cauditrunk (kadi trunk)

[L. cauda, tail, + truncus, trunk.] In fishes and pisciform mammals, the combination of the trunk or abdominal portion and the caudal portion, including all the body behind the head. Gill. caudle (ka'dl), n. [ Wan ich am ded, make me a caudel . Rob. of Gloucester , p. 561. He had good broths, caudle , and such like. Wiseman, Surgery. Hark ye, master Holly-top, your wits are gone on woolgathering; comfort yourself with a caudle ; thatch your brain-sick noddle with a woolen night-cap. Scott , Abbot, L. 230. Hempen caudle. See hempen. caudle (ka'dl), v. t.; pret. and pp. caudled, ppr. caudling. [ IMG:content-3307.png:[blocks in formation] sometimes encompa es the head of a child when born. This caul was (and still is by some) sup- posed to betoken great prosperity for the person born ing, as well as to impart the gift of eloquence. During with it, and to be an infallible preservative against drown- the eighteenth century seamen often gave from $50 to $150 caul2 (kal), n. [F. cale , a wedge, of uncer- tain origin; perhaps keil , a wedge, chil = Icel. keilir , a wedge.] A form used in gluing veneers to curved surfaces. It is shaped to the exact curve or form of the piece to be veneered, and is clamped against the veneer until the glue has set. caul3+ (kal), n. [ME. caule , L. caulis , a stalk, stem: see caulis and cole2 .] 1. A stalk; stem. An esy wyne a man to make stronge, Take leef, or roote, or caule of malowe agrest, And boyle it, kest it so thyne wyne amonge. caudal portion of the body, or the tail, with the lower leg or tibia: as, a caudotibial muscle. caudotibialis (ka" dō-tib-i-a'lis), n.; pl. caudo- tibiales (-lēz). [NL., cauda , tail, + tibia , shin-bone (cf. tibial is , belonging to the shin- bone): see cauda , tibia , tibial .] A muscle which in some animals, as seals, connects the tibia with the anterior caudal vertebræ, and is concauld1 (kâld), a. and n. sidered to replace the semi-membranosus and semi-ten dinos us muscles. cauker2 (kâ'ker), n. Same as calk3 . cauking (ka'king), n. In joinery, a dovetail tenon-and-mortise joint used to fasten cro - timbers together: employed in fitting down the beams or other timbers upon wall-plates. Е. Н. IMG:content-3308.png:[blocks in formation] the Scotch pronunciation of cold . cauld2 (kald), n. [Also written caul , a dam- head; as a verb in the expre ion " caul the bank" of a river, that is, lay a bed of loose stones from the channel backward (Jamie son). Origin obscure.] A dam in a river or other stream; a weir. [Scotch.] cauldrife (kâld'rif), a. [= coldrife , q. v.] 1. Chilly; cold; susceptible to cold.-2. Without animation: as, a cauldrife sermon. [Scotch.] cauldron, n. See caldron. stem.] 1. In arch., one of the main stalks or leaves which spring from between the acanthus- leaves of the second row on each side of the typical Corinthian capital, and are carried up to support the volutes at the angles. Compare cauliculus , 1.-2. In bot . , the stem of a plant. caulk, v. t. See calk1 . caulker1, n. See calker1 . Caulerpa (ka-ler'pä), n. [NL., caulis : see caulis ), a stalk, + έρπειν , creep.] A large genus of green single-celled algæ, pecu- liar to warm climates, and much eaten by sea caulker2, n. See cauker1 . caules, n. Plural of caulis . caulescent (ka-les'ent), a. [= F. caulescent , caulis , a stalk (see caulis ), + -escent , as in adolescent, etc.] In bot . , having an obvious stem rising above the ground. Also cauliferous . caulicle (ka'li-kl), n. [F. caulicule , caul i- culus , also coliculus , dim. of caulis , a stalk: see caulis.] In bot . , a little or rudimentary stem: applied to the initial stem (more frequently but incorrectly called the radicle ) in the embryo, to distinguish it from the cotyledons. Also cau- licule and cauliculus . caulicole (ka'li-kōl), n. Same as cauliculus , 1. caulicolous (ka-lik'ō-lus), a . [ caulis , a stalk (see caulis ), + colere , inhabit.] Growing or living upon a stem: as, a caulicolous fungus. Cauliculata (ka-lik-ū-lā'tä), n . pl . [NL., neut. pl . of LL. cauliculatus : see cauliculate .] A sys- tematic name for the black or an tip a thar i an cor- als: synonymous with Anti path aria . Edwards and Haime , 1850. cauliculate (ka-lik'u-lāt), a. [ lat us , furnished with a stem, cauliculus : see caulicle .] Pertaining to or having the char- acters or quality of the Cauliculata ; anti path a- rian, as a coral. See calking1 . See calking2 . caulking1, n. caulking2, n. caulocarpic (ka-lō-kär'pik), a. [As caulocarp- ous +-ic.] Same as caulocarpous . caulocarpous (ka-lō-kär'pus), a. [= F. caulo- carpe , caulis ), a stem, + καρπός, fruit.] In bot . , bearing fruit repeatedly upon the same stem: applied to such plants as havo perennial stems. caulome (kâ'lõm), n. [ caulis and cole2 .] In bot ., the stem or stem- like portion of a plant; the stem-structure or caulicule (kâʻli-kūl), n . Same as cauliculus . cauliculus (ka-lik'u-lus), n.; pl. cauliculi (-11). καυλός , & stem, + πτερίς , & fern, πτερόν , a wing, IMG:content-3309.png:[merged small][graphic] Her head with ringlets of her hair is crown'd, And in a golden caul the curls are bound. IMG:content-3310.png:[blocks in formation] main stalks which support the volutes. They times confounded with the main stalks from which they spring, or with the helices in the middle of the sides of the capital. caulicule . Detail of Corinthian Capital. A , caulis; B , cauliculus. 2. In bot ., same as caulicle . cauliferous (ka-life-rus), a . [= F. caul ifère , L. caulis , a stalk, + ferre = E. bear1 .] In bot . , cauliflower (kali-flou-er), n. [Earlier coll i- flower, collyftory , colieflorie , cole florie , modified, in imitation of E. cole2 , L. caulis , and E. flower , from the F. name choux flor is or fleuris (Cot- grave): choux , pl. of chou = E. cole , cabbage, caulis , a cabbage, orig. a stalk (see cole2 , caulis); flor is, fleuris, pp. pl. of florir , later caup