Part 1527

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

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

<hw>Cac"kle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg.</def>

<blockquote>By her <b>cackle</b> saved the state. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Idle talk; silly prattle.</def>

<blockquote>There is a buzz and <b>cackle</b> all around regarding the sermon. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cackler</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Cac"kler</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A fowl that cackles.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who prattles, or tells tales; a tattler.</def>

<h1>Cackling</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Cac"kling</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The broken noise of a goose or a hen.</def>

<h1>Cacochymia, Cacochymy</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw><hw>Cac`o*chym"i*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cac"o*chym`y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>cacochymia</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/; <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ bad + <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ juice: cf. F. <ets>cacochymie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A vitiated state of the humors, or fluids, of the body, especially of the blood.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Cacochymic, Cacochymical</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw><hw>Cac`o*chym"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cac`o*chym"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the fluids of the body vitiated, especially the blood.</def>

<i>Wiseman.</i>

<h1>Cacodemon</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Cac`o*de"mon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/; <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ bad + <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ demon: cf. F. <ets>cacod\'82mon</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An evil spirit; a devil or demon.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>The nightmare.</def>

<i>Dunaglison.</i>

<h1>Cacodoxical</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Cac`o*dox"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Heretical.</def>

<h1>Cacodoxy</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Cac"o*dox`y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ perverted opinion; <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ bad + <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ opinion.]</ety> <def>Erroneous doctrine; heresy; heterodoxy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Heterodoxy, or what Luther calls <b>cacodoxy</b>. <i>R. Turnbull.</i></blockquote>