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CA'VEATINO (See CAVEAT), a term in fen- 

 cing applied to the shifting of the sword 

 from one side of an adversary to the other. 



CAVET'TO, Ital. dim. of Lat. cnvtw, an 

 architectural term used to denote a con- 

 cave ornamental moulding, opposed in 

 effect to the ovolo ; the concavity o the 



y 



one and the convexity of the other are 

 not to exceed the quarter of a circle. The 

 projection of the cavetto is equal to its 

 altitude. 



CAV'EZO* ) (French), a sort of nose- 



CAV'ESSON \ band of iron, leather, or 

 wood, sometimes flat and sometimes hol- 

 low, put on the nose of a horse to wring 

 it, and thua to forward the suppling and 

 breaking of him. 



CA'VIA, the guinea-pig or cobay, a genus 

 of quadrupeds of the order Rodentia, Cuv. 

 The best known species is the mus porcel- 

 lus, Lin. The word Cavia is Brazilian. 



CAVI'AR (French), a substance prepared 

 chiefly in Russia, consisting of salted 

 roes of large fish, especially the sturgeon, 

 caught in the "VVolga. The Italians first 

 brought it to Europe, under the name of 

 tat iale. The root of the word is perhaps 

 Arabic, gabiar. 



CAVOLI'NITB, a Vesuvian mineral of a 

 hexahedral form, occurring in the inte- 

 rior of calcareous balls, accompanied by 

 garnets, idocrase, mica, and granular py- 

 roxine, lining the cavity of geode, &c. 

 Named in honour of Cavolini, a Neapoli- 

 tan naturalist. 



CAT'ENNE, a species of very pungent 

 pepper, called Cayenne pepper and Guinea 

 pepper. It is prepared from the pods of 

 several species of the capsicum, which 

 originally came from Cayenne, but is now 

 brought from both the Indies. 



C. B., Companion of the Bath. 



C. C., Caius College. C.C.C., Corpus 

 Chriati College. 



CEAWO'THUS, a genus of shrubby plants. 

 fentandria Ifonogynia. Name , xlx ivQo; , 

 the Serratula arvensis. The New Jersey 

 tea (C. Americamu) is perhaps the best 

 known species of this genus. 



CB'BRIO, a genus of Pentamerous cole- 

 optera; family Serricornts. This genus 

 is the type of the cebrionlte tribe, and is 

 now subdivided into Physodactylus, Ane- 

 Jastes, Sundalu*, Rhapicera, &c. These 

 insects are chiefly found on aquatic plants. 



CE'DAR, the Pinui cedrus, Lin.,,by Tour- 

 nefort ranked under Larix. It is a coni- 

 ferous evergreen, bearing large roundish 

 Cones of smooth scales, standing erect ; 



the leaves small, narrow, and thickly set. 

 This tree is nowhere found native but on 

 Mount Libanus, and is usually distin- 

 guished by the name of the Cedar of Le- 

 banon. Few are now found on Lebanon, 

 but those that remain are of immense 

 size. The red cedar, so well known from 

 its being used in the manufacture of 

 black-lead pencils, is the wood of the 

 Virginian cedar, a species of juniper 

 (Junipenis J'irglniana}, a large tree of 

 America, West Indies, and Japan. Like 

 the cedar of Lebanon it is not attacked 

 by worms. 



CE'DRA, the fruit of a species of orange, 

 citron, or lemon, a tree which bears the 

 same name. Its peel contains a highly 

 prized essential oil used to flavour pre- 

 serves. 



CEDRE'LA.the battai-d-cedar, the generic 

 name of a tree of ilarbadocs. Pentan- 

 driaMonogynia. It is the type of the 

 natural order Cedrelaceae. Name dim. of 

 cedrus, the cedar-tree. 



CEL'AJJDINE, a name confmon to all the 

 plants of the genus Chelidoiiium, two spe- 

 cies of which are British. The greater 

 celandine, called also tetterwort ; the 

 lesser celandine is called also pilewort. 

 The great tree celandine is a species of 

 bocconia found in the West Indies. 



CELA'STRUS, the staff-tree, a genus. Pen- 

 tandria J/om^y/ita. Name from celastra, 

 a shepherd's p. It is the type of the 

 Celastriacea?, a natural order of shrubby 

 exogens. 



CEL'ATURE, Lat. eeelatnra, from ccelo, to 

 engrave ; the art of engraving or emboss- 

 ing, or that which is engraved or em- 

 bossed. 



CE'LE. Kj^Aij. A turnout caused by 

 the protruion of any soft part , a hernia. 

 This word is chiefly used in composition, 

 as en.rrt, it-', eptplocsle, &c. 



Cti/iHis, litrl.t horsemen instituted l>r 

 RcmiJus a.m he settled the constitu- 

 tion of Uyine. 



CELES'TINE, native sulphate of strontia, 

 so named from its being frequently found 

 of a blue colour, but it also occurs pu 

 fectly colourless and sometimes red. 



CELES'TISS, a religious order named 

 from Pope Celestin. They have about 

 100 convents in Italy and 20 in France. 



CE'LIAC, Lat. celiaats, pertaining to the 

 lower belly or intestines. 



CEL'LARIST. ) 1. An officer in a monas- 



CEL'LARER. ) tery who has the charge 



of procuring and keepini,' provisions. 



2. An officer in chapters who )ias the care 

 of the temporals, and particularly of dis- 

 tributing bread, wine, and money, to 

 canons on account of their attendance in 

 the choir. 



CELUJLA'RIA, a genus of coralliferoua 

 polypi, forming the type of Cuvter's fa- 

 mily of ceUularii. 



