Part 1535

<h1>Caducous</h1> <Xpage=201>

<hw>Ca*du"cous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <ety>[L. <ets>caducus</ets> falling, inclined to fall, fr. <ets>cadere</ets> to fall. See <er>Cadence</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot. & Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Dropping off or disappearing early, as the calyx of a poppy, or the gills of a tadpole.</def>

<h1>Caduke</h1> <Xpage=201>

<hw>Ca*duke"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>caduc</ets>. See <er>Caducous</er>.]</ety> <def>Perishable; frail; transitory.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Hickes.</i>

<blockquote>The <b>caduke</b> pleasures of his world. <i>Bp. Fisher.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cady</h1> <Xpage=201>

<hw>Cad"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Cadie</er>.</def>

<h1>C\'91ca</h1> <Xpage=201>

<hw>C\'91"ca</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>See <er>C\'91cum</er>.</def>

<h1>C\'91cal</h1> <Xpage=201>

<hw>C\'91"cal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to the c\'91cum, or blind gut.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Having the form of a c\'91cum, or bag with one opening; baglike; <as>as, the <ex>c\'91cal</ex> extremity of a duct</as>.</def>

<h1>C\'91cias</h1> <Xpage=201>

<hw>C\'91"ci*as</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>caecias</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <def>A wind from the northeast.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>C\'91cilian</h1> <Xpage=201>

<hw>C\'91*cil"i*an</hw> <tt>(?; 106)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>caecus</ets> blind. So named from the supposed blindness of the species, the eyes being very minute.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A limbless amphibian belonging to the order <spn>C\'91cili\'91</spn> or <spn>Ophimorpha</spn>. See <er>Ophiomorpha</er>.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>c\'d2cilian</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>C\'91cum</h1> <Xpage=201>

<hw>C\'91"cum</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>C\'91cums</plw>, L. <plw>C\'91ca</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L. <ets>caecus</ets> blind, invisible, concealed.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A cavity open at one end, as the blind end of a canal or duct.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The blind part of the large intestine beyond the entrance of the small intestine; -- called also the <altname>blind gut</altname>.</def>

<note>&hand; The <i>c\'91cum</i> is comparatively small in man, and ends in a slender portion, the <i>vermiform appendix</i>; but in herbivorous mammals it is often as large as the rest of the large intestine. In fishes there are often numerous intestinal c\'91ca.</note>

<h1>C\'91nozoic</h1> <Xpage=201>

<hw>C\'91`no*zo"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Geol.)</fld> <def>See <er>Cenozoic</er>.</def>

<h1>Caen stone</h1> <Xpage=201>

<hw>Ca"en stone"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def>A cream-colored limestone for building, found near Caen, France.</def>

<h1>C\'91sar</h1> <Xpage=201>

<hw>C\'91"sar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>A Roman emperor, as being the successor of Augustus C\'91sar. Hence, a kaiser, or emperor of Germany, or any emperor or powerful ruler. See <er>Kaiser</er>, <er>Kesar</er>.</def>