Part 1729

<hw>Cawk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prov. E. <ets>cauk</ets> limestone. A doublet of <ets>chalk</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>An opaque, compact variety of barite, or heavy spar.</def> <altsp>[Also written <er>cauk</er>.]</altsp>

<h1>Cawker</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cawk"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Calker</er>.</def>

<h1>Cawky</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cawk"y</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to cawk; like cawk.</def>

<h1>Caxon</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cax"on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A kind of wig.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Lamb.</i>

<h1>Caxton</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cax"ton</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bibliog.)</fld> <def>Any book printed by William <i>Caxton</i>, the first English printer.</def>

<i>Hansard.</i>

<h1>Cay</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cay</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Key</er>, a ledge.</def>

<h1>Cayenne</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cay*enne</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Cayenne</ets>, a town and island in French Guiana, South America.]</ety> <def>Cayenne pepper.</def>

<cs><col>Cayenne pepper</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>A species of <spn>capsicum</spn> (<spn>C. frutescens</spn>) with small and intensely pungent fruit.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A very pungent spice made by drying and grinding the fruits or seeds of several species of the genus <spn>Capsicum</spn>, esp. <spn>C. annuum</spn> and <spn>C. Frutescens</spn>; -- Called also <altname>red pepper</altname>. It is used chiefly as a condiment.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cayman</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cay"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From the language of Guiana: cf. Sp. <ets>caiman</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The south America alligator. See <er>Alligator</er>.</def> <altsp>[Sometimes written <asp>caiman</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Cayugas</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Ca*yu"gas</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt><def>; <i>sing</i> <er>Cayuga</er>. <fld>(Ethnol.)</fld> A tribe of Indians formerly inbabiting western New-York, forming part of the confederacy called the Five Nations.</def>

<h1>Cayuse</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cay*use"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>An Indian pony.</def> <mark>[Northw. U. S.]</mark>

<h1>Cazique, Cazic</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw><hw>Ca*zique"</hw>, <hw>Cazic"</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. <ets>Cacique</ets>, fr. the language of Hayti.]</ety> <def>A chief or petty king among some tribes of Indians in America.</def>

<h1>Cease</h1> <Xpage=230>

<hw>Cease</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Ceased</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Ceasing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>cessen</ets>, <ets>cesen</ets>, F. <ets>cesser</ets>, fr. L. <ets>cessare</ets>, v. intemsive fr. <ets>cedere</ets> to withdraw. See <er>Cede</er> , and cf. <er>Cessation</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; <as>as, the noise <ex>ceased</ex></def> "To <ex>cease</ex> from strife</as>."

<i>Prov. xx. 3.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.</def>