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<hw>Cad"is</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A kind of coarse serge.</def>

<h1>Cadmean</h1> <Xpage=201>

<hw>Cad*me"an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Cadmeus</ets>, Gr. <?/, from <?/ (L. <ets>Cadmus</ets>), which name perhaps means lit. a man from the East; cf. Heb. <ets>qedem</ets> east.]</ety> <def>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 -- <?/, <?/, <?/, <?/, <?/, <?/, <?/, <?/, <?/, <?/, <?/, <?/, <?/, <?/, <?/. These are called <i>Cadmean</i> letters.</def>

<cs><col>Cadmean victory</col>, <cd>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\'3c-- Pyhrric victory? --\'3e.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cadmia</h1> <Xpage=201>

<hw>Cad"mi*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cadmia</ets> calamine, Gr. <?/. Cf. <er>Calamine</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>An oxide of zinc which collects on the sides of furnaces where zinc is sublimed. Formerly applied to the mineral <i>calamine</i>.</def>

<h1>Cadmian</h1> <Xpage=201>

<hw>Cad"mi*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[R.]</wordforms> <def>See <er>Cadmean</er>.</def>

<h1>Cadmic</h1> <Xpage=201>

<hw>Cad"mic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cadmium; <as>as, <ex>cadmic</ex> sulphide</as>.</def>

<h1>Cadmium</h1> <Xpage=201>

<hw>Cad"mi*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Cadmia</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<cs><col>Cadmium yellow</col>, <cd>a compound of cadmium and sulphur, of an intense yellow color, used as a pigment.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cadrans</h1> <Xpage=201>

<hw>Cad"rans</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>cadran</ets>. Cf. <er>Quadrant</er>.]</ety> <def>An instrument with a graduated disk by means of which the angles of gems are measured in the process of cutting and polishing.</def>

<h1>Cadre</h1> <Xpage=201>

<hw>Ca"dre</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cadre</ets>, It. <ets>quadro</ets> square, from L. <ets>quadrum</ets>, fr. <ets>quatuor</ets> four.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>cader</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Caducary</h1> <Xpage=201>

<hw>Ca*du"ca*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Caducous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>Relating to escheat, forfeiture, or confiscation.</def>

<h1>Caducean</h1> <Xpage=201>

<hw>Ca*du"ce*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or belonging to Mercury's caduceus, or wand.</def>

<h1>Caduceus</h1> <Xpage=201>

<hw>Ca*du"ce*us</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>caduceum</ets>, <ets>caduceus</ets>; akin to Gr. <?/ a herald's wand, fr. <?/ herald.]</ety> <fld>(Myth.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Caducibranchiate</h1> <Xpage=201>

<hw>Ca*du`ci*bran"chi*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>caducus</ets> falling (fr. <ets>cadere</ets> to fall) + E. <ets>branchiate</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>With temporary gills: -- applied to those Amphibia in which the gills do not remain in adult life.</def>

<h1>Caducity</h1> <Xpage=201>

<hw>Ca*du"ci*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>caducitas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>caducit\'82</ets>. See <er>Caducous</er>.]</ety> <def>Tendency to fall; the feebleness of old age; senility.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote> jumble of youth and <b>caducity</b>. <i>Chesterfield.</i></blockquote>