Caesarize 
Csesarize (se'/.iir-i/,), r. /. ; prot. and pp. Caaar- 
/:<<!, j>pr. ('(Fxnri mi/. [< Caxar + -i:e.] To 
rule as a Ciesur ; I vranni/.c ; pliiy the ( 'tesiir. 
Caesaropapism (se/'/.iir-o-pa'pizm), w. [< L. 
I'nviir, Ciesiu', emperor, + Ml>. /'/', pope, + 
-/.SHI.] The supremacy of the secular power 
over ecclesiastical matters. 
l.utli'T never Mknowtodfed GtMWVMptflM or Krastlan- 
iwin us a principle unil an a right. /*.'ri/r. /iriV., X\'. *o. 
caesious (sii'zi-us), . [< L. etesius, bluish-gray.] 
Lavender-colored; pale-blue, with a slight mix- 
ture of gray. 
caesium (so /.i-um), H. [NL., neut. of L. co-mutt, 
blailh-gnr.] Chemical symbol, Cs; atomic 
weight, 132.8. A rare metal discovered by 
Bunson and Kirchhoff by spectrum analysis in 
the s;i I i ne waters of Dttrkheim in Germany, and 
subsequently in other mineral waters, it has 
M. rar liccu touted, anil is only knciwn ill combination. 
It is a -stroll;; l>a>e t.rl.iimin-. with potMriant sodium, lith- 
ium, ami niiiiiliiini, to the groiipof alkali metals, o-iiun. 
iiieoiiiieeli.ni uith MiMdiimi, is found must abundantly in 
i In- lepldolite of II.. IM . .11. Muim?. The oxalate anil nitrate 
llf (M'silllll ;i|-(' used ill lilrilii inr. 
caespitose, caespitosely. See cespitose, cespi- 
loxt'ltf. 
caespitous (ses'pi-tus). a. Same as cespitose. 
caestus, . See cestus*. 
caesura, caesural, etc. See ccsura, cesvral, etc. 
cafast, [F. cnfax (Cotgrave).] A kind of 
course taffeta. 
caf6 (ka-lVi'), H. [F., coffee, a coffee-house ; = 
E. cofft-c, q. v.] 1. Coffee. 2. A coffee-house ; 
a restaurant. 
I dined In a caff more superb than anything we have 
an Idea of in the way of coffee-houses. 
Sydney Smith, To Mrs. Sydney Smith. 
Cafe chantant (ka-fa shon-toh'), In France, a public place 
<if entertainment where the guests are regaled with music, 
siniiiiin, etc., alui served with liht refreshments. Such 
establishments often consist of open-air inclosurcs planted 
with trees, under which the ({nests sit In summer, while the 
singers, etc., perform on a stage. Also called caft cuneert,. 
Cafe noir (ka-fa nwor ), black cotfec; a strong Infusion 
nt < nti'iT drunk clear, usually at the close of a meal. 
cafecillo(ka-fa-sel'y6), w. [Mex.] The Mexican 
name of a species of Citharetylum, a verbena- 
ceous tree, the seeds of which when roasted have 
the combined flavor of coffee and chocolate. 
cafeine (kaf'e-in), n. [Formed as caffein.] The 
trade-name of a mixture of roasted grain and 
chicory ground together and sold as coffee. 
lie Colange. 
cafetal, cafetale (kaf 'e-tal, kaf-e-ta'le), n, [Sp. 
(= PR. c-afezal), < cafe = E. coffee.] A coffee- 
plantation. [Tropical America.] 
caff (kaf), n. A Scotch form of chaff 1 . 
caffat (kaf'ii), H. A rich stuff, probably of silk, 
in use in the sixteenth century. 
caffeic (ka-fe'ik or kaf'e-ik), a. [< caffea + -<-.] 
Of or pertaining to coffee. Caffeic add, a vegeta- 
ble aclif (UgHgOj) existing In coffee. It crystallizes In yel- 
ln\v prisms, solulile ill hot water. Also called caffetannic 
(tri't ami rlihu'Oftriiii'. acid. 
caffein, caffeine (ka-fe'in or kaf'e-in), . [= F. 
c<ij'< : i iir ; < XL. c/iffru, coffee, + -I'M'-, -ine-.] An 
alkaloid, CgHiQl^Oo, crystallizing in slender, 
silk-like needles which have a bitter taste, 
found in coffee-beans. Coffee contains from 0.6 to 
2.2 per cent. It is a weak base, and forms salts with the 
strong mineral acids, ratfein and certain of its salts are 
used in medicine, and the stimulating effects of tea and 
coffee are largely due to the presence of this alkaloid. It 
is similar to if not identical with the thein found in tea, the 
pmranin of raitlinln ittn-bilix, and the alkaloid of Ilfx 
f'<ii-<i<rn<i!<'n*!x. Also written c<>lt'''i'i. <'<'/<'iiu'. 
caffeinic (kaf-e-iu'ik), a. Pertaining to or pro- 
duced by caffein: as, a caffeinic headache. 
caffeinism (ka-fe'in-izm), . [< caffein + -ism. } 
A morbid state produced by prolonged or ex- 
cessive use of caffein. It is marked by dyspepsia, 
palpitation of the heart, tremuloiisness, irritability, and 
de|nvssi"ti 
caffeism (ka-fe'izm), H. Same as eaffeinixin. 
caffeone (ka-fe'ou or kaf'e-ou), . [< NL. caf- 
fi'n, I'offee, -I- -one.] The aromatic principle 
of coffee. It is a brown oil, heavier than water. An 
almost imponderable quantity gives an aromu to a quart 
uf water. 
Caffer, . See Kit fir. 
Caffer-bread, Catfer-corn. See Kafir-bread, 
-cnni . 
caffetannic (kaf-e-tan'ik), <i. [< NL. caffea + 
E. tannic.] Pertaining to coffee and resem- 
bling tannin. Caffetannic acid. Same as caffeic acid 
(which see, under cajh-ic). 
caffila, a. See knjilii. 
Caffrarian, <i. and H. See Kaffrariux. 
Caffre, . and a. See Ktifir. 
cafilah, . See knflla. 
cafisso (ka-fis'6), '. [It. < //ww = Sp. Pg. cahiz 
(ML. cnjiriiiiii. fiijixit), a measure (see def.), < 
Ar. <y<i/7c.] A unit of capacity in use in the 
75B 
Mcilitprranean, derived from the Arabian mea- 
sure kafi: (which see). As a dry measure It ii.nl.-iin 
ill MiiriK-i-oand 'I'miN Ifi I'nitcd States (\\ ineliester) liush- 
el, or f>2. liters. There Is alo * caflmo In Tunis of 14 
1 riit.-d States liiuheU, or 495.11 HU-rs. In Tri].li 
tains sometimes 11} bushels (406 liters), sometimes 111 
tuishi-N (:i-jii.7 HUTS). In Valencia there is a cafluo of 6 
bushels. As a lli|iild measure it varies still more. In 
Malta it Is ,',t I nited States (old wine) gallons, or 43 im- 
perial gallons. In Messina It is 2.3 United States gallons : 
in "tiler purts f Sicily, :t galliins. In rulermo, by a catls- 
-" of oil Is meant a v%ei^iit f 10 kilograms. 
cafiz, a. See rain; and }:<> 
cafoyt, ii. [Cf. caffa.'] A material used in the 
eighteenth century for hangings. Fiiirholt. 
cafta, n. Sec k'lfiii. 
caftan, kaftan (kaftan), w. [Ar. </aftdn, qaf- 
Ini. > I'urk. iinftan.] ' A garment worn by men 
in Turkey, Egypt, and other eastern countries, 
consisting of a kind of long vest tied about 
the waist with a girdle, and having sleeves long 
enough to extend beyond the tips of the fingers. 
A long cloth coat is worn above it. 
cag (kag), . A dialectal variant of keg. 
cage (kaj), H. [< ME. atge, < OF. caige(F. cage), 
also caire, cave, = Sp. Pg. gavia = It. galmiti, 
ijayyia, dial, cabbia, = OIK '. <'lu fin. .\l Hi i. // rji . 
G. baft; kiitii'li, kdflg, a cage, < ML. "caria, L. 
cavca, a hollow place, den, cave, cage : see care, 
., which is a doublet of cage.] 1. A box -like 
receptacle or inclosure for confining birds or 
wild beasts, made with open spaces on one or 
more sides, or on all sides, and often also at 
the top, by the use of osiers, wires, slats^ or 
rods or bars of iron, according to the required 
strength. 
It happens with It [wedlock] as with cagrt ; the hints 
without despair to get In, and those within despair to get 
out. Ftorio. 
2. A prison or place of confinement for male- 
factors ; a part of a building or of a room sepa- 
rated from the rest by bars, within which to con- 
fine persons under arrest, as sick or wounded 
prisoners in a hospital. 3. A skeleton frame- 
work of any kind, (n) In carp., an outer work of tim- 
ber inclosing another within it, as the "./. of a windmill or 
of a staircase. (6) In mach., a framework to confine a ball- 
valve within a certain range of motion, (r) A wire guard 
placed in front of an eduction-opening to allow liquids to 
pass, hut prevent the passage of solids. (</) In mining, 
a platform of wood strongly put together with iron, on 
which men are lowered and raised to the surface, and on 
which the ore and waste rock are raised In cars, In which 
they are conveyed without transfer to the place where 
they are to be emptied, or to receive further treatment. 
(') Naut., an Iron vessel formed of hoops placed on the 
top of a pole, and filled with combustibles. It is lighted 
an hour before high water, and marks an intricate chan- 
nel navigable for the time during which it burns. 
4. A cup with a glass bottom and cover between 
which is a drop of water containing animalcules 
to be examined under a microscope. 5. The 
large wheel of a whim about which the hoist- 
ing-rope is wound. 6. A name sometimes 
given to a chapel inclosed with a latticework 
or grating. 
cage (kaj), r. t. ; pret. and pp. caged, ppr. cag- 
ing. [< cage, n.] 1. To confine in a cage; 
shut up or confine: as, "caged nightingales," 
Shak., T. of the 8., Ind., ii. 2. To make like 
a cage or place of confinement : as, "the caged 
cloister," Skal:, Lover's Complaint, 1. '249. 
cage-bird (kai'berd), ii. A cageling. 
cage-guides (kaj'gidz), n.pt. In mining, verti- 
cal pieces of wood, or, in England, rods of iron 
or steel, or wire ropes, which are fixed in the 
shaft and serve to steady and guide the cage 
in its ascent and descent : in the United States 
usually called guide-ropes, or simply guidex. 
cageling (kaj' ling), n. [< cage + -lingf.] A bird 
kept in a cage ; a cage-bird. 
And as the cagtling newly flown returns, 
The seeming-injured, simple-hearted thine 
Came to her old perch back, and settled there. 
Ttnnyitan, Merlin and Vivien. 
cage-seat (kaj'set), H. In mining, a framework 
at the bottom of a shaft on which the cage 
drops, and which is arranged to reduce the jar 
consequent upon its coming to rest. 
cage-shuts (kaj'shuts), . pi. In coal-mining, 
drops or catches on which the cage rests dur- 
ing the operation of running the cars off and 
on it, or while "caging." [Scotch.] 
caging (ka'jing), 11. [< cage, ., 3(d), + -IHJ/I.] 
In coal-mining, the operation of changing the 
tubs on the cage. Gresley. [North Stafford- 
shire, Eng.] 
cagmag (kag'mag), n. [E. dial.; origin ob- 
scure. J 1. A tough old goose. 2. Unwhole- 
some or loathsome meat ; offal. 3. An infe- 
rior kind cif sheep, llalliirell. [Vulgar.] 
CagOt (ka-go'), n. [F., = Pr. Cagot : ML. fa- 
ijiitHn; origin uncertain.] One of an outcust 
cain -colored 
race inhabiting t he French mid Spanish Pyre- 
nees, of remote but unknown origin, r,,,,-, m 
till ilefornilt} is , iilllllllili unxinu them, owllIK to tin It IIIIIK 
Milieu valleys, ami to the hard- 
:he> have endured. Their ehicf |I|I>H.-;I| |,. i uliar 
Ity is said Ui U- the almcnee of the Inner loba of the ear. 
' .>scrihed, and held a- I. ]-i- an. 
I ll. I ] I.. 1 1 Ketollltl'lll -.r, . ! !,. In til' It I 1 . ll I 
and tin ir i "inhtii.il has I- en nun h jin] 
Cahier (ka-ia'), w. [F., earlier rnyir. 
(Cotgrave), < OF. </<//, > K. i/nirr~, i|. v.] 1. 
In bookbinding, a number (usually 4 or 6) of 
double leaves of a book, placed together for con- 
venience in handling and as a preparation for 
binding. The word is pi .1. t< \r. j,t atni.n- 
law copyists, gectiun hein- the term in use among pi 
and binders In America, and yallirriii'i in lireat Krltaln. 
2. A report of proceedings of any body, as a 
legislature; a memorial. 
cahinca-root (kn-hing'ktt-rOt), M. The root of 
< 'Ii iiH-i ><<<! racemosa, a rublaceous shrub of south- 
ern Florida and tropical America, and of some 
allied Brazilian species. It has been used as a 
diuretic. Also cainca-root. 
cahincic (ka-hin'sik), a. [< cahinca (-root) + 
-iV.J Pertaining to or derived from cahinca- 
root. Also caincic __ Cahincic acid, r 4 , ) i 4 O| B , a 
white, odorless, bitter principle obtained from cahinca- 
root. 
cahiz (Sp. pron. ka-eth'). . [Sp., also cafi: : 
see cafisso.] A Spanish dry measure, also 
called in Cordova cafiz. Queipo states its capacity 
to be exactly 600 liters (I8f Tnited States or Winchester 
bushels), hut measures carefully conducted in Marseilles 
in l:ii> made It (157.6 liters, or 18) United States bushels. 
This refers to the cahiz of t'astile, also employed in Cadiz. 
The cahiz of Lima (likewise formerly In use In Madrid) 
contains 18.fl bushels ((166 liters). Different measures of 
Alicante hearing this name contain 7.2 bushels (252 liteis), 
7.1 bushels (249.8 liters), and 6.8 bushels (241.2 liters). The 
cahiz of Bogota contains 7.4 bushels (2A9.2 liters), that of 
Valencia 5.8 bushels (203 liters), and that of Saragossa 6.1 
bushels (180.4 liters). 
cabizada (Sp. pron. ka-e-tha'da), . [8p.] A 
Spanish measure of land, very nearly equal to 
an English acre. 
cahoot (ka-hof), ii. [Origin unknown ; possi- 
bly a perversion of F. cohorle, a company, gang : 
see cohort.] Company or partnership : as, to 
go in cahoot with a person. Barttett. [South- 
ern and western U. 8.] 
caic. . See caique 1 . 
cail't (kal), . [E. dial., also written kayle (and 
keel, after equiv. F. quille), < D. kegel = OHG. 
chrgil, kegil,MRQ. G. kegel = 8w. ktigla = Dan. 
kegle, ninepin, skittle, cone.] A ninepin ; in the 
plural, the game of ninepins. 
Exchewe allewey euille company, 
f'Miiln*. carding and haserdy, 
And alle unthryfty playes. Ret. Ant., II. 224. 
call 2 , r. See cale*. 
cailcedra (kil-sed'ril), >i. [Origin unknown.] 
The Khaya fienegalentris, a tall tree of Senegam- 
bia, resembling the mahogany. Its wood is used 
in joiners' work and inlaying, and its bark fur- 
nishes a bitter tonic. 
caillette ( ka - let ' ; F. prou. ka - yet ' ), 11 . [F. , 
< cailter, curdle.] The abomasum, rennet-bag, 
or fourth stomach of ruminants. 
cailliach (kil'yach), n. [Gael, cailleach, an old 
woman; cf. caile, a vulgar girl, a hussy.] An 
old woman. [Highland Scotch.] 
Give something to the Highland cailliarhn that shall cry 
the coronach loudest Scoff, YVaverley, illi. 
caillou(ka-yo'), .; pl.caiVtonx(-yoz'). [F.] In 
hrr., a flint. 
cailloutage (ka-y8-tazh'), n. [F., < caillou, a 
flint.] Fine pottery, especially such as is made 
wholly or in part of pipe-clay. 
caimac, caimacam, caimacan, . See kaima- 
kam. 
Caiman (ka'man), N. [NL. : see cayman.] 1. 
A genus of tropical American Alligalorida:, con- 
taining such species as ('. pal]>fbrosus or ('. tri- 
qonatus; the caymans. 2. [I.e.] A cayman. 
dain-and-Abel (kan'and-a'bel), w. A popular 
name in England of "the Orchis Ititifolia, the 
root of which consists of a pair of finger-like 
tubers. 
cainca-root (ka-ing'ka-rot), n. Same as cahin- 
ca-rixit. 
caincic (kii-iu'sik), a. Same as caliincic. 
cain-colored (kan'kul'prd), a. "Yellow or red 
as applied to hair; which, being esteemed a 
deformity, was by common consent attributed 
to Cain and Judas' 1 (\ares): a word of uncer- 
tain meaning, but usually taken as here ex- 
plained, found only in the following passage: 
N... forsooth ; he hath but :l little wee face, with a little 
yellow leard; a cain-foivurcd beard. 
*., M. \V. of W., 1.4. 
