My fears are causeless and ungrounded.
Denham.
Cause"less, adv. Without cause or reason.
Cause"less*ness, n. The state of being causeless.
Caus"er (?), n. One who or that which causes.
||Cau`seuse" (k&osl;`z&etilde;z"), n. [F., fr. causer to talk.] A kind of sofa for two persons. A tŕte-Ó- tŕte.
{ Cause"way (k&add;z"w&asl;), Cau"sey ((k&add;"z&ybreve;), } n. [OE. cauci, cauchie, OF. cauchie, F. chaussÚe, from LL. (via) calciata, fr calciare to make a road, either fr. L. calx lime, hence, to pave with limestone (cf. E. chalk), or from L. calceus shoe, from calx heel, hence, to shoe, pave, or wear by treading.] A way or road raised above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground.
But that broad causeway will direct your way.
Dryden.
The other way Satan went down
The causey to Hell-gate.
Milton.
{ Cause"wayed (?), Cau"seyed (?). } a. Having a raised way (causeway or causey); paved. Sir W. Scott. C. BrontÚ.
Cau*sid"i*cal (?), a. [L. causidicakis; causa a cause in law + dicare to say.] Pertaining to an advocate, or to the maintenance and defense of suits.
{ Caus"tic (?), Caus"tic*al (?), } a. [L. caustucs, Ge. &?;, fr. &?; to burn. Cf. Calm, Ink.] 1. Capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating away its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive; searing.