Part 1713

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>A double-edged, sharp-pointed dismembering knife.</def> <altsp>[Spelt also <asp>catlin</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Crobb.</i>

<h1>Catlinite</h1> <Xpage=228>

<hw>Cat"lin*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From George <ets>Catlin</ets>, an American traveler.]</ety> <def>A red clay from the Upper Missouri region, used by the Indians for their pipes.</def>

<h1>Catnip, Catmint</h1> <Xpage=228>

<hw><hw>Cat"nip`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cat"mint`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A well-know plant of the genus <spn>Nepeta</spn> (<spn>N. Cataria</spn>), somewhat like mint, having a string scent, and sometimes used in medicine. It is so called because cats have a peculiar fondness for it.</def>

<h1>Cato-cathartic</h1> <Xpage=228>

<hw>Cat`o-ca*thar"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ down + <?/ serving to purge. See <er>Cathartic</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A remedy that purges by alvine discharges.</def>

<h1>Catonian</h1> <Xpage=228>

<hw>Ca*to"ni*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Catonionus</ets>.]</ety> <def>Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the stern old Roman, Cato the Censor; severe; inflexible.</def>

<h1>Cat o' nine tails</h1> <Xpage=228>

<hw>Cat" o' nine" tails`</hw>. <def>See under <er>Cat</er>.</def>

<h1>Catopter, Catoptron</h1> <Xpage=228>

<hw><hw>Ca*top"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ca*top"tron</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ mirror, fr. <?/ visible.]</ety> <def>A reflecting optical glass or instrument; a mirror.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Catoptric, Catoptrical</h1> <Xpage=228>

<hw><hw>Ca*top"tric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ca*top"tric*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/. See <er>Catopter</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to catoptrics; produced by reflection.</def>

<cs><col>Catoptric light</col>, <cd>a light in which the rays are concentrated by reflectors into a beam visible at a distance.</cd></cs>

<h1>Catoptrics</h1> <Xpage=228>

<hw>Ca*top"trics</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>catoptrique</ets>. See <er>Catropric</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>That part of optics which explants the properties and phenomena of reflected light, and particularly that which is reflected from mirrors or polished bodies; \'c3- formerly caled <i>anacamptics</i>.</def>

<h1>Catoptromancy</h1> <Xpage=228>

<hw>Ca*top"tro*man`cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ mirror + <ets>-mancy</ets>. See <er>Catopter</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Antiq.)</fld> <def>A species of divination, which was perforned by letting down a mirror into water, for a sick person to look at his face in it. If his countenance appeared distorted and ghastly, it was an ill omen; if fresh and healthy, it was favorable.</def>

<h1>Catopron</h1> <Xpage=228>

<hw>Ca*top"ron</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <def>See <er>Catopter</er>.</def>

<h1>Catpipe</h1> <Xpage=228>

<hw>Cat`pipe"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Catcall</er>.</def>

<h1>Cat-rigged</h1> <Xpage=228>

<hw>Cat"-rigged`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Rigged like a catboat.</def>

<h1>Cat-salt</h1> <Xpage=228>