cajuput 
r __:, (kaj'll-put). H. See i-iiji/iitt. 
cajuputene (ka.j-u-pi'i-teii'). I'" 1 "hief con- 
stituent of cajeput-oil, obtnined by eolioliation. 
It is a liquid of an IgTI Mblfl '"I"' . [.el man- lit In the air 
and insoluble in alcohol. Al.so written atri) 
calamary 
manganese. It U one of the mineral! commonly calabUT-tree 'kiiTii-ln'r-tri'), . ']'} Mntitnt<ii 
associated with tin ore. 
Oal. An abbreviation of California. 
calaba (kul'a-bii), n. [A native name.] 
( 'lll'l/llll/l/" 
Same 
See 
Svv. 
e 1 (kak), H. [< ME. cake, < led. kaka = calabart, . 
. kaka = Dan. /."</<. a cake, akin to I), kni-k. Calabar bean. See bean*. 
.'/;</. ii tiliiici-oiis tree nf the West Iinlii -s. 
the I Mirk of which is used for making cordn;."-. 
calabUSSt, . [Origin iiin-ertaiii; perhaps a 
viir. of ' i-nliiliiii-i for nil/ihusli, \\ ^oiipl. tin- last 
syllable Ill-ill^' pel-Imps assimilate,! to tlmt of 
ami lilinnli-rliH.in.'] A litflit miiski-t 
' ' 
cake, gingerbread', iluiiiplin:;. <litn. /.w/./r (> calabarin. calabarine < kal-a-bar'in), n. [< havinga wheel-lock, first used about l.~>"s. I.I'. 
K. CDI./.-I/, M . v.), = Ml. /.'"/' = olli;. chuwlio, (//(/,,) + -iV-', -'<-; NL. rafafiwriim.] cala< j e ( ka-lad' or -lad' ), n. [F., < It.<v//,/,rt,ade- 
MIIC. /".-/. <;. kiichru, * enke, a tart. The An alkaloid obtained from the Calabar bean by s( .,. M| _ <,./,., ._ fall, = F. I/<T, lower, = Sp. <////-. 
word has n iniection with L. iw/<rr, K. liarimck and \\ itkowski in IKifi. is nearly penetrate, pierce, let down. = Pg. cater, pene- 
1. A flat or comparatively thin mass insoluble in ether, and differs in physiological trate l owe r, conceal. < ML. <///. let down, 
of baked dough ; a tliin loiif of bread. character from physostigmin. 
They bated unh-av, ,,! ntw ,.f tl- dou,-i, which the, calabar-skin (kal a-bar-skin), M. The name 
brought "ut of iwypt. Ex. xil. an. given in commerce to the skin of tne Siberian 
Specilicnlly 2. A light composition of flour, squirrel, used for making muffs, tippets, etc. 
T. B. All/rich, The Lunch. 
3. In Scotland, specifically, an oatmeal cake, 
rolled thin and baked hard on a griddle. 
Hear, land o' Cake*, and brither Scot!.. 
/;i >, I'aptain Grose. 
4. A small portion of batter fried on a griddle ; 
a pancake or griddle-cake : as, buckwheat cak<-.<. 
5. Oil-cake used for feeding cattle or as a 
fertilizer. 
How much <>.' or guano this labour would purchase we 
cannot even guess at. Aiwtett, I'linnncl Islands, p. Wi. 
6. Something made or concreted in the distinc- 
tive form of a cake ; a mass of solid matter rel- 
atively thin and extended : as, a cake of soap. 
Cakes of rustling ice came rolling down the Hood. 
Dryden. 
This substance [tufaceous gypsum] Is found in cake*, 
often a foot long by an Inch in dentil, curled by the sun's 
rays and overlying clay into which water had uuk. 
It. A', llnrliw. Kl-Mcilinah, p. 364. 
One's cake is dough, one's plan has failed ; one has had 
a failure or miscarriage. 
My cake in dmt'/h : Hut I'll in among the rest ; 
Out of hope of all but my share of the feast. 
Shak., 1. of the 8., v. 1. 
Steward ! your cake M dowjh as well as mine. 
B. Jonson, Case is Altered, v. 4. 
To find the bean in the cake. Seefcwmi. 
cake 1 (kak), r. ; pret. and pp. caked, ppr. caking. 
[< cntel, .] I. tram. To form into a cake or 
compact mass Caking gunpowder, the operation 
of pressing the ingredients of powder, after they have been 
thoroughly incorporated anil moistened. It is effected 
either by the hydraulic press or by rollers. 
II. intraw. To concrete or become formed 
into a hard mass. 
descend, < 1.. ,-linlnf<; let down, slacken, < Or. 
\ntin; let down, slacken.] A slope in a manege- 
ground, down which a horse is ridden at speed 
in training him, to ply his haunches. 
Caladium (ka-lA'di-um), n. [NL., < kale, a na- 
tive name for the edible rhi/.ome.] A genus 
of tuberous-rooted aeaulescent plants, natural 
order .(mi-Hi, with large hastate or sagittate 
leaves, which are often variegated in color. 
They are natives of tropical America. Aliout a dozen 
moil , arc known, tlioui:li. owing to thi-lr (treat variant!- 
Ity, a very much larger number have been described. They 
arc favorite foliage-plants, ami many forms are found In 
cultivation. 
caladriet, . [ME. (= Sp. caladre, var. of ca- 
linnlria, a lark): see calandra, calender^.] A 
bird, probably a kind of lark. 
A cormoraunt and a catadrie. Wydif, Deut. xiv. 18. 
Calaenas, . See Calamus. 
calaite (kal'a-0, [< L. collate (< Or. aO- 
>.aif or no/alt, a sea-green precious stone) + 
-i> 2 .] A name given to the turquoise. 
Calamagrostis (kaKa-ma-gros'tis), H. [NL., < 
(5r. Ka'/afux;, a reed (see ctttamux), + aypuarif, a 
kind of grass : see Aorostis.] A small genus of 
coarse grasses, natives of Europe and Asia; 
the reed bent-grasses. The American species 
that have been referred to it are now placed in 
Deyeuxia. 
calamanco (kal-a-raang'ko), n. [= D. kala- 
mhik = G. kalmaiik, feaMKMO, < Sp. calamaco = 
F. ctileiiidiiile, calmanile, < ML. ealamancus, ca- 
liunacug, calamaiicus, transpositions of came- 
laueum, < Or. Koptiaiiuov, a head-covering: see 
camelaueium.] A glossy woolen satin-twilled 
stuff, checkered or brocaded in the warp, so 
that the pattern showed on one side only. 
Also spelled callimanco, calimanco. 
A morning gown, though, I am sorry t say, not a cola- 
wmiieo one, with great flowers. IsnigfeUow, Hyperion, 1. 7. 
basins, cups, spoons, bottles, etc. The black calamander-WOOd (kal-a-man'der-wud), . 
the tree Crescentia Cujete hollowed out, dried, 
and used as a vessel to contain liquids. p rh> - 
shells are so close-grained and hard that when containing 
liquid they may be used several times as kettles upon 
thenrewith-Hit 
injury. 
2. A gourd 
of any kind 
used in the 
same way. 
Such vesselsare 
often decorat- 
ed with con- 
ventional pat- 
terns and tig- 
urcs made in 
very slight re- 
lief by scrap- Calahashc*. 
ing away the 
surface surrounding them, and are sometimes stained i.i 
variegated colors. 
She had an ornamented calabash to hold her castor-oil, 
from which she made a fresh toilette every time she swam 
across the Nile. R. Ciirzon, Monast. in the Levant, p. IS). 
3. A popular name of the gourd-plant, Lai/c- 
naria culgaris. 4. A name given to the red 
cap or tarboosh of Tunis. See tarboosh and fez. 
Sweet calabash, the name in the West Indies of the 
edible fruit of I'anm/tora naHformt*. 
calabash-tree (k'al'a-bash-tre), . 1. A name 
given to the Crescentia Cujete, a bignoniaceous 
tree of tropical America, on account of its 
large gourd-like fruits, the hard shells of which 
are made into numerous domestic utensils, as 
calabash-tree of the West Indies is Crescentia 
ciicurbitina. 2. A name given to the baobab 
of Africa, Adansonia digitata. See baobab. 
\Jl -VI I " .1. J-l.lt 1 v 
C lotted blood that eakai within. Adduon. calabazilla (kal*a-ba-sel'ya), H. [Mex. Sp. 
pret. and pp. caked, ppr. (== Sp. calabacitla, a piece "of wood in the 
cake'- 2 (kak), v. .; . 
caking. [E. dial.: see MOM*.] 
geese. [North. Eng.] 
cake-alum (kak'al"nm). . Sulphate of alu- 
mina containing no alkaline sulphate. Also 
called i>att-iit tilitin, 
cake-bread (kak'bred), . [< ME. cakebwtt. 
< cake + breed, bread.] Fine white bread; 
mauchet. 
Then to retorne to the new Maires hous, there to take 
cakebrede and wyne. English Gilds (E. E. T. S.), p. 41S. 
His foolish schoolmasters have done nothing but run 
up and down the country with him to beg puddings and 
ruAv. hi-i'iid of his tenanU. 
B. Jonson, Bartholomew Fair, i. 1. 
cake-copper (kak'kop'er), . One of the forms 
in which copper is sent to market by the 
smelters. A cake is about 19 inches long, 12J wide, and 
13 thick, and weighs about 1J hundredweight. 
cake-lake (kak'lak), n. A crimson coloring 
matter obtained from stick-lac. Also called 
and 
Jt VW*V^Vf ^TjfM., \ f- .- - ^ 
To cackle, as shape of a gourd, a gourd-shaped ear-ring), dim. 
[Hnpposed to be a corruption of Coromandel 
wood.'} A beautiful kind of wood, the product 
chiefly of Dtoxpyros quawita, natural order be- 
nacea?, a large tree of Ceylon, it U very suitable 
wood for ornamental cabinet-work, showing alternate 
lands of brown and black, is very hard, and takes a high 
of cnlaba:a, a gourd: see calabash.] 
substitute for soap, and the macerated root as 
cal 
__ he typi 
family Calamariidas, having the labial plates 
reduced to four or five, and containing species 
;o the East Indies. C. albirenter is an 
idopterous insects. 
animal 
for the most part in High Germany. 
n >! - ' 
1'inHii 
was 
His 
Costly grey amices of calabtr. 
bred for the most part in High Germany. E. calamanan(kal-a-ma'ri-an), . 
rgc^5?'<^g^ ^ y :fi 4S^$SS| ffi 
uisciokeof^^,,. pJrn^^kM. <'i"'"<:"'' l;'t;L,l f ^ 
Bp. Bah. 
calaboose (kal-a-bos'), . [< Sp. calabozo = Pg. 
cnlahoHco, a dungeon, prob. < Ar. qafa, a cas- 
tle, + /<, hidden.] A prison; especially, a 
common jail or lockup. [Western and south- 
western U. S.] 
cake-Steamer (kak'ste'mer), M. A confection- calabrasella (kal'a-bra-sera), H. [Origin un- 
the dough of some 
ers' apparatus in which 
kinds of cake is exposed 
to the action of steam 
just before baking, to 
give the cake a rich and 
attractive color and siir- 
cake-urchin (kak'er'- 
chin), ii. A flat sea-ur- 
chin; a sand-dollar; a 
elypeaatrid, as one of 
the genus Kcliiiiamcli- 
iihtx or Mi Ililn. Millitu 
qiiiiii/iii-fin-ii and Ei'hinn- 
i-iii-liiiiii.t /HI nun are common United States cake- 
urchins. 
cal (kal), M. [Corn.] A Cornish miners' name 
for the mineral wolfram or wolframite, it is a 
compound of tunjsstic acid with iron and varying qllanti- 
knowu.] A game of cards 'for three persons, 
played with a pack of 40 cards, the 10-, 9-, and 
, __. family of aglypho- 
dont or colubrine serpenta, the dwarf snakes, 
typified by the genus Calamaria, and contain- 
ing a large number of small inoffensive species 
in which the head is not marked off from the 
body by a constriction or neck. They are found In 
most parts of the world, living under stones and logs, and 
preying upon worms and grubs. They are now generally 
associated in the same family with the C^vltrida. 
id (kal-a-ma'ri-oid), a. [< Calamaria 
Kesembling or having the characters 
two. and wins or loses according as he makes more or miiriu.i taken in a lit. sense, pertaining to a 
fewer points than they. reed, < calam UK, a reed. Cf. calamary.] Reed- 
calabreH, - BMflaUtr. Hk e : applied to grasses with short rigid culms. 
calabre-t, . [F., < ML. ealabra.] A military calamaroid (kalV m a- roid )> " A less correct 
eiijrine used during the middle ages; a variety j orm o f ca lamarii>iil. 
of the pierrier. E\&A out of ten Calamaroid genera arc peculiar to this 
calabreret, . See calalter. fauna. 
Cuke-urchin { 
Jarma). 
, . 
Calabrian (ka-la'bri-au), o. and . [< L. Cala- caigjnary (kara-ma-ri), H. ; pi. calamarifs (-riz). 
brin, Calabria, < Calaber, a Calabnau, ,one of the rFormerlv tooMWHMria and calamar; = F. 
' '. - ' > ' - * *) ___ I.... On. .... 1 ,,,..,,, 
Calabri from whom ancient Calabria took its 
name.] I. a. Belonging to or characteristic of 
ancient or modern Calabria. The former (called by 
the linek-. \I, :i].i:i or .lai-jitia) was the southeastern 
projection of the peninsula of Italy; the latter is the 
southwestern one (anciently Bruttiuni). 
II. " A native or an inhabitant of Calabria. 
c'aleimir, calamar = Sp. calamar, also 
I'titiiniareto, inkfish. calamary, = Pg. calamar, 
inkfish. = It. calamajii, inkfish, calamarv, ink- 
stand, = G. kdlmiir. inkstand, = NGr. Mttpfe, 
inkstand, *a/afiapt ffasaooiov, inkfish, < NL. cato- 
mariiu, a particular use (pen-case, inkstand, 
