Cascabel

[Sp. cascabillo, a little bell.] ( Gun.) That Cascade, ( kas - kāď,) n. [Fr.; It. cascata, from cascare, to fall; Lat.cado, casus.] A waterfall in which the water does not, as in the cataract, fall uninterruptedly from a great height, but in which it is broken at several parts during its fall, or it is a water-fall le than a cataract. It is generally applied to those artificial waterfalls that are met with in pleasure-grounds and public parks. -v. n. To vomit; to spew. (Vulgar.) Cas'cade, in low a, a post-village of Dubuque co., 56 m. N.E. of Iowa City. Cascade, in Michigan , a post-village and township of Kent co. The village is on Thorn Apple River, 11 m. S.E. of Grand Rapids. -A village of St. Joseph's co., 140 m. N. by E. of Detroit. Cascade, in Minnesota , a post-village and township of Olmstead co., N. of Rochester. Cascade, in Pennsylvania, a township of Lycoming county. Cascade, in Virginia, a post-village of Pittsylvania co., 16 m. W. of Danville. Cascade, in Wisconsin, a flourishing post-village of She boyg an co., 90 m. N.E. of Madison. Cascade, in Wisconsin, a village of Adams co., on White Creek, 32 m. N.W. of Portage City. Cascade City, in Washington , the former capital of Skamania co., on the Columbia river, 50 m. E. by N. of Fort Vancouver. Cascade Range, a chain of mountains in California, Oregon, and Washington, extending into British Columbia and irregularly to the borders of Alaska; running in general nearly N. and S. at a distance of from 100 to 200 m. from the Pacific. Mount St. Elias, in Alaska, is the highest of the Cascade Range about 18,900 ft. The Northern Pacific and Great Western Railways cro this range by means of switchbacks. Cascade Valley, in New York , a P. O. of Broome co. Cascalho, ( kas - käl'yo ,) n. [Pg.] ( Min .) An indurated soil of Brazil, forming the matrix of gold and of diamond in that country.