CACIQUE, ka-s[=e]k', _n._ a native chief among the West Indian aborigines.
[Haytian.]
CACKLE, kak'l, _n._ the sound made by a hen or goose.--_v.i._ to make such
a sound.--_ns._ CACK'LER, a fowl that cackles: a talkative, gossiping
person; CACK'LING, noise of a goose or hen. [M. E. _cakelen_; cog. with
Dut. _hakelen_.]
CACODEMON, kak-o-d[=e]'mon, _n._ an evil spirit: (_Shak._) a nightmare.
[Gr. _kakos_, bad, and DEMON.]
CACODYL, kak'o-dil, _n._ a colourless stinking liquid, composed of arsenic,
carbon, and hydrogen. [Gr. _kak[=o]d[=e]s_, ill-smelling.]
CACOETHES, kak-o-[=e]'th[=e]z, _n._ an obstinate habit or disposition. [Gr.
_kakos_, bad, _[=e]thos_, habit.]
CACOGASTRIC, kak-[=o]-gas'trik, _adj._ pertaining to a disordered stomach,
dyspeptic. [Gr. _kakos_, bad, _gast[=e]r_, the stomach.]
CACOGRAPHY, kak-og'ra-fi, _n._ bad writing or spelling.--_adj._
CACOGRAPH'IC [Gr. _kakos_, bad, and _graphia_, writing.]
CACOLET, kak'o-l[=a], _n._ a military mule-litter for sick and wounded.
[Fr.; prob. Basque.]
CACOLOGY, ka-kol'o-ji, _n._ bad grammar or pronunciation. [Gr. _kakos_,
bad, _logos_, speech.]
CACOON, ka-k[=oo]n', _n._ a large seed of a tropical climber of the bean
family, used for making scent-bottles, snuff boxes, purses, &c.: a
purgative and emetic seed of a tropical American climber of the gourd
family.
CACOPHONY, ka-kof'[=o]-ni, _n._ a disagreeable sound: discord of
sounds.--_adjs._ CACOPH'ONOUS, CACOPHON'IC, -AL, CACOPH[=O]'NIOUS,
harsh-sounding. [Gr. _kakos_, bad, _ph[=o]n[=e]_, sound.]
CACTUS, kak'tus, _n._ an American plant, generally with prickles instead of
leaves.--_adj._ CACT[=A]'CEOUS, pertaining to or like the cactus. [Gr., a
prickly plant found in Sicily.]
CAD, kad, _n._ a low, mean, or vulgar fellow: a bus driver or conductor, a
tavern-yard loafer.--_adj._ CAD'DISH. [Short for CADET.]
CADASTRAL, ka-das'tral, _adj._ pertaining to a CADASTRE or public register
of the lands of a country for fiscal purposes: applied also to a survey on
a large scale, like our Ordnance Survey on the scale of 25 inches to the
mile. [Fr.--Low L. _capitastrum_, register for a poll-tax--L. _caput_, the
head.]
CADAVEROUS, ka-dav'[.e]-rus, _adj._ looking like a dead body:
sickly-looking.--_n._ CAD[=A]V'ER (_surg._ and _anat._), a corpse.--_adj._
CADAV'ERIC.--_n._ CADAV'EROUSNESS. [L. _cadaver_, a dead
body--_cad-[)e]re_, to fall dead.]
CADDICE, CADDIS, kad'dis, _n._ the larva of the May-fly and other species
of Phryganea, which lives in water in a sheath formed of fragments of wood,
stone, shell, leaves, &c., open at both ends--caddis-worms form excellent
bait for trout.--_n._ CAD'DIS-FLY.
CADDIE, kad'i, _n._ a lad who attends a golfer at play, carrying his clubs:
in 18th century a messenger or errand porter in Edinburgh. [See CADET.]