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550. Fite 73, fir 77,fall 83,fit 81—mi93,m§t 05—pine 105,pin 107—nA 102, lri&ve 104,
0 A STIG ATION,ka9-te-gk'sliun, j.Penance,discipline; punishment, correction.; emenda-tion. , , , ,
CASTIGATORY, kis'te-ga-tur-c, a. Puni-live. 512 . , ,
CASTILE SOAP, kas teel-sope, s. A kind
of soap. . ,
CASTING-NET, kas'ting-net, s. A net tobe thrown into the water by hand to catch fish.
CASTLE , kas'sl, s. 472. A house fortified.—Castles in the air, projects without reality.
CASTLED, k&s'sld, a. 405,472. Furnishedwith castles.
CASTLING, kdst'Rng, s. An abortive.
CASTOR, kis'tur, s. 98. A beaver.
CASTOREUM, kis-t6're-um, s. In phar-macy, a liquid matter enclosed in bags orpurses, near the anus of the castor, talselytaken for his testicles.
CASTRAMETATION, kas-tril-mA-ta'shun,s. The art or practice of encamping.
To CASTRATE , k&s'trkte, v. a. To geld ;to take away the obscene parts of a writing.
CASTRATION , k&s-tra'shun, «. The act ofgelding.
CASTERIL, \ i4 S s. 99. A mean or
CASTREL, J 9 i degenerate kind
of hawk.
CASTRENSIAN, kas-tren'shi-An, a. Be-longing to a camp.
CASUAL, kazh'u-fil, o. 451, 453. Accident-a!, arising from chance.
CASUALLY, kazh'u-al-le, ad. Accidentally,without design.
CASUALNESS, kuzh'u-dl-nes, s. Accident-alness.
CASUALTY, kflzh'u-ai'te, s. Accident, atiling happening hy chance.
CASUIST , kazh'u-lst, s. One that studiesamt settles cases of conscience.
CASUISTICAL, k4zh-A-is'tfc-k4l, a. Re-latirtg to Cases of conscience.
CASUISTRY , kilzh'u-is-tre, s. The sciencenf a casuist.
CAT, kat, j. A domestick animal thatcatches mice.
CAT, kit, ». A sort of ship.
CAT-O’-NINE-TAILS, kat-a-nlne'-talz, *.88. A whip with nine lashes.
CATACIIRESIS, kfit-fi-krcsis,520. The
abuse ot a, trope, wlien the. words are too farwrested from their native signification; as avoice beautiful to the ear.
C.ATACHRESTICAL, k-lt-i-kris'te-kil, a.Forced, far-fetched.
CATACLYSM, kal'i-klfem, A deluge,an inundation.
CATACOMBS , kat'a-komz, a. Subterrane-ous cavities for the burial of the dead.
CATALEPSIS, kitt-&-lep'sjs, s. A diseasewherein the patient is without sense, and re-mains in the same posture in which the diseaseseized him.
CATALOGUE, kM-lSg, s. 338. An enu-meration of particulars, a list.
CATAMOUNTAIN, kit-a-moun't!n, s. Afierce animal resembling a cat.
CATAPHRACT, kat'a-Mkt, s. A horse-man in complete armour.
CATAPLASM, k^t'a-pUzm, a. A poultice.
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CATAPULT, kdt'd-pult, s. 489. An engineused anciently to throw stones.
CATARACT, kita-rikt, s. A fall of water
from on high, a cascade.
CATARACT, kit'a-rakt, s. An inspissationof the crystalline humour of the eye; some*times a pellicle that hinders the sight.CATARRH, kd-t&r', s. A defluction of asharp serum from the glands about the headand throat.
CATARRHAL, ktUtdriral, \n. Relating toCATARRHOUS, ka-t&r'rus, j thecatarrh,proceeding from a catarrh.
CATASTROPHE, ka-tds'trA-fe, s. The
change or revolution which produces the con-clusion or final event of a dramatick piece ; afinal event, generally unhappy.
CATCAL, kat'kall, 40G. A squeaking in-strument, used in the playhouse to couderonplays.
This word ought undoubtedly to be written withdouble l .—See Principles of Pronunciation, letterami Introduction tollhyming Dictionary,Orthographi-cal Aphorism XII.
To CATCH, k&tsh, v. a. 89. To lay hold onwith the hand ; to stop any thing Hying ; toseize any thing by pursuit; to stop, to inter-rupt falling; to insnare, to entangle in asnare ; to receive suddenly ; to fasten sud-denly upon, to seize; to please, to seize theaffections, to charm ; to receive any contagionor disease.
£3* This word is almost universally pronounced inthe capital like the noun ketch; but this deviationfrom ihc true sound of a is only tolerable in colloquialpronunciation, and ought, by correct apeakeie, to beavoided even in that.
To*CATCll, k&tsh, r. n. To be contagious,to spread infection.
CATCH, kiltsh, s.Seizure , the act of seizing,the act of taking quickly; a song sung in suc-cession ; watch, the posture of seizing; anadvantage taken, hold laid on ; the thingcaught, profit; a short interval of action; ataint,a shghtcontagion;any thing that catches,as a hook ; a small swift-sailing ship.
CATCHER, kdtsh'ur, s. He that catches;
that in w hich any thing is caught.CATCHFLY, k&tsh Hi, s. A plant,Campion.CATCHPOLL, kdtsh'pAle, s. A sergeant,
a humbaiiitf.
CATCH\v ORD, katsh'wurd, s. The wordat t he comer of the page under the last line,which is repeated at the top of the next page.CATECHETICAL , kdt-A-ket'e-kM, a. Con-sisting of questions and answers
CATECHETICALLY,kit-c-kit'c-kSl-e.ad.
In the way of question and answer.
To CATECHISE , kate-kAlze, r. a. To in-struct by asking questions ; to question ; tointerrogate, to examine. 160.CATECHISER, kat'e-kei-zur, s. 160. One
who catechizes.
CATECHISM , k&t'i-klzm, s. A form of in-struction by means of questions and answersconcerning religion.
CATECHIST, kit'A-kfst, s . One whosechange is to question the uninstrucLed concern*mg religion.
CATECHUMEN, k&t-e-kiVmen, s. On®
who is yet in the first rudiments of Christi-anity. 503.