cacoon 
purses, etc. Antidote cacoon, a name (riven In Ja- 
niiii.-ii 1" tlii' l-'fuillea rnnlif'ilia, a woody cucurbit 
cliinhi T nf tropi.-al Am. rica. The large ieedi are pun:a- 
tlve mul em.-tie, ami are used u a popular remedy tot 
various diseases. and as an antidote again ' the potoon of 
(he iiianchineel. Rhul toxicodtndrm. See FttOU*. 
cacophonia(kak-o-tY>'ni-ii), . [NL.] MBWM 
0000pAOMf. 
cacophonic, cacophonical, cacophonious (kk- 
O-fon'ik, -fon'i-kal, -fo'ni-us), . Same as M- 
ooplunotu, 
cacophonous (ka-koi"o-ims),. [< ar.MMfci- 
IVK;, harsh-sounding : sec eooopfcmy.] Bound- 
in'g hiirshly ; ill-.soiindinir; discordant: opposed 
III l-HlillOlliOHK. 
cacophony (ka-kof'o-ni), .; pi. Moqp 
(-ni/.). [< XL. fari>i>li<inia, < Gfr. naiuxfru 
Mik-ityuwif, harsh-sounding. < IK<>C, bad, + 
sound, voice; in antithesis to euphony.] 1. A 
combination of discordant sounds ; specifically, 
in r/iet., a faulty choice or arrangement of 
words, producing inharmonious or discordant 
combinations of soun'ds, or too great frequency 
of such combinations as are for any reason un- 
pleasant to the ear; also, the uncouth or dis- 
agreeable sound so produced : the opposite of 
The Lancashire folk speak quick and curt, omit letters, 
or sound three or tour words all together : thus, I wou 
dldd'n, or I woiid.vi-d.rd. is a oowpAoay wbic-h stands for 
I wish you would ! /. D'lirarli, Amen, of Lit., I. 171. 
2. In/xiWiof., a depraved voice ; an altered state 
of the voice. 
cacoplastic (kak-o-plas'tik), a. [< Gr. *, 
bad, + irfaoruAf. < RvUMrtff, verbal adj. of vMta- 
, . 
aeiv, form : see plastic. Cf . Gr. KOKuTr/aoTof , ill- 
conceived.] In pittltol., susceptible of only a 
low degree of organization, as the indurations 
resulting from chronic inflammation, fibrocar- 
tilage, cirrhosis, etc. Dunglison. 
cacopragia (kak-o-pra'ji-S,), n. [NL., < Or. KO- 
Koximyiu, ill-doing, < Komrparft, adj., ill-doing. 
< IMJKOC, bad, + trpdaMW (/ w)i do.] Disease 
of those viscera which minister to nutrition ; 
depraved condition of the organic functions. 
cacopragy (ka-kop'ra-ji), n. Same as caco- 
/iraaiii. 
cacosomium (kak-6-so'mi-um), .; pi. cacoso- 
min (-). [NL., < Gr. mutt, bad, + auua, body.] 
A lazaretto for leprosy and other incurable dis- 
eases. 
cacosyntheton (kak-o-sin'the-ton), . [L., < 
Gr. nanAf, bad, + avvfaroi; a compound, neut. of 
751 
Cactaceae (kak-ta'se-e). . i>I. [NL., < cactus + 
-uri'ii: I A very peculiar order of American 
polypetalouH dicotyledonous plants, tin- eaetu- 
or Indian-fig family. They are green and flesh > 
ly withiiut true leaves! are ulolmlar or columnar or Joint- 
ed, and are usually arm. .1 
with bundles of spines. The 
flowers have numerous sepals, 
petals, and stamens, and are 
often large and v.-ij showy. 
Ih, fruit is usually a pulpy 
Ix-rry, with nunierons seeds, 
in -.fluently large and i-diMc. 
They are natives mustljr of dry 
and hot regions, win n 
form a prominent and eharac- 
teri.tic part of the vcu.-tiition 
The principal genera (all former- 
ly included in the single Lin- 
nean genus Cactut) are .l/.i .' n 
l:i, in, Mrli^artiu, and AV/n'n.i- 
caetut, which are globose or oval 
plants, sometimes gigantic ; O- 
mu, often climbing or erect and 
columnar, sometimes arlures- 
cent and 30 to SO feet high; 
Opuntia, Jointed and with the 
joints often flattened ; and //.// 
locactui, which is frequently cul- 
tivated In greenhouses for Its 
large flowers, as are also other 
genera, lth for their flowers 
and their curious forms. <>/" " 
i in, the prickly pear, U the only 
genus found wild in the north- 
ern 1'iiited states. The order 
is of little economic value, 
cactaceous (kak-ta'shius), 
a. [< NL. "cactaceus. See 
Cactacear.] Pertaining to or resembling the 
Cactacea*. 
cactal (kak'tal), a. [< cactus + -/</.] In lot., 
of or belonging to the cactus group or order of 
plants : as, the cactal alliance, 
cacti, ii. Plural of cartn.t. 
cactin. cactine (kak'tin), n. [< cactus + -in 2 , 
-IMI'-'.] The red coloring matter extracted from 
the fruit of some of the cacti, 
cactus (kak'tus), . ; pi. cacti or cactuses (-ti, -tus- 
ez). [L., < Gr. KOKTOC, a prickly plant.] The 
old and Linnean name for the group of plants, 
considered a single genus, which now form the 
order Cactacea*. In popular use the name (with its 
plural cacti) is still applied to members of this order 
without distinction. The cochineal cactus is the Ommtia 
Tuna, Sopalea. coehinillifera, and other species cultivated 
for the cochineal Insect ; the hedgehog cactus, species of 
EchiiioaKtu* ; the melon or melon-thistle cactus, species 
of Melocactta ; the nipple cactus, species of Jlammiuaria ; 
caddls 
Also 
used for furniture, flooring, packing-boxes, etc. 
cadan (kad'ani. a. [E. dial.; another form of 
,-,iiWi //'-', q. v.| A local English name for the 
|,-y ,,f tli al-fish. Also called i-iiililin. 
CadaSt, - -\ old spelling of iw/i/i'.-l. 
cadaster, cadastre (ka-das'ter), . [< l 
diixlri', <>F. i-ii/idnxtri' = Sp. i-<iln*/i-<> = Pg. ca- 
dil.ill'ii It. i'<lt--li''>. I'llluit" (Ml., n-ll' -X 
/ni HI, cataxtHiii), < ML. us if 'raiiitiixtruiii, a sur- 
vey and valuation of real property, prop, a 
register of the poll-tax (cf. ML. rni>ilulariuin. a 
cadaster, < ivi/<i7/iii;i. a .-hapter: see 
lary), < L. caput (cii/iit-), head: see ca/iut, 
tnl*, etc.] A register of the real projierty of 
a country or region, with the extent, value, 
and ownership of each holding or lot, serving 
as si basis of taxation; a kind of Doomsday 
Book. 
, , , . 
aic, put together: see tfUftMtol A faulty 
composition, or joining together of words in a 
sentence. .V/Wini, 1617. [Rare.] 
cacotechny (kak'o-tek-ni), ii. [< Gr. mKo-r X via, 
< XOKW; bad, + rV-jw/, art.] A corruption or 
corrupt state of art. [Bare.] 
cacothymla (kak-o-thim'i-a), . [NL., < Gr. 
noKitivuia, malevolence, < Munif, bad, + 9vuo(, 
mind.] In patho!., a disordered state of the 
mind. 
cacothymy (ka-koUi'i-ini), ii. Same as caco- 
t It i/iiiiii. 
cacotrophy (ka-kot'ro-fi), n. [< Gr. of, bad, 
+ rftA iiourishmenf.] In puthol., disordered 
nutrition. 
cacoxene (kak'ok-seu), . [< Gr. aurtfevof, un- 
friendly to strangers, inhospitable, < tattt, bad, 
+ "('vof, a stranger, a guest.] A yellowish silky 
mineral, occurring in fibrous, radiating tufts. 
It is a hydrous phosphate of iron, and is found in the iron 
ore of Bohemia, to which its presence is an injury (hence 
it-, name). Also written kakoxt ne, MosMM. 
cacoxenite (ka-kok'sen-it), . [< <-<H-<U-I > -t 
-io-'-'.] Same as CIH-I/JV-HI-. 
cacozyme (kak'o-zim), H. [< Gr. lioicor, bad, 4 
;//. leaven.] A microscopic organism, such 
as the bacteria, capable of producing disease. 
oeocacui ; e np c, 
the night-hloomlng cactus (or night-blooming cereus), 
Cerent yraruliflmnu, and other species ; the old-man cac- 
tus, Cereim ftfntti*, etc. 
cactus-wren (kak'tus-ren), . The name given 
by Coues to the wrens of the genus Campjllo- 
rhyiichus, from their frequenting and nesting 
in cactuses. The brown-headed cactus-wren Is C. brua- 
neicavUlut; the St. Lucas cactus-wren Is C. o^lnw. There 
are numerous other specicsof Mexico anil Central America. 
See cut under Cainin/lurbirnchti*. 
cacumen (ka-ku'men), H.; pi. cacumiiia (-nu- 
na). [L., the top, peak, summit, point.] The 
top of anything, (a) In the pharmacopeia, the top 
of a plant. (6) In omi<., the culrnen of the vemiis supe- 
rior of the cerebellum. Folium cacumlnll. See /- 
in i. 
cacuminal (ka-ku'mi-nal), . [< L. encumen 
(cuciiiinii-), top, peak, summit, + -al.] Per- 
taining to a top or summit. 
cacuminatet (ka-ku'mi-nat), r. t. 
miiKitiix. pp. of cacuminare, inake pointed, < c- 
(ccMiiw-). point.] To make sharp or 
pointed. Coles, 1717. 
cad (kad), . [Prob. short for Sc. cadte, cadihe, 
rtiiltlu. an errand-boy, etc.: see MAM.] 1. A 
boy, a fellow : a general term of slight contempt 
applied originally to various classes of persons 
of a low trade, (n) An errand-boy ; a messenger. (') 
A l.ri.klaycrs assistant, (f) A thimble-riggers confed 
enite. 
I will appear to know no more of you than one of the 
end, of the thimble-rlg knows of the pea-holder. T. Hook. 
<</) A loafer; a haiwei on ul,ont inn-yards, (j) A 
ger taken up surreptitiously by a stage-coach driver br 
his own perquisite. (.0 The c-ndiictor of an omnibus. 
The conductor, who is vulgarly known as the ,W. 
Mfljlti'' lf '- 
2 A mean, vulgar, ill-bred fellow of whatever 
social rank : a term of great contempt. 
There- a set ..f .-' in that club that will say anything. 
' 
cadacet - An old spelling of rnilili.^. 
cadamba (ka-tlam'ba), . [Hind. nMM A 
i-iiliiaceous tree id' India. MMMM or Antlnx-t- 
/(/HI/II.S Cin/iiHifta, often mentioned by the poets 
of that i-OHiltrv. It IK-HI-S inimeron.. -.mall >.-llowih- 
l,i-own Mow.-i> .-oiled, d i" dense balls. The deep-yelk* 
u, ,,,,1 ii( this and other -l-'eics. also called rinlnuiln. \- 
It Is certain that the great eadtutre or Domesday Book, 
the terror of Inhabited Kngland, was treated as th i rejrla- 
tcr of the exchequer. Snryc. Bnt., IX. 174. 
cadastral (ka-da.s'tral), a. [< cadaxtrr 4- -al] 
Of or pertaining to a' cadaster; according to or 
for the purposes of a cadaster; having refer- 
ence to the extent, value, and ownership of 
landed property as a basis for assessment for 
fiscal purposes: as, a cadaxtrat survey. 
cadastratlOU (kn-das-tra'shpn), n. The act of 
making a cadaster; detailed official surveying. 
What is required Is a public and compulsory system of 
land registration, based upon careful cailtutratina. 
Edinburfih Krv,, CLXV. a. 
cadastre, . See cadaxter. 
cadaver (ka-dav'er), n. [= F. cadavre = 811. 
Pg. cadaver = It. cadavere, cadavero, < L. cada- 
ver a corpse, < cadere, fall. Cf. Gr. irruua, a 
corpse, < vivrtiv, fall.] A dead body ; a corps*' : 
as, "a mere cadarrr," Boyle; especially, a body 
prepared or used for dissection. 
Xot one of these writers would have treated . . . a 
work on the science of anatomy as a collection of rules 
for making iKines or for pn>cHring cadaver*. 
S. LaaifT, The English Novel, p. 33. 
cadaveric (ka-dav'er-ik), a. [< cadaver 4- -ic.] 
1. Relating to a dead body; pertaining to or 
derived from the changes induced in a corpse 
by putrefaction : as, cadaveric phenomena. 
The researches that have brought the catlareric alka- 
loids ... to light. Pop. Sri. Mo., XX. 442. 
2. Resembling a cadaver or dead body; ca- 
daverous Cadaveric rigidity. Same as rigor mar- 
tin (which see, under riftor). 
cadaverine (ka-dav'er-iu), . [< L. cadaverinus, 
< cadaver, a corpse: see cadaver.] Same as 
cadaveric. 
cadaverous (ka-dav'er-us), o. [< L. cadarero- 
KUX, corpse-like, < cadaver, a corpse: see co- 
daver.] Pertaining to a dead body; especial- 
ly, having the appearance or color of the body 
of a dead person ; pale ; wan ; ghastly. 
A cadawrmu man, composed of diseases and com- 
plaints, t'elthain, Resolves, 11. 31. 
A pale railarrrout face. Marryat, Snarleyyow, I. I. 
cadaverously (ka-dav'er-us-li), adv. In a ca- 
daverous manner. 
cadaverousness (ka-dav'er-us-ues), . The 
quality of being cadaverous. 
cadawt, "- See caddoir. 
cad-bait (kad'bat), n. [Less correctly cad-bate ; 
< cud for caddis'* + ftflrt 1 , .] Same as caddis- 
irorm. 
caddast, Se caddis*. 
caddawt, . See caddou: 
caddet, See kadi. 
caddew, . See cadd,.^. 
caddice 1 , >*'< eaaalt 1 . 
caddice' 2 , . s*>e eaddu*. 
caddice-fiy, See caddis-fly. 
caddie (kad'i), . [Sc.. also written caddy, 
ciida (and abbr., with extended use. cad, q. v.); 
prob., with accent shifted from second to first 
syllable, < earlier i-ader, < K. cadtt. a young- 
er brother.] 1. A cadet. 2. A boy. especially 
as employed in running errands ; hence, specifi- 
cally, one who gains a livelihood by naming 
errands or delivering messages; also, one who 
carries the clubs of persons ]. laying at golf. 
[Scotch.] 
caddis 1 , caddice 1 (kad'is), . [Formerly Od* 
dux. c,idd,x. ME. cadas (> AF. cadu:: mod. r . 
,-iidix. < E.); prob. of Celtic origin: cf. Ir. 
i iael. ,'ndan, cotton, W. eadax, a kind of cloth. 
Hence K. IW/IV. a coarse woolen s.-1-f.'e.] If. 
Klo.-k or waddint: of any tiln-oiis material for 
MiifliiiK. lMiniba>liim. and the like, used in the 
fifteenth century and later. 
(,/. liouibiciliiillli. I'ruiui*. Parr., p. ;.T. 
