Part 1525

<hw>Ca*brit"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Cabr\'82e</er>.</def>

<h1>Caburn</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Cab"urn</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Cable</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc.</def>

<h1>Cac\'91mia, Cach\'91mia</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw><hw>Ca*c\'91"mi*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ca*ch\'91"mi*a</hw><hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ bad+ <?/<?/<?/<?/ blood.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood.</def>

<h1>Cacaine</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Ca*ca"ine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The essential principle of cacao; -- now called <altname>theobromine</altname>.</def>

<h1>Cacaj\'eeo</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Ca*ca*j\'eeo"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pg.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l)</fld> <def>A South American short-tailed monkey (<spn>Pithecia (&or; Brachyurus) melanocephala)</spn>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>cacajo</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Cacao</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Ca*ca"o</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp., fr. Mex. <ets>kakahuatl</ets>. Cf. <er>Cocoa</er>, <er>Chocolate</er>]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A small evergreen tree (<spn>Theobroma Cacao</spn>) of South America and the West Indies. Its fruit contains an edible pulp, inclosing seeds about the size of an almond, from which cocoa, chocolate, and broma are prepared.</def>

<h1>Cachalot</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Cach"a*lot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cachalot</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The sperm whale (<spn>Physeter macrocephalus</spn>). It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called <i>spermaceti</i>. See <er>Sperm whale</er>.</def>

<h1>Cache</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Cache</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., a hiding place, fr. <ets>cacher</ets> to conceal, to hide.]</ety> <def>A hole in the ground, or hiding place, for concealing and preserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry.</def>

<i>Kane.</i>

<h1>Cachectic, Cachectical</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw><hw>Ca*chec"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ca*chec"tic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cachecticus</ets>, Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/: cf. F. <ets>cachectique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Having, or pertaining to, cachexia; <as>as, <ex>cachectic</ex> remedies; <ex>cachectical</ex> blood.</as></def>

<i>Arbuthnot.</i>

<h1>Cachepot</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Cache`pot"</hw> <tt>(k&adot;sh`p&osl;")</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>cacher</ets> to hide + <ets>pot</ets> a pot.]</ety> <def>An ornamental casing for a flowerpot, of porcelain, metal, paper, etc.</def>

<h1>Cachet</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Cach"et</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. fr. <ets>cacher</ets> to hide.]</ety> <def>A seal, as of a letter.</def>

<cs><col>Lettre de cachet</col> <ety>[F.]</ety>, <cd>a sealed letter, especially a letter or missive emanating from the sovereign; -- much used in France before the Revolution as an arbitrary order of imprisonment.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cachexia, Cachexy</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw><hw>Ca*chex"i*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ca*chex"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cachexia</ets>, Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/; <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ bad + <?/<?/<?/<?/ condition.]</ety> <def>A condition of ill health and impairment of nutrition due to impoverishment of the blood, esp. when caused by a specific morbid process (as cancer or tubercle).</def>

<h1>Cachinnation</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Cach`in*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cachinnatio</ets>, fr. <ets>cachinnare</ets> to laugh aloud, cf Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/.]</ety> <def>Loud or immoderate laughter; -- often a symptom of hysterical or maniacal affections.</def>