| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| caas | noun sing. & pl. | Case. |
| cack | verb i. | To ease the body by stool; to go to stool. |
| cade | adjective | Bred by hand; domesticated; petted., To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame., A barrel or cask, as of fish., A species of juniper (Juniperus Oxycedrus) of Mediterranean countries. |
| cadi | noun | An inferior magistrate or judge among the Mohammedans, usually the judge of a town or village. |
| cady | noun | See Cadie. |
| cafe | noun | A coffeehouse; a restaurant; also, a room in a hotel or restaurant where coffee and liquors are served. |
| cage | noun | A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals., A place of confinement for malefactors, An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as, the cage of a staircase., A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve., A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes., The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft., The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim., The catcher’s wire mask., To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine. |
| cake | noun | A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake., A sweetened composition of flour and other ingredients, leavened or unleavened, baked in a loaf or mass of any size or shape., A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake; as buckwheat cakes., A mass of matter concreted, congealed, or molded into a solid mass of any form, esp. into a form rather flat than high; as, a cake of soap; an ague cake., To form into a cake, or mass., To concrete or consolidate into a hard mass, as dough in an oven; to coagulate., To cackle as a goose. |
| calf | noun | The young of the cow, or of the Bovine family of quadrupeds. Also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and whale., Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf., An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt., A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man., A small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface., The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee. |
| cali | noun | The tenth avatar or incarnation of the god Vishnu. |
| calk | verb t. | To drive tarred oakum into the seams between the planks of (a ship, boat, etc.), to prevent leaking. The calking is completed by smearing the seams with melted pitch., To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice., To copy, as a drawing, by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt style or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held., A sharp-pointed piece of iron or steel projecting downward on the shoe of a horse or an ox, to prevent the animal from slipping; — called also calker, calkin., An instrument with sharp points, worn on the sole of a shoe or boot, to prevent slipping., To furnish with calks, to prevent slipping on ice; as, to calk the shoes of a horse or an ox., To wound with a calk; as when a horse injures a leg or a foot with a calk on one of the other feet. |
| call | verb t. | To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant., To summon to the discharge of a particular duty; to designate for an office, or employment, especially of a religious character; — often used of a divine summons; as, to be called to the ministry; sometimes, to invite; as, to call a minister to be the pastor of a church., To invite or command to meet; to convoke; — often with together; as, the President called Congress together; to appoint and summon; as, to call a meeting of the Board of Aldermen., To give name to; to name; to address, or speak of, by a specifed name., To regard or characterize as of a certain kind; to denominate; to designate., To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact; as, they call the distance ten miles; he called it a full day’s work., To show or disclose the class, character, or nationality of., To utter in a loud or distinct voice; — often with off; as, to call, or call off, the items of an account; to call the roll of a military company., To invoke; to appeal to., To rouse from sleep; to awaken., To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; — sometimes with to., To make a demand, requirement, or request., To make a brief visit; also, to stop at some place designated, as for orders., The act of calling; — usually with the voice, but often otherwise, as by signs, the sound of some instrument, or by writing; a summons; an entreaty; an invitation; as, a call for help; the bugle’s call., A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon soldiers or sailors to duty., An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor., A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of the case; a moral requirement or appeal., A divine vocation or summons., Vocation; employment., A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders., A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds., A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty., The cry of a bird; also a noise or cry in imitation of a bird; or a pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry., A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land., The privilege to demand the delivery of stock, grain, or any commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain time agreed on., See Assessment, 4. |
| calm | noun | Freedom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation or absence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds or waves; tranquility; stillness; quiet; serenity., To make calm; to render still or quiet, as elements; as, to calm the winds., To deliver from agitation or excitement; to still or soothe, as the mind or passions., Not stormy; without motion, as of winds or waves; still; quiet; serene; undisturbed., Undisturbed by passion or emotion; not agitated or excited; tranquil; quiet in act or speech. |
| calx | noun | Quicklime., The substance which remains when a metal or mineral has been subjected to calcination or combustion by heat, and which is, or may be, reduced to a fine powder., Broken and refuse glass, returned to the post. |
| came | imp. of Come., A slender rod of cast lead, with or without grooves, used, in casements and stained-glass windows, to hold together the panes or pieces of glass., of Come | |
| camp | noun | The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc., A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner., A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter’s camp., The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc., A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; — called also burrow and pie., An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England., To afford rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers., To pitch or prepare a camp; to encamp; to lodge in a camp; — often with out., To play the game called camp. |
| cand | noun | Fluor spar. See Kand. |
| cane | noun | A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and Daemanorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans., Any plant with long, hard, elastic stems, as reeds and bamboos of many kinds; also, the sugar cane., Stems of other plants are sometimes called canes; as, the canes of a raspberry., A walking stick; a staff; — so called because originally made of one the species of cane., A lance or dart made of cane., A local European measure of length. See Canna., To beat with a cane., To make or furnish with cane or rattan; as, to cane chairs. |
| cant | noun | A corner; angle; niche., An outer or external angle., An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl., A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so give; as, to give a ball a cant., A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask., A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel., A piece of wood laid upon the deck of a vessel to support the bulkheads., To incline; to set at an angle; to tilt over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship., To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football., To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt., An affected, singsong mode of speaking., The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation., The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy., Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves, tramps, or beggars., Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar., To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, singsong tone., To make whining pretensions to goodness; to talk with an affectation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as, a canting fanatic., To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical terms; to talk with an affectation of learning., A call for bidders at a public sale; an auction., to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction. |
| cany | adjective | Of or pertaining to cane or canes; abounding with canes. |
| cape | noun | A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; a promontory; a headland., To head or point; to keep a course; as, the ship capes southwest by south., A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips. See Cloak., To gape. |
| card | noun | A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game played with cards., A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, or the like; as, to put a card in the newspapers. Also, a printed programme, and (fig.), an attraction or inducement; as, this will be a good card for the last day of the fair., A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner’s compass., A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See Jacquard., An indicator card. See under Indicator., To play at cards; to game., An instrument for disentangling and arranging the fibers of cotton, wool, flax, etc.; or for cleaning and smoothing the hair of animals; — usually consisting of bent wire teeth set closely in rows in a thick piece of leather fastened to a back., A roll or sliver of fiber (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine., To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding; as, to card wool; to card a horse., To clean or clear, as if by using a card., To mix or mingle, as with an inferior or weaker article. |
| care | noun | A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude., Charge, oversight, or management, implying responsibility for safety and prosperity., Attention or heed; caution; regard; heedfulness; watchfulness; as, take care; have a care., The object of watchful attention or anxiety., To be anxious or solicitous; to be concerned; to have regard or interest; — sometimes followed by an objective of measure. |
| carf | pret. of Carve. | |
| cark | noun | A noxious or corroding care; solicitude; worry., To be careful, anxious, solicitous, or troubles in mind; to worry or grieve., To vex; to worry; to make by anxious care or worry. |
| carl | noun | A rude, rustic man; a churl., Large stalks of hemp which bear the seed; — called also carl hemp., A kind of food. See citation, below. |
| carp | verb i. | To talk; to speak; to prattle., To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; — usually followed by at., To say; to tell., To find fault with; to censure., of Carp, A fresh-water herbivorous fish (Cyprinus carpio.). Several other species of Cyprinus, Catla, and Carassius are called carp. See Cruclan carp. |
| cart | noun | A common name for various kinds of vehicles, as a Scythian dwelling on wheels, or a chariot., A two-wheeled vehicle for the ordinary purposes of husbandry, or for transporting bulky and heavy articles., A light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen, butchers, etc., An open two-wheeled pleasure carriage., To carry or convey in a cart., To expose in a cart by way of punishment., To carry burdens in a cart; to follow the business of a carter. |
| case | noun | A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book., A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments., A shallow tray divided into compartments or “boxes” for holding type., An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case., A small fissure which admits water to the workings., To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose., To strip the skin from; as, to case a box., Chance; accident; hap; opportunity., That which befalls, comes, or happens; an event; an instance; a circumstance, or all the circumstances; condition; state of things; affair; as, a strange case; a case of injustice; the case of the Indian tribes., A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury., The matters of fact or conditions involved in a suit, as distinguished from the questions of law; a suit or action at law; a cause., One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word., To propose hypothetical cases. |
| cash | noun | A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box., Ready money; especially, coin or specie; but also applied to bank notes, drafts, bonds, or any paper easily convertible into money, Immediate or prompt payment in current funds; as, to sell goods for cash; to make a reduction in price for cash., To pay, or to receive, cash for; to exchange for money; as, cash a note or an order., To disband., A Chinese coin. |
| cask | noun | Same as Casque., A barrel-shaped vessel made of staves headings, and hoops, usually fitted together so as to hold liquids. It may be larger or smaller than a barrel., The quantity contained in a cask., A casket; a small box for jewels., To put into a cask. |
| cass | verb t. | To render useless or void; to annul; to reject; to send away. |
| cast | imp. & past participle | of Cast, To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel., To direct or turn, as the eyes., To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot., To throw down, as in wrestling., To throw up, as a mound, or rampart., To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose., To bring forth prematurely; to slink., To throw out or emit; to exhale., To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject., To impose; to bestow; to rest., To dismiss; to discard; to cashier., To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope., To contrive; to plan., To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages., To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice., To form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal or other material into a mold; to fashion; to found; as, to cast bells, stoves, bullets., To stereotype or electrotype., To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part., To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook., To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh., To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons., To calculate; to compute., To receive form or shape in a mold., To warp; to become twisted out of shape., To vomit., 3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth., The act of casting or throwing; a throw., The thing thrown., The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown., A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture., That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk’s stomach, the excrement of a earthworm., The act of casting in a mold., An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern., That which is formed in a mild; esp. a reproduction or copy, as of a work of art, in bronze or plaster, etc.; a casting., Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance., A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade., A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift., The assignment of parts in a play to the actors., A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand., A stoke, touch, or trick., A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint., A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold., Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp., Contrivance; plot, design. |
| cata | The Latin and English form of a Greek preposition, used as a prefix to signify down, downward, under, against, contrary or opposed to, wholly, completely; as in cataclysm, catarrh. It sometimes drops the final vowel, as in catoptric; and is sometimes changed to cath, as in cathartic, catholic. | |
| cate | noun | Food. [Obs.] See Cates. |
| cauf | noun | A chest with holes for keeping fish alive in water. |
| cauk | noun | Alt. of Cauker |
| caul | noun | A covering of network for the head, worn by women; also, a net., The fold of membrane loaded with fat, which covers more or less of the intestines in mammals; the great omentum. See Omentum., A part of the amnion, one of the membranes enveloping the fetus, which sometimes is round the head of a child at its birth. |
| cave | noun | A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den., Any hollow place, or part; a cavity., To make hollow; to scoop out., To dwell in a cave., To fall in or down; as, the sand bank caved. Hence (Slang), to retreat from a position; to give way; to yield in a disputed matter. |
| cavy | noun | A rodent of the genera Cavia and Dolichotis, as the guinea pig (Cavia cobaya). Cavies are natives of South America. |
| cawk | noun | An opaque, compact variety of barite, or heavy spar. |
| cede | verb t. | To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cede a fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty. |
| ceil | verb t. | To overlay or cover the inner side of the roof of; to furnish with a ceiling; as, to ceil a room., To line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or the like. |
| cell | noun | A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit., A small religious house attached to a monastery or convent., Any small cavity, or hollow place., The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof., Same as Cella., A jar of vessel, or a division of a compound vessel, for holding the exciting fluid of a battery., One of the minute elementary structures, of which the greater part of the various tissues and organs of animals and plants are composed., To place or inclose in a cell. |
| celt | noun | One of an ancient race of people, who formerly inhabited a great part of Central and Western Europe, and whose descendants at the present day occupy Ireland, Wales, the Highlands of Scotland, and the northern shores of France., A weapon or implement of stone or metal, found in the tumuli, or barrows, of the early Celtic nations. |
| cent | noun | A hundred; as, ten per cent, the proportion of ten parts in a hundred., A United States coin, the hundredth part of a dollar, formerly made of copper, now of copper, tin, and zinc., An old game at cards, supposed to be like piquet; — so called because 100 points won the game. |
| cere | noun | The soft naked sheath at the base of the beak of birds of prey, parrots, and some other birds. See Beak., To wax; to cover or close with wax. |
| cero | noun | A large and valuable fish of the Mackerel family, of the genus Scomberomorus. Two species are found in the West Indies and less commonly on the Atlantic coast of the United States, — the common cero (Scomberomorus caballa), called also kingfish, and spotted, or king, cero (S. regalis). |
| cess | noun | A rate or tax., Bound; measure., To rate; to tax; to assess., To cease; to neglect. |
| cest | noun | A woman’s girdle; a cestus. |
| cete | noun | One of the Cetacea, or collectively, the Cetacea. |
| chab | noun | The red-bellied wood pecker (Melanerpes Carolinus). |
| chak | verb i. | To toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid the restraint of the bridle. |
| chad | noun | See Shad. |
| cham | verb t. | To chew., The sovereign prince of Tartary; — now usually written khan. |
| chap | verb t. | To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough., To strike; to beat., To crack or open in slits; as, the earth chaps; the hands chap., To strike; to knock; to rap., A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin., A division; a breach, as in a party., A blow; a rap., One of the jaws or the fleshy covering of a jaw; — commonly in the plural, and used of animals, and colloquially of human beings., One of the jaws or cheeks of a vise, etc., A buyer; a chapman., A man or boy; a youth; a fellow., To bargain; to buy. |
| char | noun | Alt. of Charr, A car; a chariot., Work done by the day; a single job, or task; a chore., Alt. of Chare, Alt. of Chare, To reduce to coal or carbon by exposure to heat; to reduce to charcoal; to burn to a cinder., To burn slightly or partially; as, to char wood. |
| chat | verb i. | To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip., To talk of., Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip., A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species are the yellow-breasted chat (I. viridis), and the long-tailed chat (I. longicauda). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family Saxicolidae, as the stonechat, and whinchat., A twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit., Small stones with ore. |
| chaw | verb t. | To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit., To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over., As much as is put in the mouth at once; a chew; a quid., The jaw. |
| chef | noun | A chief of head person., The head cook of large establishment, as a club, a family, etc., Same as Chief. |
| ches | pret. of Chese. | |
| chew | verb t. | To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate., To ruminate mentally; to meditate on., To perform the action of biting and grinding with the teeth; to ruminate; to meditate., That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at once; a cud. |
| chic | noun | Good form; style. |
| chin | noun | The lower extremity of the face below the mouth; the point of the under jaw., The exterior or under surface embraced between the branches of the lower jaw bone, in birds. |
| chip | verb t. | To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew., To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery., To bet, as with chips in the game of poker., To break or fly off in small pieces., A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument., A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece., Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets., Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; — used contemptuously., One of the counters used in poker and other games., The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line. |
| chit | noun | The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes., A child or babe; as, a forward chit; also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal., An excrescence on the body, as a wart., A small tool used in cleaving laths., To shoot out; to sprout., Chideth. |
| chop | verb t. | To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; — often with up., To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; — usually with off or down., To seize or devour greedily; — with up., To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument., To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize., To interrupt; — with in or out., To barter or truck., To exchange; substitute one thing for another., To purchase by way of truck., To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about., To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words., A change; a vicissitude., To crack. See Chap, v. t. & i., The act of chopping; a stroke., A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop., A crack or cleft. See Chap., A jaw of an animal; — commonly in the pl. See Chops., A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise., The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops., Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop., A permit or clearance. |
| chub | noun | A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidae or Carp family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus; the cheven. In America the name is applied to various fishes of the same family, of the genera Semotilus, Squalius, Ceratichthys, etc., and locally to several very different fishes, as the tautog, black bass, etc. |
| chud | verb t. | To champ; to bite. |
| chum | noun | A roommate, especially in a college or university; an old and intimate friend., To occupy a chamber with another; as, to chum together at college., Chopped pieces of fish used as bait. |
| cill | noun | See Sill., n. a foundation. |
| cima | noun | A kind of molding. See Cyma. |
| cion | noun | See Scion. |
| circ | noun | An amphitheatrical circle for sports; a circus. |
| cis- | A Latin preposition, sometimes used as a prefix in English words, and signifying on this side. | |
| cist | noun | A box or chest. Specifically: (a) A bronze receptacle, round or oval, frequently decorated with engravings on the sides and cover, and with feet, handles, etc., of decorative castings. (b) A cinerary urn. See Illustration in Appendix., See Cyst. |
| cite | verb t. | To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon., To urge; to enjoin., To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another., To refer to or specify, as for support, proof, illustration, or confirmation., To bespeak; to indicate., To notify of a proceeding in court. |
| city | noun | A large town., A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or a city council consisting of a board of aldermen and a common council; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see., The collective body of citizens, or inhabitants of a city., Of or pertaining to a city. |
| cive | noun | Same as Chive. |
| cize | noun | Bulk; largeness. [Obs.] See Size. |
| clad | verbt | To clothe., imp. & p. p. of Clothe., of Clothe |
| clam | verb t. | A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve., Strong pinchers or forceps., A kind of vise, usually of wood., To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter., To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere., Claminess; moisture., A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once., To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang. |
| clan | noun | A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald., A clique; a sect, society, or body of persons; esp., a body of persons united by some common interest or pursuit; — sometimes used contemptuously. |
| clap | verb t. | To strike; to slap; to strike, or strike together, with a quick motion, so, as to make a sharp noise; as, to clap one’s hands; a clapping of wings., To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt manner; — often followed by to, into, on, or upon., To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance., To express contempt or derision., To knock, as at a door., To strike the hands together in applause., To come together suddenly with noise., To enter with alacrity and briskness; — with to or into., To talk noisily; to chatter loudly., A loud noise made by sudden collision; a bang., A burst of sound; a sudden explosion., A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow., A striking of hands to express approbation., Noisy talk; chatter., The nether part of the beak of a hawk., Gonorrhea. |
| claw | noun | A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird., The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc., Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails., A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink., To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails., To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court., To rail at; to scold., To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw. |
| clay | noun | A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part, of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime, magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often present as impurities., Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human body as formed from such particles., To cover or manure with clay., To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar. |
| clee | noun | A claw., The redshank. |
| clef | noun | A character used in musical notation to determine the position and pitch of the scale as represented on the staff. |
| cleg | noun | A small breeze or horsefly. |
| clem | verb t. & i. | To starve; to famish. |
| clew | noun | Alt. of Clue, To direct; to guide, as by a thread., To move of draw (a sail or yard) by means of the clew garnets, clew lines, etc.; esp. to draw up the clews of a square sail to the yard. |
| clue | noun | A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself., That which guides or directs one in anything of a doubtful or intricate nature; that which gives a hint in the solution of a mystery., A lower corner of a square sail, or the after corner of a fore-and-aft sail., A loop and thimbles at the corner of a sail., A combination of lines or nettles by which a hammock is suspended., A ball of thread; a thread or other means of guidance. Same as Clew. |
| clio | noun | The Muse who presided over history. |
| clip | verb t. | To embrace, hence; to encompass., To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin., To curtail; to cut short., To move swiftly; — usually with indefinite it., An embrace., A cutting; a shearing., The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season’s crop of wool., A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc., An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree., A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; — called also toe clip and beak., A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip. |
| clod | noun | A lump or mass, especially of earth, turf, or clay., The ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf., That which is earthy and of little relative value, as the body of man in comparison with the soul., A dull, gross, stupid fellow; a dolt, A part of the shoulder of a beef creature, or of the neck piece near the shoulder. See Illust. of Beef., To collect into clods, or into a thick mass; to coagulate; to clot; as, clodded gore. See Clot., To pelt with clods., To throw violently; to hurl. |
| clog | verb | That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind., A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or an animal to hinder motion., A shoe, or sandal, intended to protect the feet from wet, or to increase the apparent stature, and having, therefore, a very thick sole. Cf. Chopine., To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper., To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke up; as, to clog a tube or a channel., To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex., To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with extraneous matter., To coalesce or adhere; to unite in a mass. |
| clot | noun | A concretion or coagulation; esp. a soft, slimy, coagulated mass, as of blood; a coagulum., To concrete, coagulate, or thicken, as soft or fluid matter by evaporation; to become a cot or clod., To form into a slimy mass. |
| cloy | verb t. | To fill or choke up; to stop up; to clog., To glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate; to fill to loathing; to surfeit., To penetrate or pierce; to wound., To spike, as a cannon., To stroke with a claw. |
| club | noun | A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel., Any card of the suit of cards having a figure like the trefoil or clover leaf. (pl.) The suit of cards having such figure., An association of persons for the promotion of some common object, as literature, science, politics, good fellowship, etc.; esp. an association supported by equal assessments or contributions of the members., A joint charge of expense, or any person’s share of it; a contribution to a common fund., To beat with a club., To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion., To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end; as, to club exertions., To raise, or defray, by a proportional assesment; as, to club the expense., To form a club; to combine for the promotion of some common object; to unite., To pay on equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense; to pay for something by contribution., To drift in a current with an anchor out. |
| clum | interj. | Silence; hush. |
| coag | noun | See Coak, a kind of tenon. |
| coak | noun | See Coke, n., A kind of tenon connecting the face of a scarfed timber with the face of another timber, or a dowel or pin of hard wood or iron uniting timbers., A metallic bushing or strengthening piece in the center of a wooden block sheave., To unite, as timbers, by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or faces. |
| coal | noun | A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or other combustible substance; charcoal., A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting, like charcoal, mainly of carbon, but more compact, and often affording, when heated, a large amount of volatile matter., To burn to charcoal; to char., To mark or delineate with charcoal., To supply with coal; as, to coal a steamer., To take in coal; as, the steamer coaled at Southampton. |
| coat | noun | An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men., A petticoat., The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth., An external covering like a garment, as fur, skin, wool, husk, or bark; as, the horses coats were sleek., A layer of any substance covering another; a cover; a tegument; as, the coats of the eye; the coats of an onion; a coat of tar or varnish., Same as Coat of arms. See below., A coat card. See below., To cover with a coat or outer garment., To cover with a layer of any substance; as, to coat a jar with tin foil; to coat a ceiling. |
| coax | verb t. | To persuade by gentle, insinuating courtesy, flattering, or fondling; to wheedle; to soothe., A simpleton; a dupe. |
| coca | noun | The dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon Coca). In med., called Erythroxylon. |
| cock | noun | The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls., A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock., A chief man; a leader or master., The crow of a cock, esp. the first crow in the morning; cockcrow., A faucet or valve., The style of gnomon of a dial., The indicator of a balance., The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch., To set erect; to turn up., To shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim., To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner., To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation., To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing., The act of cocking; also, the turn so given; as, a cock of the eyes; to give a hat a saucy cock., The notch of an arrow or crossbow., The hammer in the lock of a firearm., To draw the hammer of (a firearm) fully back and set it for firing., To draw back the hammer of a firearm, and set it for firing., A small concial pile of hay., To put into cocks or heaps, as hay., A small boat., A corruption or disguise of the word God, used in oaths. |
| coco | Alt. of Coco palm | |
| coda | noun | A few measures added beyond the natural termination of a composition. |
| code | noun | A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest., Any system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians; the naval code, a system of rules for making communications at sea means of signals. |
| coif | noun | A cap., A close-fitting cap covering the sides of the head, like a small hood without a cape., An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England., To cover or dress with, or as with, a coif. |
| coil | verb t. | To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing., To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils., To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to wind; — often with about or around., A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or other like thing, is wound., Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity., A series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a steam heating apparatus., A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion. |
| coin | noun | A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and Quoin., A piece of metal on which certain characters are stamped by government authority, making it legally current as money; — much used in a collective sense., That which serves for payment or recompense., To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal; to mint; to manufacture; as, to coin silver dollars; to coin a medal., To make or fabricate; to invent; to originate; as, to coin a word., To acquire rapidly, as money; to make., To manufacture counterfeit money. |
| coir | noun | A material for cordage, matting, etc., consisting of the prepared fiber of the outer husk of the cocoanut., Cordage or cables, made of this material. |
| coit | noun | A quoit., To throw, as a stone. [Obs.] See Quoit. |
| coke | noun | Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by distillation, as in gas works. It is lagerly used where / smokeless fire is required., To convert into coke. |
| col- | A prefix signifying with, together. See Com-. | |
| cold | noun | Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid., Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold., Not pungent or acrid., Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion; spiritless; unconcerned; reserved., Unwelcome; disagreeable; unsatisfactory., Wanting in power to excite; dull; uninteresting., Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent., Not sensitive; not acute., Distant; — said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed., Having a bluish effect. Cf. Warm, 8., The relative absence of heat or warmth., The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness., A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh., To become cold. |
| cole | noun | A plant of the Brassica or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of B. oleracea called rape and coleseed. |
| coll | verb t. | To embrace. |
| colp | noun | See Collop. |
| colt | noun | The young of the equine genus or horse kind of animals; — sometimes distinctively applied to the male, filly being the female. Cf. Foal., A young, foolish fellow., A short knotted rope formerly used as an instrument of punishment in the navy., To frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or wantonly., To horse; to get with young., To befool. |
| coly | noun | Any bird of the genus Colius and allied genera. They inhabit Africa. |
| com- | A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m, p, and sometimes f, and by assimilation becomes col- before l, cor- before r, and con- before any consonant except b, h, l, m, p, r, and w. Before a vowel com- becomes co-; also before h, w, and sometimes before other consonants. | |
| coma | noun | A state of profound insensibility from which it is difficult or impossible to rouse a person. See Carus., The envelope of a comet; a nebulous covering, which surrounds the nucleus or body of a comet., A tuft or bunch, — as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree; or a cluster of bracts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant; or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds. |
| comb | noun | An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place., An instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and smoothing their coats; a currycomb., A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc., The serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding machine., A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening the soft fiber into a bat., A tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser., The notched scale of a wire micrometer., The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb., The naked fleshy crest or caruncle on the upper part of the bill or hood of a cock or other bird. It is usually red., One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen of scorpions., The curling crest of a wave., The waxen framework forming the walls of the cells in which bees store their honey, eggs, etc.; honeycomb., The thumbpiece of the hammer of a gunlock, by which it may be cocked., To disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb; to lay smooth and straight with, or as with, a comb; as, to comb hair or wool. See under Combing., To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves., Alt. of Combe, A dry measure. See Coomb. |
| come | past participle | of Come, To move hitherward; to draw near; to approach the speaker, or some place or person indicated; — opposed to go., To complete a movement toward a place; to arrive., To approach or arrive, as if by a journey or from a distance., To approach or arrive, as the result of a cause, or of the act of another., To arrive in sight; to be manifest; to appear., To get to be, as the result of change or progress; — with a predicate; as, to come untied., To carry through; to succeed in; as, you can’t come any tricks here., Coming. |
| con- | A prefix, fr. L. cum, signifying with, together, etc. See Com-. | |
| cond | verb t. | To con, as a ship. |
| cone | noun | A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; — called also a right cone. More generally, any solid having a vertical point and bounded by a surface which is described by a straight line always passing through that vertical point; a solid having a circle for its base and tapering to a point or vertex., Anything shaped more or less like a mathematical cone; as, a volcanic cone, a collection of scoriae around the crater of a volcano, usually heaped up in a conical form., The fruit or strobile of the Coniferae, as of the pine, fir, cedar, and cypress. It is composed of woody scales, each one of which has one or two seeds at its base., A shell of the genus Conus, having a conical form., To render cone-shaped; to bevel like the circular segment of a cone; as, to cone the tires of car wheels. |
| cong | noun | An abbreviation of Congius. |
| conn | verb t. | See Con, to direct a ship. |
| cony | noun | A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit (Lepus cuniculus), The chief hare., A simpleton., An important edible West Indian fish (Epinephelus apua); the hind of Bermuda., A local name of the burbot. |
| cook | verb i. | To make the noise of the cuckoo., To throw., One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating., A fish, the European striped wrasse., To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat., To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to garble; — often with up; as, to cook up a story; to cook an account., To prepare food for the table. |
| cool | superl. | Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness., Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater., Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress., Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as, a cool manner., Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior., Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount., A moderate state of cold; coolness; — said of the temperature of the air between hot and cold; as, the cool of the day; the cool of the morning or evening., To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water., To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate., To become less hot; to lose heat., To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become more moderate. |
| coom | noun | Soot; coal dust; refuse matter, as the dirty grease which comes from axle boxes, or the refuse at the mouth of an oven. |
| coon | noun | A raccoon. See Raccoon. |
| coop | noun | A barrel or cask for liquor., An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry., A cart made close with boards; a tumbrel., To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; — usually followed by up, sometimes by in., To work upon in the manner of a cooper. |
| coot | noun | A wading bird with lobate toes, of the genus Fulica., The surf duck or scoter. In the United States all the species of (/demia are called coots. See Scoter., A stupid fellow; a simpleton; as, a silly coot. |
| cope | noun | A covering for the head., Anything regarded as extended over the head, as the arch or concave of the sky, the roof of a house, the arch over a door., An ecclesiastical vestment or cloak, semicircular in form, reaching from the shoulders nearly to the feet, and open in front except at the top, where it is united by a band or clasp. It is worn in processions and on some other occasions., An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England., The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold., To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow., To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk)., To exchange or barter., To encounter; to meet; to have to do with., To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle; to combat; especially, to strive or contend on equal terms or with success; to match; to equal; — usually followed by with., To bargain for; to buy., To make return for; to requite; to repay., To match one’s self against; to meet; to encounter. |
| cops | noun | The connecting crook of a harrow. |
| copy | noun | An abundance or plenty of anything., An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work; as, a copy of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or a statue., An individual book, or a single set of books containing the works of an author; as, a copy of the Bible; a copy of the works of Addison., That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example; as, his virtues are an excellent copy for imitation., Manuscript or printed matter to be set up in type; as, the printers are calling for more copy., A writing paper of a particular size. Same as Bastard. See under Paper., Copyhold; tenure; lease., To make a copy or copies of; to write; print, engrave, or paint after an original; to duplicate; to reproduce; to transcribe; as, to copy a manuscript, inscription, design, painting, etc.; — often with out, sometimes with off., To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or course of life., To make a copy or copies; to imitate., To yield a duplicate or transcript; as, the letter did not copy well. |
| cor- | A prefix signifying with, together, etc. See Com-. | |
| cora | noun | The Arabian gazelle (Gazella Arabica), found from persia to North Africa. |
| corb | noun | A basket used in coal mines, etc. see Corf., An ornament in a building; a corbel. |
| cord | noun | A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together., A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four feet broad; — originally measured with a cord or line., Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity., Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal., See Chord., To bind with a cord; to fasten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment., To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord., of Core |
| core | noun | A body of individuals; an assemblage., A miner’s underground working time or shift., A Hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer., The heart or inner part of a thing, as of a column, wall, rope, of a boil, etc.; especially, the central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds; as, the core of an apple or quince., The center or inner part, as of an open space; as, the core of a square., The most important part of a thing; the essence; as, the core of a subject., The prtion of a mold which shapes the interior of a cylinder, tube, or other hollow casting, or which makes a hole in or through a casting; a part of the mold, made separate from and inserted in it, for shaping some part of the casting, the form of which is not determined by that of the pattern., A disorder of sheep occasioned by worms in the liver., The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals., To take out the core or inward parts of; as, to core an apple., To form by means of a core, as a hole in a casting. |
| corf | noun | A basket., A large basket used in carrying or hoisting coal or ore., A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines. |
| cork | noun | The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose., A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork., A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in greater or less abundance., To stop with a cork, as a bottle., To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork. |
| corm | noun | A solid bulb-shaped root, as of the crocus. See Bulb., Same as Cormus, 2. |
| corn | noun | A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome., A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain., The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats., The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing., A small, hard particle; a grain., To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue., To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder., To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses., To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one. |
| coss | noun | A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half to two English miles., A thing (only in phrase below). |
| cost | noun | A rib; a side; a region or coast., See Cottise., of Cost, To require to be given, expended, or laid out therefor, as in barter, purchase, acquisition, etc.; to cause the cost, expenditure, relinquishment, or loss of; as, the ticket cost a dollar; the effort cost his life., To require to be borne or suffered; to cause., The amount paid, charged, or engaged to be paid, for anything bought or taken in barter; charge; expense; hence, whatever, as labor, self-denial, suffering, etc., is requisite to secure benefit., Loss of any kind; detriment; pain; suffering., Expenses incurred in litigation. |
| cosy | adjective | See Cozy. |
| cote | noun | A cottage or hut., A shed, shelter, or inclosure for small domestic animals, as for sheep or doves., To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before; as, a dog cotes a hare., To quote. |
| coup | noun | A sudden stroke; an unexpected device or stratagem; — a term used in various ways to convey the idea of promptness and force. |
| cove | noun | A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet, creek, or bay; a recess in the shore., A strip of prairie extending into woodland; also, a recess in the side of a mountain., A concave molding., A member, whose section is a concave curve, used especially with regard to an inner roof or ceiling, as around a skylight., To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove., To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs., A boy or man of any age or station. |
| cows | plural | of Cow |
| cowl | noun | A monk’s hood; — usually attached to the gown. The name was also applied to the hood and garment together., A cowl-shaped cap, commonly turning with the wind, used to improve the draft of a chimney, ventilating shaft, etc., A wire cap for the smokestack of a locomotive., A vessel carried on a pole between two persons, for conveyance of water. |
| coxa | noun | The first joint of the leg of an insect or crustacean. |
| cozy | superl. | Snug; comfortable; easy; contented., Chatty; talkative; sociable; familiar., A wadded covering for a teakettle or other vessel to keep the contents hot. |
| crab | noun | One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body., The zodiacal constellation Cancer., A crab apple; — so named from its harsh taste., A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick., A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc., A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc., A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn., A claw for anchoring a portable machine., To make sour or morose; to embitter., To beat with a crabstick., To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel., Sour; rough; austere. |
| crag | noun | A steep, rugged rock; a rough, broken cliff, or point of a rock, on a ledge., A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Tertiary age., The neck or throat, The neck piece or scrag of mutton. |
| cram | verb t. | To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to crowd; to fill to superfluity; as, to cram anything into a basket; to cram a room with people., To fill with food to satiety; to stuff., To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination; as, a pupil is crammed by his tutor., To eat greedily, and to satiety; to stuff., To make crude preparation for a special occasion, as an examination, by a hasty and extensive course of memorizing or study., The act of cramming., Information hastily memorized; as, a cram from an examination., A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed. |
| cran | noun | Alt. of Crane |
| craw | noun | The crop of a bird., The stomach of an animal. |
| cray | noun | Alt. of Crayer |
| crew | noun | The Manx shearwater., A company of people associated together; an assemblage; a throng., The company of seamen who man a ship, vessel, or at; the company belonging to a vessel or a boat., In an extended sense, any small body of men associated for a purpose; a gang; as (Naut.), the carpenter’s crew; the boatswain’s crew., imp. of Crow, of Crow |
| crib | noun | A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals., A stall for oxen or other cattle., A small inclosed bedstead or cot for a child., A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats., A hovel; a hut; a cottage., A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft., A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; — used for docks, pier, dams, etc., A small raft of timber., A small theft; anything purloined;; a plagiaris/; hence, a translation or key, etc., to aid a student in preparing or reciting his lessons., A miner’s luncheon., The discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring points in cribbage., To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp., To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton., To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations., To make notes for dishonest use in recitation or examination., To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind; — said of a horse. |
| cric | noun | The ring which turns inward and condenses the flame of a lamp. |
| crop | noun | The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw., The top, end, or highest part of anything, especially of a plant or tree., That which is cropped, cut, or gathered from a single felld, or of a single kind of grain or fruit, or in a single season; especially, the product of what is planted in the earth; fruit; harvest., Grain or other product of the field while standing., Anything cut off or gathered., Hair cut close or short, or the act or style of so cutting; as, a convict’s crop., A projecting ornament in carved stone. Specifically, a finial., Tin ore prepared for smelting., Outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface., A riding whip with a loop instead of a lash., To cut off the tops or tips of; to bite or pull off; to browse; to pluck; to mow; to reap., Fig.: To cut off, as if in harvest., To cause to bear a crop; as, to crop a field., To yield harvest. |
| crow | verb i. | To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance., To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag., To utter a sound expressive of joy or pleasure., A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw., A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar., The cry of the cock. See Crow, v. i., 1., The mesentery of a beast; — so called by butchers. |
| crud | noun | See Curd. |
| crup | adjective | Short; brittle; as, crup cake., See Croup, the rump of a horse. |
| crus | noun | That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank., Often applied, especially in the plural, to parts which are supposed to resemble a pair of legs; as, the crura of the diaphragm, a pair of muscles attached to it; crura cerebri, two bundles of nerve fibers in the base of the brain, connecting the medulla and the forebrain. |
| crut | noun | The rough, shaggy part of oak bark. |
| crux | noun | Anything that is very puzzling or difficult to explain. |
| cube | noun | A regular solid body, with six equal square sides., The product obtained by taking a number or quantity three times as a factor; as, 4×4=16, and 16×4=64, the cube of 4., To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of. |
| cuca | noun | See Coca. |
| cuff | verb t. | To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap., To buffet., To fight; to scuffle; to box., A blow; esp.,, a blow with the open hand; a box; a slap., The fold at the end of a sleeve; the part of a sleeve turned back from the hand., Any ornamental appendage at the wrist, whether attached to the sleeve of the garment or separate; especially, in modern times, such an appendage of starched linen, or a substitute for it of paper, or the like. |
| cull | verb t. | To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cull flowers., A cully; a dupe; a gull. See Cully. |
| culm | noun | The stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the bamboo), jointed and usually hollow., Mineral coal that is not bituminous; anthracite, especially when found in small masses., The waste of the Pennsylvania anthracite mines, consisting of fine coal, dust, etc., and used as fuel. |
| cult | n . | Attentive care; homage; worship., A system of religious belief and worship. |
| cund | verb t. | To con (a ship). |
| curb | verb t. | To bend or curve, To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one’s will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in check., To furnish wich a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth., To bend; to crouch; to cringe., That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse., An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the integrity of that opening; also, a ring of stone serving a similar purpose, as at the eye of a dome., A frame or wall round the mouth of a well; also, a frame within a well to prevent the earth caving in., A curbstone., A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness. |
| curd | noun | The coagulated or thickened part of milk, as distinguished from the whey, or watery part. It is eaten as food, especially when made into cheese., The coagulated part of any liquid., The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants, as the broccoli and cauliflower., To cause to coagulate or thicken; to cause to congeal; to curdle., To become coagulated or thickened; to separate into curds and whey |
| cure | noun | Care, heed, or attention., Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate; hence, that which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate; a curacy; as, to resign a cure; to obtain a cure., Medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a method of medical treatment; as, to use the water cure., Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health from disease, or to soundness after injury., Means of the removal of disease or evil; that which heals; a remedy; a restorative., To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to make well; — said of a patient., To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to remove; to heal; — said of a malady., To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit., To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or fish; to cure hay., To pay heed; to care; to give attention., To restore health; to effect a cure., To become healed., A curate; a pardon. |
| curl | noun | To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair., To twist or make onto coils, as a serpent’s body., To deck with, or as with, curls; to ornament., To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple., To shape (the brim) into a curve., To contract or bend into curls or ringlets, as hair; to grow in curls or spirals, as a vine; to be crinkled or contorted; to have a curly appearance; as, leaves lie curled on the ground., To move in curves, spirals, or undulations; to contract in curving outlines; to bend in a curved form; to make a curl or curls., To play at the game called curling., A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding form., An undulating or waving line or streak in any substance, as wood, glass, etc.; flexure; sinuosity., A disease in potatoes, in which the leaves, at their first appearance, seem curled and shrunken. |
| curr | verb i. | To coo. |
| curt | adjective | Characterized by excessive brevity; short; rudely concise; as, curt limits; a curt answer. |
| cusk | noun | A large, edible, marine fish (Brosmius brosme), allied to the cod, common on the northern coasts of Europe and America; — called also tusk and torsk. |
| cusp | noun | A triangular protection from the intrados of an arch, or from an inner curve of tracery., The beginning or first entrance of any house in the calculations of nativities, etc., The point or horn of the crescent moon or other crescent-shaped luminary., A multiple point of a curve at which two or more branches of the curve have a common tangent., A prominence or point, especially on the crown of a tooth., A sharp and rigid point., To furnish with a cusp or cusps. |
| cute | adjective | Clever; sharp; shrewd; ingenious; cunning. |
| cyma | noun | A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is wavelike in form., A cyme. See Cyme. |
| cyme | noun | A flattish or convex flower cluster, of the centrifugal or determinate type, differing from a corymb chiefly in the order of the opening of the blossoms. |
| cyon | noun | See Cion, and Scion. |
| cyst | noun | A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which is accidentally developed in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ., In old authors, the urinary bladder, or the gall bladder., One of the bladders or air vessels of certain algae, as of the great kelp of the Pacific, and common rockweeds (Fuci) of our shores., A small capsule or sac of the kind in which many immature entozoans exist in the tissues of living animals; also, a similar form in Rotifera, etc., A form assumed by Protozoa in which they become saclike and quiescent. It generally precedes the production of germs. See Encystment. |
| czar | noun | A king; a chief; the title of the emperor of Russia. |