cacolet (kakola)

[F., used orig. in the Pyrenees, and perhaps of Basque origin.] A kind of pannier in the form of a seat, fixed on the back of a mule or horse, for carrying travelers in mountainous districts, or sick or wounded persons. It is composed of strong iron rods with joints, IMG:content-2887.png:[graphic][merged small] cacomixl (kak'ō-mik-sl), n. [Mex.] See Bas- saris , 1. caconym (kak'ō-nim), n. [ κακός , bad, + ὄνομα, ὄνυμα, a name.] A bad name for any- thing; a name which is in any way undesirable or objectionable. Coues. caconymic (kak-ō-nim'ik), a. Pertaining to caconyms or to caconymy. Coues . caconymy (ka-kon'i-mi), n. [ сасопут + Cf. synonymy.] The use of caconyms; bad nomenclature or terminology. Coues . cacoon (ka-kön'), n. [Also kakuna ; an Afri- can name.] A commercial name for the large beans of the Entada scandens, natural order IMG:content-2888.png:[blocks in formation] to euphonious. 751 written kudumba. Coudden 2. v cad an (kad'an), n. [E. dial.; another form of q. v.] v.] A local English name for the -aceæ .] A very peculiar order of American polypetalous dicotyledonous plants, the cactus or Indian-fig family. They are green and fleshy, most ly without true leaves, are globular or columnar or joint-cad a ed, and are usually armed with bundles of spines. The flowers have numerous sepals, petals, and stamens, and are often large and very showy. The fruit is usually a pulpy berry, with numerous seeds, frequently large and edible. They are natives mostly of dry and hot regions, where they form a prominent and characteristic part of the vegetation. The principal genera (all former nean genus Cactus ) are Mammil lari a, Me loc act us, and Echino plants, sometimes gigantic; Ce reus, often climbing or erect and columnar, sometimes arborescent and 30 to 50 feet high; cactus, which are globose or oval cacophony (ka-kof'ō-ni), n.; pl. cacophonies (-niz). [NL. cacophonia, The Lancashire folk speak quick and curt, omit letters, or sound three or four words all together: thus, I wou' didd'n, or I woudyedd'd, is a cacophony which stands for I wish you would! 1. D'Israeli , Amen. of Lit., I. 171. 2. In pathol., a depraved voice; an altered state of the voice.