CAT
nir 167, nSt 163—tube 171
CAV
tfib 172, bSll 173—iil 299—po3nd 313—t/iin 466 ,tiiis4G9.
CATECHUMENICAL,kit-e-ku-men'e-k&l,a. o09. Belonging to the catachuuieus.CATEGORICAL,'kat-e-gor'e-kaJ, a. Ab-solute, adequate, positive. , . . ,
CATEGORICALLY, kit-e-gcir'e-kal-e, ad.
Positively, expressly.
CATEGORY, kiU'ij-gor-fo s. A class, a
rank, an oriierof ideas, predicament.CATENARIAN, kat-e-na're-an, a. Relatingto a chain. , , ,
To CATENATE, kut'e-nate, r. a. To chain.CATENATION, kat-e-na'shun, s. Link,regular connexion.
To CATER, ka'tur,v.n. 98.To provide food,to buy in victuals. -
CATER, katftr, s. The four of cards anddice.
CATER-COUSIN,ka'tur-kuz-zn,s. A pettyfavourite, one related by blood or mind.CATERER, ka'tur-ur,s. A purveyor.CATERESS, katur-res, s. A woman em-ployed to provide victuals.
CATERPILLAR, kat'tur-pil-lur, s. A wormsustained by leaves ar.d Iruits ; a plant.
To CATERWAUL, kat'tur-wawl, r. rt. Tomake a noise as cats in rutting time ; to makeany offensive or odious noise.
CATES, kates, s.Viands, food, dish of meat.CATFISH, kat'fish, s. A sea-iish in theWest Indies .
CATHARTICAL, ka-thtlr'te-kdl, ) a. Pur-CATHARTICK, kiW/iiir'dk, 1 gative.CATHAUTICK, kil-f/rar'tik, s. 509. A me-dicine to purge downwards.
CATHARTIC ALNESS, kiU/4r'te-kal-nSs,j. Purging quality.
CATHEAD, kal/h£d, s. In a ship, a pieceof timber with two shivers at one end, havinga rone and a block ; a kind of fossile.CATHEDRAL, kiU/ie'dr&l, a. 88. Episcopal,containing the see of a bishop ; belonging toan episcopal church.
CATHEDRAL, ka-f/ie'dial, s. 88. The headchurch of a diocese.
CATHEIUNE-PEAR, ka£/i-ur-rin-pire', s.
An inferior kind of pear.
. Thin proper name ought to he written with an a>n the second syllable instead of e, as it comes fromthe Greek Kat3a§o$, signifying pure.
CATHETER, kaf/i'e-tur, s. 98. A hollowand somewhat crooked instrument to thrustinto the bladder, to assist in bringing awaythe urine when the passage is stopped.
CATHOLES, kilt'holz, s. In a ship, two
little holes astern above the gun-room ports.
CATHOLICISM , ka-t/itft'e-skm, s. Adhe-
rence to the Catholick church.
CATHOLICK, kith'6-llk, a. Universal or
general.
CA THOLICON, kd-f/ttil'e-k&n, s. An uni-versal medicine.
CATKINS, kat'blnz, s. Imperfect flowershanging trora trees, in manner of a rope orcat s tail.
CATLING, kathlng, s. A dismemberingknife, used by surgeons ; catgut, fiddle-strings.CATMINT , kat'mmt, s. A plantC ATOPTRICAL, kat-flp'tre-kdl, «.R e l a tingto the catoptricks, or vision by reflectionCATOPTRICKS, kat-flp'triks, That partof opticks which treats of vision by reflection.
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CATPIPE, kat'pipe, $. Catcal.
CAT’S-EYE, kdts'i, s. A stone.CATS-FOOT, kdtsTut, s, Alehoof.CAT’S-HEAD, kats'hed, s. A kind ofappl*.CATSILVER, kat'sil-vur, 5 . 98. A kind of
fossile.
CAT’S-TAIL, kdts'tKle, 5 . A long roundsubstance that grows upon nut-trees ; a kindof reed.
CATSUP , universally pronounced k&tsh'up,s. A kind of pickle.
CATTLE, kat'tl, s. 405. Beasts of pasture,not wild nor domestick.
CAVALCADE, kiiv'al-kade', s. 524. A pro-cession on horseback.
CAVALIER, kdv-a-leer',5. 275. A horse-man, a knight; n gay, sprightly, militaryman ; the ni’pHlatiou of the party of KingCharles the Fi. st.
CAVALIER, kav-a-leer', a. Gay, sprigRtly,warlike; generous, brave; disdainful, haughty.CAVALIERLY, kav : a-leer'le, ad. Haughti-ly. arrogantly, disdainfully.
CAVALRY , kaval-re . Horse troops.
To CAVATE, kavate, r. a. To hollow.CAVA2ION, ku-va'zhun, s. The hollowingof tlie earth for cellarage.
CAUDLE, kaw'dl, s. 405. A mixture ofwine and other ingredients, given to women inchildbed.
CAVE,kave , A cavern, a den; a hollow,
any hollow place.
CAVEAT, k<Vve4t, s.A caveat is an intima-tion given to some ordinary or ecclesiasticaljudge, notifying to him that lie ought to be-ware how he acts.
CAVERN, kdv'urn, s. 555. A hollow placein the ground.
CAVERNED, kav'urnd, «. 302. Full ofcaverns,!] dlow,excavated; inhabiting a cavern.CAVERNOUS, kav'ur-nus, «. 557. Full ofcaverns.
CAVESSON, kav'es-sun, s. 98. A sort ofnoseband fora horse.
CAUF, kiiwf, s. A chest with holes, to keep
fish alive in the water.
CAUGHT, kawt, 213, 393. Part. pass, fromTo catch.
CAVIARE, ka-veer', s. The eggs of a stur-geon salted.
kT Either the spelling or the pronunciation of thisword shonld be alteied : we have no iiit-lance in thelanguage of sounding are, ei€: the ancient spelling;seems to have been caviare; though Buchanan andBailey, in compliance with the pronunciation, ?pHI itcareer, and W. Johnson caveat•; and .Ash, as a lessusual spelling, cuvier: but the Dictionary De la Cntscaspells it caviale.
To CAVIL, kav'Jl, r. n. 159. To raise cap-tious and frivolous objections-
To CAVIL, kav'il, r. a. To receive or treatwith objections.
CAVIL, kav'il, s. A false or frivolous ob-jeclion.
CfVVILLATION, kav-il-la'shun, *. The dis-position to make captious objections.CAVILLER, kav'vil-ur, s. An unfair adver-sarv, a captious disputant.CAYILLINGLY, kflv'il-ltng-le, ad. In acavilling manner.
CA VILLOUS, kav'vil-lus, a. Full of objee-tiaus.