Part 1529

<h1>Cacophony</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Ca*coph"o*ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Cacophonies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/; <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ bad + <?/<?/<?/<?/ sound: cf. F. <ets>Cacophonie</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables.</def> "<i>Cacophonies</i> of all kinds."

<i>Pope.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>A combination of discordant sounds.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An unhealthy state of the voice.</def>

<h1>Cacotechny</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Cac"o*tech`ny</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ bad + <?/ art.]</ety> <def>A corruption or corrupt state of art.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Cacoxene, Cacoxenite</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw><hw>Ca*cox"ene</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ca*cox"e*nite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ bad + <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ guest.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A hydrous phosphate of iron occurring in yellow radiated tufts. The phosphorus seriously injures it as an iron ore.</def>

<h1>Cactaceous</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Cac*ta"ceous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example.</def>

<h1>Cactus</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Cac"tus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> ; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Cactuses</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <plw>Cacti</plw> <tt>(-t\'c6)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L., a kind of cactus, Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/<?/.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>Any plant of the order <spn>Cactac\'91</spn>, as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus. See <er>Cereus</er>. They usually have leafless stems and branches, often beset with clustered thorns, and are mostly natives of the warmer parts of America.</def>

<cs><col>Cactus wren</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>an American wren of the genus <spn>Campylorhynchus</spn>, of several species.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cacuminal</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Ca*cu"mi*nal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cacumen</ets>, <ets>cacuminis</ets>, the top, point.]</ety> <fld>(Philol.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the top of the palate; cerebral; -- applied to certain consonants; <as>as, <ex>cacuminal</ex> (or cerebral) letters</as>.</def>

<h1>Cacuminate</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Ca*cu"mi*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cacuminatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>cacuminare</ets> to point, fr. <ets>cacumen</ets> point.]</ety> <def>To make sharp or pointed.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Cad</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Cad</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Abbrev. fr. <ets>cadet</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<i>Dickens.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A lowbred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow.</def> <mark></mark>

<i>Thackeray.</i>

<h1>Cadastral</h1> <Xpage=200>

<hw>Ca*das"tral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to landed property.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Cadastral survey</col>, &or; <col>Cadastral map</col></mcol>, <cd>a survey, map, or plan on a large scale (Usually <feac1x2500/ of the linear measure of the ground, or twenty-five inches to the mile or about an inch to the acre) so as to represent the relative positions and dimensions of objects and estates exactly; -- distinguished from a <i>topographical<i> map, which exaggerates the dimensions of houses and the breadth of roads and streams, for the sake of distinctness.</cd></cs>

<i>Brande & C.</i>

<h1>Cadastre, Cadaster</h1> <Xpage=200>