3. (Surg.) A double-edged, sharp- pointed dismembering knife. [Spelt also catlin.] Crobb.
Cat"lin*ite (?), n. [From George Catlin, an American traveler.] A red clay from the Upper Missouri region, used by the Indians for their pipes.
{ Cat"nip` (?), Cat"mint` (?), } n. (Bot.) A well-know plant of the genus Nepeta (N. Cataria), somewhat like mint, having a string scent, and sometimes used in medicine. It is so called because cats have a peculiar fondness for it.
Cat`o-ca*thar"tic (?), n. [Gr. &?; down + &?; serving to purge. See Cathartic.] (Med.) A remedy that purges by alvine discharges.
Ca*to"ni*an (?), a. [L. Catonionus.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the stern old Roman, Cato the Censor; severe; inflexible.
Cat" o' nine" tails`. See under Cat.
{ Ca*top"ter (?), Ca*top"tron (?), } n. [Gr. &?; mirror, fr. &?; visible.] A reflecting optical glass or instrument; a mirror. [Obs.]
{ Ca*top"tric (?), Ca*top"tric*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?;. See Catopter.] Of or pertaining to catoptrics; produced by reflection.
Catoptric light, a light in which the rays are concentrated by reflectors into a beam visible at a distance.
Ca*top"trics (?), n. [Cf. F. catoptrique. See Catropric.] (Physics) That part of optics which explains the properties and phenomena of reflected light, and particularly that which is reflected from mirrors or polished bodies; -- formerly called anacamptics.
Ca*top"tro*man`cy (?), n. [Gr. &?; mirror + -mancy. See Catopter.] (Antiq.) A species of divination, which was performed 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.
Ca*top"tron (k&adot;*t&obreve;p"tr&obreve;n), n. [Obs.] See Catopter.
Cat`pipe" (kăt"pīp`), n. See Catcall.
Cat"-rigged` (?), a. Rigged like a catboat.
Cat"-salt` (?), n. A sort of salt, finely granulated, formed out of the bittern or leach brine.
Cat's"-eye` (kăts"ī`), n. (Min.) A variety of quartz or chalcedony, exhibiting opalescent reflections from within, like the eye of a cat. The name is given to other gems affording like effects, esp. the chrysoberyl.
Cat's`-foot (?), n. (Bot.) A plant (Nepeta Glechoma) of the same genus with catnip; ground ivy.