cauciont

An obsolete form of caution. caucus (ka'kus), n. [This word originated in Boston, Ma achusetts. According to a com 866 mon account it is a corruption of calkers ' meeting, a term said to have been applied in derision by the Tories to meetings of citizens, among whom were calkers and rope makers, held to protest against the aggre ions of the royal troops, and especially against the "Boston Ma acre" of March 5th, 1770. But such a corruption and forgetfulne of the orig. meaning of a word so familiar as calkers is improbable, and, moreover, the word caucus occurs at least 7 years earlier, caudle See caudad.-3. In entom., pertaining to or on the end of the abdomen: as, a caudal style; a caudal spot. - Caudal fin, the tail-fin, or that at the posterior end of the body. See cut under fin. - Caudal flexure. See flexure. II. n. 1. In ichth ., the caudal fin of a fish.2. In an at ., a caudal or coccygeal vertebra. Abbreviated cd . in ichthyological formulas. caudal is (ka-dā'lis), n.; pl. caudales (-lēz). [NL.: see caudal.] In ichth ., the caudal fin. Günther , 1859. in the following ollowing pa age in the diary of John Adams: "Feb...., 1763-This day learned that Caudata (ka-da'tä), n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. of the Caucus Club meets at certain times in the caudatus: see caudate.] In herpet., the tailed garret of Tom Dawes, the adjutant of the Boston or urodele batrachians: same as Urodela: ор(militia) regiment." This indicates the origin posed to Ecaudata or Anura2. Oppel, 1811. caudatal (ka-da'tal), a. [ of the term caucus, as a private meeting for political purposes, in the name of a club of that to or other organs which have such an appendage. (b) In entom., having a long, tail-like proce on the margin, as the posterior wings of many Lepidoptera. - Caudate lobe of the liver, in human an at., the lobus caudatus, a small elevated band of hepatic substance continued from the under surface of the right lobe to the base of the Spigelian lobe. - Caudate nucleus, in an at., the caudatum or nucleus caudatus, the upper gray ganglion of nature, called the "Caucus Club." The origin caudate (ka'dāt), a. [NL. caudatus, a party caucus generally only known congre ional, legislative, or other gathering of leading members of a party for conference as the corpus striatum, projecting into the lateral ventricle and separated from the lenticular nucleus by the internal capsule. Same as caudate.