Cadaverous Ca·dav"er·ous adjective [ Latin
cadaverosus .]
1. Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look. 2. Of or pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead body. "The scent
cadaverous ." --
Ca*dav"er*ous*ly ,
adverb --
Ca*dav"er*ous*ness ,
noun
Cadbait Cad"bait` noun [ Prov. English
codbait ,
cadbote fly.]
(Zoology) See Caddice .
Caddice, Caddis Cad"dice, Cad"dis noun [ Prov. English
caddy ,
cadew ; confer German
köder bait.]
(Zoology) The larva of a caddice fly. These larvæ generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with pieces of broken shells, gravel, bits of wood, etc. They are a favorite bait with anglers. Called also caddice worm , or caddis worm . Caddice fly (Zoology) ,
a species of trichopterous insect, whose larva is the caddice.
Caddie Cad"die noun [ Written also
caddy ,
cadie ,
cady , and
cawdy .] [ See
Cadet .]
1. A cadet. [ Obsolete Scot.]
2. A lad; young fellow. [ Scot.]
Burns. 3. One who does errands or other odd jobs. [ Scot.]
4. An attendant who carries a golf player's clubs, tees his ball, etc.
Caddis Cad"dis noun [ Middle English
caddas , Scot.
caddis lint,
caddes a kind of woolen cloth, confer Gael.
cada ,
cadadh , a kind of cloth, cotton, fustian, W.
cadas , French
cadis .]
A kind of worsted lace or ribbon. "
Caddises , cambrics, lawns."
Shak.
Caddish Cad"dish adjective Like a cad; lowbred and presuming.
Caddow Cad"dow noun [ Middle English
cadawe , probably from
ca chough +
daw jackdaw; confer Gael.
cadhag ,
cathag . Confer
Chough ,
Daw ,
noun ]
(Zoology) A jackdaw. [ Prov. Eng.]
Caddy Cad"dy noun ;
plural Caddies . [ Earlier spelt
catty , from Malay
katī a weight of 1⅓ pounds. Confer
Catty .]
A small box, can, or chest to keep tea in.
Cade Cade adjective [ Confer Middle English
cad ,
kod , lamb, also
Cosset ,
Coddle .]
Bred by hand; domesticated; petted. He brought his cade lamb with him.
Sheldon.
Cade Cade transitive verb To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame. [ Obsolete]
Johnson.
Cade Cade noun [ Latin
cadus jar, Greek ....]
A barrel or cask, as of fish. "A
cade of herrings."
Shak. A cade of herrings is 500, of sprats 1,000.
Jacob, Law Dict.
Cade Cade noun [ French & Pr.; Late Latin
cada .]
A species of juniper ( Juniperus Oxycedrus ) of Mediterranean countries. Oil of cade ,
a thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by destructive distillation of the inner wood of the cade. It is used as a local application in skin diseases.
Cadence Ca"dence noun [ Middle English
cadence ,
cadens , Late Latin
cadentia a falling, from Latin
cadere to fall; confer French
cadence , Italian
cadenza . See
Chance .]
1. The act or state of declining or sinking. [ Obsolete]
Now was the sun in western cadence low.
Milton.
2. A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, especially at the end of a sentence. 3. A rhythmical modulation of the voice or of any sound; as, music of bells in cadence sweet. Blustering winds, which all night long
Had roused the sea, now with hoarse cadence lull
Seafaring men o'erwatched.
Milton.
The accents . . . were in passion's tenderest cadence .
Sir W. Scott.
4. Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse. Golden cadence of poesy.
Shak.
If in any composition much attention was paid to the flow of the rhythm, it was said (at least in the 14th and 15th centuries) to be "prosed in faire cadence ."
Dr. Guest.
5. (Her.) See Cadency . 6. (Man.) Harmony and proportion in motions, as of a well-managed horse. 7. (Mil.) A uniform time and place in marching. 8. (Mus.) (a) The close or fall of a strain; the point of rest, commonly reached by the immediate succession of the tonic to the dominant chord. (b) A cadenza , or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy. Imperfect cadence .
(Mus.) See under Imperfect .
Cadence Ca"dence transitive verb To regulate by musical measure. These parting numbers, cadenced by my grief.
Philips.
Cadency Ca"den·cy noun Descent of related families; distinction between the members of a family according to their ages. Marks of cadency (Her.) ,
bearings indicating the position of the bearer as older or younger son, or as a descendant of an older or younger son. See Difference (Her.) .
Cadene Ca·dene" noun [ Confer French
cadène .]
A species of inferior carpet imported from the Levant. McElrath.
Cadent Ca"dent adjective [ Latin
cadens ,
-entis , present participle of
cadere to fall.]
Falling. [ R.] "
Cadent tears."
Shak.
Cadenza Ca·den"za noun [ Italian ]
(Mus.) A parenthetic flourish or flight of ornament in the course of a piece, commonly just before the final cadence.
Cader Ca"der noun See Cadre .
Cadet Ca·det" noun [ French
cadet a younger or the youngest son or brother, dim. from Latin
caput head;
i. e. , a smaller head of the family, after the first or eldest. See
Chief , and confer
Cad .]
1. The younger of two brothers; a younger brother or son; the youngest son. The cadet of an ancient and noble family.
Wood.
2. (Mil.) (a) A gentleman who carries arms in a regiment, as a volunteer, with a view of acquiring military skill and obtaining a commission. (b) A young man in training for military or naval service; esp. a pupil in a military or naval school, as at West Point, Annapolis, or Woolwich. » All the undergraduates at Annapolis are
Naval cadets . The distinction between
Cadet midshipmen and
Cadet engineers was abolished by Act of Congress in 1882.
Cadet Ca·det" noun 1. In New Zealand, a young gentleman learning sheep farming at a station; also, any young man attached to a sheep station. 2. A young man who makes a business of ruining girls to put them in brothels. [ Slang, U. S.]
Cadetship Ca·det"ship noun The position, rank, or commission of a cadet; as, to get a cadetship .
Cadew, Cadeworm Ca·dew", Cade"worm` noun A caddice. See Caddice .
Cadge Cadge transitive verb & i. [
imperfect & past participle Cadged ;
present participle & verbal noun Cadging .] [ Confer Scot.
cache ,
caich ,
cadge , to toss, drive, Middle English
cachen to drive, catch,
caggen to bind, or perhaps English
cage . Confer
Cadger .]
1. To carry, as a burden. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Halliwell. 2. To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc. [ Prov.]
3. To intrude or live on another meanly; to beg. [ Prov. or Slang, Eng.]
Wright.
Cadge Cadge noun [ Confer 2d
Cadger .]
(Hawking) A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.
Cadger Cadg"er noun [ From
Cadge ,
transitive verb , confer
Codger .]
1. A packman or itinerant huckster. 2. One who gets his living by trickery or begging. [ Prov. or Slang] "The gentleman
cadger ."
Dickens.
Cadger Cadg"er noun [ Old French
cagier one who catches hawks. Confer
Cage .]
(Hawking) One who carries hawks on a cadge.
Cadgy Cadg"y adjective Cheerful or mirthful, as after good eating or drinking; also, wanton. [ Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
Cadi Ca"di noun [ Turk. See
Alcalde .]
An inferior magistrate or judge among the Mohammedans, usually the judge of a town or village.
Cadie, Caddie Cad"ie, Cad"die noun A Scotch errand boy, porter, or messenger. [ Written also
cady .]
Every Scotchman, from the peer to the cadie .
Macaulay.
Cadilesker Ca`di·les"ker noun [ Arabic
qād.ī judge +
al'sker the army, Persian
leshker .]
A chief judge in the Turkish empire, so named originally because his jurisdiction extended to the cases of soldiers, who are now tried only by their own officers.
Cadillac Ca·dil"lac noun [ Prob. from
Cadillac , a French town.]
A large pear, shaped like a flattened top, used chiefly for cooking. Johnson.
Cadis Cad"is noun [ French]
A kind of coarse serge.
Cadmean Cad·me"an (kăd*m> emac/"
a n)
adjective [ Latin
Cadmeus , Greek
Kadmei^os , from
Ka`dmos (L.
Cadmus ), which name perhaps means lit. a man from the East; confer Hebrew
qedem east.]
Of or pertaining to Cadmus, a fabulous prince of Thebes, who was said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple letters of the alphabet -- α, β, γ, δ, ε, ι, κ, λ, μ, ν, ο, π, ρ, σ, τ, υ. These are called Cadmean letters. Cadmean victory ,
a victory that damages the victors as much as the vanquished; probably referring to the battle in which the soldiers who sprang from the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus slew each other.
Cadmia Cad"mi·a noun [ Latin
cadmia calamine, Greek .... Confer
Calamine .]
(Min.) An oxide of zinc which collects on the sides of furnaces where zinc is sublimed. Formerly applied to the mineral calamine .
Cadmian Cad"mi·an adjective [ R.]
See Cadmean .
Cadmic Cad"mic adjective (Chemistry) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cadmium; as, cadmic sulphide.
Cadmium Cad"mi·um noun [ New Latin See
Cadmia .]
(Chemistry) A comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring in some zinc ores. It is a white metal, both ductile and malleable. Symbol Cd. Atomic weight 111.8. It was discovered by Stromeyer in 1817, who named it from its association with zinc or zinc ore. Cadmium yellow ,
a compound of cadmium and sulphur, of an intense yellow color, used as a pigment.
Cadrans Cad"rans noun [ Confer French
cadran . Confer
Quadrant .]
An instrument with a graduated disk by means of which the angles of gems are measured in the process of cutting and polishing.
Cadre Ca"dre noun [ French
cadre , Italian
quadro square, from Latin
quadrum , from
quatuor four.]
(Mil.) The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff. [ Written also
cader .]
Caducary Ca·du"ca·ry adjective [ See
Caducous .]
(Law) Relating to escheat, forfeiture, or confiscation.
Caducean Ca·du"ce·an adjective Of or belonging to Mercury's caduceus, or wand.
Caduceus Ca·du"ce·us noun [ Latin
caduceum ,
caduceus ; akin to Greek ... a herald's wand, from ... herald.]
(Myth.) The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olive wood, but was afterwards fabled to have two serpents coiled about it, and two wings at the top.
Caducibranchiate Ca·du`ci·bran"chi·ate adjective [ Latin
caducus falling (fr.
cadere to fall) + English
branchiate .]
(Zoology) With temporary gills: -- applied to those Amphibia in which the gills do not remain in adult life.
Caducity Ca·du"ci·ty noun [ Late Latin
caducitas : confer French
caducité . See
Caducous .]
Tendency to fall; the feebleness of old age; senility. [ R.]
[ A] jumble of youth and caducity .
Chesterfield.
Caducous Ca·du"cous [ Latin caducus falling, inclined to fall, from cadere to fall. See Cadence .] (Bot. & Zoology) Dropping off or disappearing early, as the calyx of a poppy, or the gills of a tadpole.
Caduke Ca·duke" adjective [ Confer French
caduc . See
Caducous .]
Perishable; frail; transitory. [ Obsolete]
Hickes. The caduke pleasures of his world.
Bp. Fisher.
Cady Cad"y noun See Cadie .
Caen stone Ca"en stone" A cream-colored limestone for building, found near Caen, France.
Café Ca`fé" noun [ French See
Coffee .]
A coffeehouse; a restaurant; also, a room in a hotel or restaurant where coffee and liquors are served.
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