cable hook (kablhuk)

A gripping device for handling a ship's cable. cable-laid (kāʼbl-lad), a. 1. Naut., formed of three strands of plain-laid or ordinary rope. Rope for cables is made in this way so as to be more im Römer once peeped in at an open door, and found an old negro caboceer sitting among twenty you sand fetishes in his private fetish-museum, tions. Stag's Head Caboshed. E. B. Tylor , Prim. Culture, II. 145. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary IMG:content-2869.jpg:[blocks in formation] solid at ordinary temperatures, and has a pleasant odor and choco- late-like taste. It is used for sup- pos i tories, and for making soap, po- matums, etc. cacao - butter (ka-kā'ō-but"- ér), n. The oil expre ed from the seeds of the choco- late-tree, Theo- broma Cacao . See cacao . cacao-nut (ka- kā'ō-nut), n. The fruit of the Theobroma cabriolet (kab-ri-o-lā'), n. [= G. kabriolet = Bohem. kabrioletka , etc., cabriolet , dim., Cacao . See ca- cabriole , a leap: see capriole . Now shortened to cao. cab : see cabl .] cab1 .] Properly, a covered one-horse carriage with two wheels: now often made with four wheels and a calash top. See cab1 . cabrit (kab'rit), n. [ cabrito , a kid, = OF. cabrit , F. cabri , a kid, = Pr. cabril , tus , a goat, caper , a goat.] A name of the American pronghorn, Anti loc apr a american a . cabrite (kab'rīt), n. [NL. Cabrit a , appar. cabrit a , a she-kid, kidskin dre ed, fem. of cabrito , a kid, dim. of cabra , a goat.] A lizard of the family Lacertid a, Cabrit a leschnoulti, with the lower eyelid partly transparent and movable. It is an inhabitant of central and IMG:content-2870.jpg:[blocks in formation] cacatedt, a. [ cacatus , pp. of cacare : see cack1 .] Defiled with excrement. If your grace please to be cakated , say so. Fruiting Branch of Cacao ( Theobroma Cacao). cacatory (kak'a-to-ri), a. [ cacator , cacare , pp. cacatus : see cack1 .] Pertaining to or characterized by the discharge of excrement from the bowels.- Cacatory fever, a kind of intermittent fever accom- panied by copious alvine discharges. Cacatua (kak-a-tu'ä), n. [NL. (Vieillot, 1818), kakatua : see cockatoo .] A genus of par- rots, of the family Psittacidæ and subfamily Ca- catuinæ, containing the typical cockatoos. The species are of rather large size for this family, with short The Talmud is stuffed with the traditions of their Rab- Howell, Letters, ii. 8. too; C. sulphurea , the smaller sulphur-crested; other spe- cies are C. ducorpsi , C. lead beater i , and C. rose i cap ill a . In Cacatua proper there is only one carotid artery, an anom- aly in this group of birds. Also later called Plyctolophus . Cacatuidæ (kak-a-tu'i-dē), n. pl . [NL., catua + -ida .] The cockatoos as a separate family of birds. See Cacatuinæ . Cacatuinæ (kaka-tu-i'nē), n . pl . [NL., catua + -inæ .] The cockatoos, a subfamily of Psittacida, represented by Cacatua . They have the orbital ring completely o ified, a bony bridge over the temporal fo a, the left carotid artery normal, and no ambiens muscle. They are birds of medium and large size, with greatly hooked bills, short square tails, and an erectile crest. Besides the genus Cacatua and its sub- divisions, containing the white cockatoos, this group in- cludes Calyptorhynchus , the black cockatoos, and Micro- glo a, cockatoos with very large bills and slender tongues. All are included in the geographical range given for Caca- tua. The subfamily is sometimes raised to the rank of a family under the name of Cacatuide . Also called Plyc- tolophinæ. Gray, 1855), Caccabis + -ina .] A subfamily of gallinaceans, of the family Tetraonidæ or Perdicida , typified by the genus Caccabis ; the rock-partridges of the old world. Besides the sev- eral species of Caccabis , this group includes Lerwa nivi- cola of Tibet, and the Asiatic species of Tetraogallus . The term is not much used, the species being generally IMG:content-2871.jpg:[blocks in formation] olot ; F. cachalot , Sp. cachalote , Ru . kasha- lotu , G. kaschalot , kaschelot , Sw. kaschelot , Dan. We left Irving Bay on the 30th of June, caching all our heavy stuff in order to lighten the sled as much as pos- sible. W. H. Gilder, Schwatka's Search, p. 131. Spear and arrow heads have been found cached. Smithsonian Report , 1881, p. 661. cache2t, v. A Middle English form of catch1 . Chaucer . IMG:content-2872.png:[graphic] cachelcoma (kak-el-kō'mä), n.; pl. cachelco- mat a (-ma-tä). [NL., κακός , bad, + ἔλκω- μα , sore, ulcer, ἑλκοῦν , ulcerate, έλκος = L. ulcus , ulcer: see ulcer .] A foul or malignant ulcer. cachemia (ka-ke'mi-ä), n. [NL., αίμα , blood.] A morbid state of the blood. Also spelled cachamia . cachemic (ka-ke'mik), a . [ cachemia + -ic .] Afflicted with cachemia. Also spelled cachæmic . cache mire (kash'mer), n. A French spelling of cashmere. cache-pot (kash'pot), n. [F. cacher , hide, + pot , pot. ] An ornamental pot or covering for concealing a common flower-pot containing plants kept in an apartment. cachet (ka-sha'), n. [F., cacher , hide: see cache1, n.] A seal. Lettre de cachet, in French hist ., a letter or order under seal; a private letter of state: a name given especially to a written order proceeding from and signed by the king, and countersigned by a secretary of state, and used at first as an occasional means of delaying the course of justice, but later, in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, as a warrant for the imprisonment without trial of a person obnoxious for any reason to the government, often for life or for a long period, and on frivolous pretexts. Lettres de cachet were abolished at the Revolution. cachexia (ka-kek'si-ä), n. [NL.: see cachexy .] Same as cachexy. 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