Part 1715

<h1>Cattish</h1> <Xpage=228>

<hw>Cat"tish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Catlike; feline</def>

<i>Drummond.</i>

<h1>Cattle</h1> <Xpage=228>

<hw>Cat"tle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>calet</ets>, <ets>chatel</ets>, goods, property, OF. <ets>catel</ets>, <ets>chatel</ets>, LL. <ets>captale</ets>, <ets>capitale</ets>, goods, property, esp. cattle, fr. L. <ets>capitals</ets> relating to the head, chief; because in early ages beasts constituted the chief part of a man's property. See <er>Capital</er>, and cf. <er>Chattel</er>.]</ety> <def>Quadrupeds of the Bovine family; sometimes, also, including all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules, asses, and swine.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Belted cattle</col>, <col>Black cattle</col></mcol>. <cd>See under <er>Belted</er>, <er>Black</er>.</cd> -- <col>Cattle guard</col>, <cd>a trench under a railroad track and alongside a crossing (as of a public highway). It is intended to prevent cattle from getting upon the track.</cd> -- <col>cattle louse</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>any species of louse infecting cattle. There are several species. The <spn>H\'91matatopinus eurysternus</spn> and <spn>H. vituli</spn> are common species which suck blood; <spn>Trichodectes scalaris</spn> eats the hair.</cd> -- <col>Cattle plague</col>, <cd>the rinderpest; called also <altname>Russian cattle plague</altname>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Cattle range</col>, &or; <col>Cattle run</col></mcol>, <cd>an open space through which cattle may run or range.</cd> <mark>[U. S.]</mark> <i>Bartlett</i>. -- <col>Cattle show</col>, <cd>an exhibition of domestic animals with prizes for the encouragement of stock breeding; -- usually accompanied with the exhibition of other agricultural and domestic products and of implements.</cd></cs>

<h1>Catty</h1> <Xpage=228>

<hw>Cat"ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Malay <ets>kat\'c6</ets>. See <er>Caddy</er>.]</ety> <def>An East Indian Weight of 1\'a7 pounds.</def>

<h1>Caucasian</h1> <Xpage=228>

<hw>Cau*ca"sian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to the Caucasus, a mountainous region between the Black and Caspian seas.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to the white races of mankind, of whom the people about Mount Caucasus were formerly taken as the type.</def>

<h1>Caucasian</h1> <Xpage=228>

<hw>Cau*ca"sian</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus, esp. a Circassian or Georgian.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A member of any of the white races of mankind.</def>

<h1>Caucus</h1> <Xpage=228>

<hw>Cau"cus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Etymology uncertain. Mr. J. H. Trumbull finds the origin of <ets>caucus</ets> in the N. A. Indian word <ets>cawcawwassough</ets> or <ets>ca\'a3 cau-as'u</ets> one who urges or pushes on, a promoter. See citation for an early use of the word <ets>caucus</ets>.]</ety> <def>A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting.</def>

<blockquote>This day learned that the <b>caucus</b> club meets, at certain times, in the garret of Tom Dawes, the adjutant of the Boston regiment. <i>John Adams's Diary [Feb. , 1763].</i></blockquote>

<h1>Caucus</h1> <Xpage=228>

<hw>Cau"cus</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Caucused</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Caucusing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To hold, or meet in, a caucus or caucuses.</def>

<h1>Caudad</h1> <Xpage=228>

<hw>Cau"dad</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cauda</ets> tail + <ets>ad</ets> to.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Backwards; toward the tail or posterior part.</def>

<h1>Cauda galli</h1> <Xpage=228>

<hw>Cau"da gal*li</hw>, <tt>(<?/)</tt>. <ety>[L., tail of a cock.]</ety> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A plume-shaped fossil, supposed to be a seaweed, characteristic of the lower Devonian rocks; <as>as, the <ex>cauda galli</ex> grit</as>.</def>

<cs><col>Gauda galli epoch</col> <fld>(Geol.)</fld>, <cd>an epoch at the begining of the Devonian age in eastern America, so named from the characteristic gritty sandstone marked with impressions of <ets>cauda galli<ets>. See the Diagram under <er>Geology</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Caudal</h1> <Xpage=228>

<hw>Cau"dal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>Cauda</ets> tail. Cf. <er>Coward</er>.]</ety> <def>Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a tail; having a tail-like appendage.</def>

<blockquote>The male widow-bird, remarkable for his <b>caudal</b> plumes. <i>Darwin.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Caudal fin</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>the terminal fin (or "tail") of a fish.</cd></cs>