you, You do not understand yourself so clearly As it behooves my daughter and your honor. Shak., Hamlet, i. 3. Indulge, my son, the cautions of the wise. Pope, Ody ey, xxiii. 114. 31. Provision or security against something; provident care; precaution. In despite of all the rules and cautions of government, the most dangerous and mortal of vices will come off. Sir R. L'Estrange. 4. In recent Eng . law , a written warning or caveat filed with the registrar of land-titles against dealings with the land without notice to the cautioner, or person who files the warning.-5. Security; guaranty; pledge; bail. [Now confined to Scotch law.] The parliament would yet give his majesty sufficient caution that the war should be prosecuted. Clarendon. 6. A person who gives security; a surety; a cautioner. [Scotch, and generally pronounced kā'zhon, as also in sense 5.] The King of Spain now offers himself for Caution , for putting in Execution what is stipulated in behalf of the Roman Catholics throughout his Majesty of Great-Britain's Dominions. Howell, Letters, I. iii. 21. 7t. Bond; bill. Take thi caucion , and sitte down soone and write fifti. Wyclif, Luke xvi. 6. as security by a student on his matriculation in an English university. The genteel amercements of a young man of fashion in a silver tankard or his caution money ought not, in any wise, to be considered as part of his education. Remarks on the Expence of Education , 1788. cautionry (kâ'shon-ri), n. [ Scots law , the act of giving security for another; the promise or contract of one, not for himself, but for another. Also written cau tionary.