Catharista (katharista)

[NL. (Vieillot, 1816), IMG:content-3283.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-3284.png:[blocks in formation] ing the head and part of the neck more or le completely bare of feathers, and sometimes caruncular; the eyes flush with the side of the head and without superciliary shield; the plumage somber in color; the wings long and ample; the tail moderate; the plumage without aftershafts; two carotids and a large crop; the beak toothle , contracted in the continuity, with large perforate nostrils; the in- dex-digit clawed; the oil-gland tuftle ; no syrinx nor cæca; and diurnal habits and gre orial gait. They sub- sist entirely on carrion. See cut under Cathartes . Cat hart ides (ka-thär'ti-dēs), n. pl. [NL., Cathartida ; the American vultures. Cat hart inæ (kath-är-tī'nē), n . pl . [NL., Vulturida . [Not in use.] cathartogenic (ka-thär-tō-jen'ik), a. [ са- thart-ic+-genic, gen , produce.] Derived from cathartic acid. - Cathartogenic acid, a yel- lowish-brown powder produced from cathartic acid by boiling with acids. cat hart oman nit (ka-thär-to-man'it), n. [ manna .] A peculiar non-ferment- able crystalline saccharine principle found in Catharus (kath'a-rus), n. [NL. (Bonaparte, 1850), καθαρός , clear, pure, clean: see ca- thartic.] A genus of thrushes, of the family Turdida , containing a number of species pecu- liar to the warmer parts of America. C. melpo- mene is an example. cat -cat-haws (kat'haz), n. pl. The fruit of the whitethorn. Brockett . cat-head (kat'hed), п. 1. A large timber or heavy iron beam projecting from each bow of a IMG:content-3285.png:[blocks in formation] Turkey-buzzard ( Cathartes aura). 2. In mining , a small capstan.-3. Nodular or ball ironstone. [North. Eng.] The nodules with leaves in them, called cat - heads , seem to consist of a sort of ironstone. Woodward, Fo ils, Cat-head stopper ( naut .), a piece of rope or chain by which the anchor is hung at the cat-head. Also called cat - stopper . cathead (kat'hed), v. t. Naut ., to attach to the cat-head. cathedra (kath'e-dra or ka-thedra), n.; pl. cathedræ (-dre). [= Sp. cátedra = Pg. cat he- dra = It. cattedra = D. G. Dan. katheder = Sw. IMG:content-3286.png:[merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small] Cathedra in the Cathedral of Augsburg, placed on one side ly the south side. That of St. Peter's at Rome is especially honored as reputed to have been the chair of St. Peter, and it is now inclosed in a bronze covering. Hence-2. The official chair of any one entitled or profe ing to teach with authority, as a pro- fe or. Ex cathedra, literally, from the chair; hence, cathedral (ka-thedral), a. and n. [First in the phrase cathedral church (so in ME.), trans- lating ML. ecclesia cathedral is , a church con- taining the bishop's throne: L. ecclesia , an as- sembly, ML. a church; ML. cathedral is, adj., IMG:content-3287.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-3288.png:[graphic] IMG:content-3289.png:[graphic] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary cathetal