Part 1526

<blockquote>Hideous grimaces . . . attended this unusual <b>cachinnation</b>. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cachinnatory</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Ca*chin"na*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Consisting of, or accompanied by, immoderate laughter.</def>

<blockquote><b>Cachinnatory</b> buzzes of approval. <i>Carlyle.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cachiri</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Ca*chi"ri</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A fermented liquor made in Cayenne from the grated root of the manioc, and resembling perry.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Cacholong</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Cach"o*long</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n</tt>, <ety>[F. <ets>cacholong</ets>, said to be from <ets>Cach</ets>, the name of a river in Bucharia + <ets>cholon</ets>, a Calmuck word for <ets>stone</ets>; or fr. a Calmuck word meaning "beautiful stone"]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz; also, a similar variety of opal.</def>

<h1>Cachou</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Ca`chou"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. See <ets>Cashoo</ets>.]</ety> <def>A silvered aromatic pill, used to correct the odor of the breath.</def>

<h1>Cachucha</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Ca*chu"cha</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <def>An Andalusian dance in three-four time, resembing the bolero.</def> <altsp>[Sometimes in English spelled <asp>cachuca</asp> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.]</altsp>

<blockquote>The orchestra plays the <b>cachucha</b>. <i>Logfellow.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cachunde</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Ca*chun"de</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A pastil or troche, composed of various aromatic and other ingredients, highly celebrated in India as an antidote, and as a stomachic and antispasmodic.</def>

<h1>Cacique</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Ca*cique"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp.]</ety> <def>See Cazique.</def>

<h1>Cack</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Cack</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>cakken</ets>, fr. L. <ets>cacare</ets>; akin to Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/, and to OIr. Cacc dung; cf. AS. <ets>cac</ets>.]</ety> <def>To ease the body by stool; to go to stool.</def>

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Cackerel</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Cack"er*el</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>caquerel cagarel</ets> (<ets>Cotgr</ets>.), from the root of E. <ets>cack</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The mendole; a small worthless Mediterranean fish considered poisonous by the ancients. See <er>Mendole</er>.</def>

<h1>Cackle</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Cac"kle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Cackled</er> <tt>(-k'ld)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Cackling</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>cakelen</ets>; cf. LG. <ets>kakeln</ets>, D. <ets>kakelen</ets>, G. <ets>gackeln</ets>, <ets>gackern</ets>; all of imitative origin. Cf. <er>Gagle</er>, <er>Cake</er> to cackle.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.</def>

<blockquote>When every goose is <b>cackling</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle.</def>

<i>Arbuthnot.</i>