Part 1707

<hw>Ca"ter</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>quatre</ets> four.]</ety> <def>The four of cards or dice.</def>

<h1>Cater</h1> <Xpage=227>

<hw>Ca"ter</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To cut diagonally.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Cateran</h1> <Xpage=227>

<hw>Cat"e*ran</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gael. <ets>ceatharnach</ets>. Cf. <er>Kern</er> Irish foot soldier.]</ety> <def>A Highland robber: a kind of irregular soldier.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<i>Sir W. Scott.</i>

<h1>Cater-cornered</h1> <Xpage=227>

<hw>Ca"ter-cor"nered</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Cater</er> to cut diagonally.]</ety> <def>Diagonal.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Cater-cousin</h1> <Xpage=227>

<hw>Ca"ter-cous`in</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A remote relation. See <er>Quater-cousin</er>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Caterer</h1> <Xpage=227>

<hw>Ca"ter*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who caters.</def>

<blockquote>The little fowls in the air have God for Their provider and <b>caterer</b>. <i>Shelton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cateress</h1> <Xpage=227>

<hw>Ca"ter*ess</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A woman who caters.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Caterpillar</h1> <Xpage=227>

<hw>Cat"er*pil`lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>catyrpel</ets>, corrupted fr. OF. <ets>chatepelouse</ets>, or <ets>cate pelue</ets>, fr. <ets>chate</ets>, F. <ets>chatte</ets>, she-cat, fem. of <ets>chat</ets>, L. <ets>catus</ets> + L. <ets>pilosus</ets> hairy, or F. <ets>pelu</ets> hairy, fr. L. <ets>pilus</ets> hair. See <er>Cat</er>, and <er>Pile</er> hair.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the sawflies, which are also called false caterpillars. The true caterpillars have three pairs of true legs, and several pairs of abdominal fleshy legs (prolegs) armed with hooks. Some are hairy, others naked. They usually feed on leaves, fruit, and succulent vegetables, being often very destructive, Many of them are popularly called worms, as the cutworm, cankerworm, army worm, cotton worm, silkworm.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the genus <spn>Scorpiurus</spn>, with pods resembling caterpillars.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Caterpillar catcher</col>, &or; <col>Caterpillar eater</col></mcol> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a bird belonging to the family of Shrikes, which feeds on caterpillars. The name is also given to several other birds.</cd> -- <col>Caterpillar hunter</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>any species of beetles of the genus <spn>Callosoma</spn> and other allied genera of the family <spn>Carabid\'91</spn> which feed habitually upon caterpillars.</cd></cs>

<h1>Caterwaul</h1> <Xpage=227>

<hw>Cat"er*waul</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Caterwauled</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Caterwauling</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[<ets>Cat</ets> + <ets>waul</ets>, <ets>wawl</ets>, to cry as a cat.]</ety> <def>To cry as cats in rutting time; to make a harsh, offensive noise.</def>

<i>Coleridge.</i>

<h1>Caterwaul</h1> <Xpage=227>

<hw>Cat"er*waul</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A caterwauling.</def>

<h1>Caterwauling</h1> <Xpage=227>