catalogue 
of a college, of tlio Htars, or of a museum or a 
library. See i-nril-i-nlnlinjue. 
\]>.ilf could -.how a cataloi/ue of doubts, never yet 
imagined or questioned. 
Sir T. Rmwne, Kcliglo Medic!, 1. 21. 
She ia to be added to tin- ctit<il<:ii<:.- of republics, the in- 
scription upon whose ruin is, "The* U<TC. but they are 
not." Sinn/. Salem, Sept. 18, 1B28. 
Ugly catttlwjitKx of 8ins and oaths au<t drunkenness and 
brutality. Fiiniile, sketches, p. 47. 
Catalogue ralsonne (K., literally reasoned catalogue), 
a catalogue "f hooks, paintings, or the like, classed ac- 
cording to their subjects, usually with more or less full 
comments or explanations. =8yn. L<*t. <'i<i'<l>"i"> : . l.ixt 
means a mere enumeration of individual persons or arti- 
cles, while catiiltxiu,' properly supposes some description. 
with the mimes ill a certain order. ThllH we speak of a 
subscription [ixi, luit of the catalogue of a museum or a 
lihrary. 
catalogue (kat'a-log), r. t. ; pret. and pp. citta- 
loi/tli'il, |ipr. cataloguing. [<.cntnli><iin; .; = !'. 
cataloi/ver.] To make a catalogue of; enter in 
a catalogue. 
Jt[Sei ipt tire | cannot, as it were, U- mapped or its eon tents 
rnlitli.rii"-'/. ./. //. -\i'/l-IIIIUI, Development of Christ, boct. 
cataloguer (kat'a-log-er), . [< catalogue + -rr 1 ; 
= F. cdtalof/ucur.] One who arranges and pre- 
pares a catalogue, as of books, plants, stars, etc. 
The supposed cases oi' disappearance [of stars] arose from 
<-iil/r[iHr/ii'i-* accidentally recording stars in positions where 
none existed. .\, >>/<<, i,ih MM llulilrn, Astron., p. 440. 
cataloguist (kat'a-log-ist), n. [< catalogue + 
-ixt. ] One who is skilled in making catalogues ; 
a professional cataloguer. [Rare.] 
Though not made by cataloi/uintg, let me mention a some- 
what similar mistake caused by u misleading title. 
1\. .(..!/ Q., 7th ser., II. 16. 
cataloguize (kat'a-log-iz), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
eatatoffttteed, pjiv. aitnloi/ui-iiif/. [< eataloffve 
+ -izt:] To insert or arrange in a catalogue; 
catalogue. [Rare.] 
Catalonian (kat-a-16'ni-an), a. [< Catalonia 
(Sp. Cataluna) +"*. "Cf. Catalan.'] Of or 
pertaining to Catalonia. See Catalan. 
catalpa (ka-tal'pa), . [The Amer. Indian 
name in Carolina for the first species mentioned 
below.] 1. A tree of the genus Catalpa. 2. 
[eap.~\ [NL.] A small genus of bignoniaceous 
trees, with large simple leaves, terminal pan- 
icles of showy flowers, and long linear pods 
with winged seeds. C. Uijiumiaulei and C. gpeciusa 
are natives of the United States, and are common In culti- 
vation as ornamental trees. The wood is light and soft, 
but durable, and is much used for railroad-ties, fence-posts, 
etc. The bark is bitter, and has been employed as a vermi- 
fuge. Two similar species from China and Japan are occa- 
sionally cultivated. The other species are West Indian ; 
one of these, C. lontfissiina, is known as French oak, and 
its bark is rich in tannin. 
catalysis (ka-tal'i-sis), .; pi. catalyses (-sez). 
[= F. catalyse = Sp. catalms, < NL. catalysis, 
< Gr. nard'Avaic, dissolution, < naraiiiuv. dis- 
solve, < nard, down, + Mietv, loose. Cf. analysis.] 
1. Dissolution; destruction; degeneration; de- 
cay. [Bare or obsolete.] 
.Sad catalyst* and declension of piety. Evelyn. 
The sad catalftttin did come, and swept away eleven hun- 
dred thousand of the nation. Jer. Taylor. 
2. A decomposition and new combination 
supposed by Berzelius and other chemists to 
be produced among the proximate and elemen- 
tary principles of one or more compounds, by 
virtue of the mere presence of a substance or 
substances which do not of themselves enter 
into the reaction. It is at present believed that bodies 
which cause catalysis do in some way take part in the 
chemical reactions involved, though they are in the course 
of it always brought back to their original condition. 
I am strongly disposed to consider that the facts of 
Catalysis depend upon voltaic action, to generate which 
three heterogeneous substances are always necessary. 
H'. K. Grove. Corr. of Forces, p. 6. 
catalysotype (kat-a-lis'9-tip), . [Irreg. < ca- 
talynix + type.] In'photon., a calotype process 
in which iron iodide is used in the preparation 
of the paper, in place of potassium iodide. 
catalytic (kat-a-lit'ik), a. [= F. catalytique = 
Sp. cutalitico, ^ Gr. KaTatvrtKOf, able to dissolve, 
< "(card/uror, verbal adj. of Kara/<.i>e(i>, dissolve: 
see catalysis and -ic.] Of, pertaining to, or 
characterized by catalysis; having the power 
of decomposing a compound body apparently 
by mere contact; resulting from catalysis. 
It is not improbable that the increased electrolytic 
power of water by the addition of some acids, such as the 
sulphuric and phosphoric, where the acids themselves are 
not decomposed, depends upon a catalytic effect of these 
aeids. W. R. Gram, Corr. of Forces, p. 169. 
Catalytic agent, (n) A body which produces chemical 
changes in another apparently by mere contact. Thus 
yeast resolves sugar, by contact, into carbonic acid and 
alcohol, (b) A medicine which is presumed to act by the 
destruction or counteraction of morbid agencies in the 
blood. Catalytic force, the power seemingly possessed 
by some bodies to produce changes in others by contact, 
without themselves undergoing permanent change. 
855 cataphracted 
Same as eata- cat-and-dog (kat'and-dog'), n. and H. I. a. 
Quarrelsome, as a" cat and a dog; disposed to 
disagree or fight; inharmonious: as, to lead a 
rat-aml-iliM/ life. 
II. a. Same as ti/i-ntt. 
catandromous (ka-tan'dro-mus), a. See cat- 
catalytical (kat-a-lit'i-kal), '/. 
lytic. 
catalytically (kat-a-lit'i-kal-i), <ulr. In a cat- 
alytic manner; as a catalytic agent. 
riatinnni black . . . absorbs -ii tin,, - its volume of 
oxygen from the air, and in virtue thereof isamost a.-tiie 
oxidi/ing agent, which, in general, acN nltttnlfnU*/, le- 
cause the black, after having yivcn up its oxygen to the 
oxidizahle Hllhstancc present, at once taUcs up :i t'nsli 
supply from the atmosphere. Kn'->i>-. Hi>t., \IX. 11*1. 
catamaran (kat'a-nm-ran'), . [= F. ciiliiiin- 
I'IIH, < Hind, kd I mil ni u, < Mahiyalain/,v i ////v// 
(Tamil l.'iilliiniiiriiiii), lit. 'tied logs,' < krtta ( = 
Tamil, Telugu, and Canarese kattii, a binding, a 
bond, tie, < kattu (cerebral it), bind) + inn nun = 
Tamil marani, a tree, wood, timber.] 1. Akiml 
of float or raft used by various peoples, it con-i-ts 
usually of se\eral pieces of wood lashed together, the mid- 
dle pie* rpieoM Muff longer than the others, and having 
one end turned up ill the form ot a how. It is used on the 
coasts of ('oromandcl, and particularly at Madras, tor con- 
vey inn letters, messages, etc., through the surf to the ship- 
ping in the roads. Catamarans are also used in short 
navigations along the sea-shore in the West Indies, and on 
the coast of South America very large ones are employed. 
I'he name was also applied to the tiat-hottomcd tire-boats 
built by the English in 1804, and despatched, without SHC- 
.,-, nuainst the French flotilla collected in Boulogne and 
neighl>oring harbors for the invasion of Kugland. 
2. Any craft with twin hulls, the inner faces of 
which are parallel to each other from stem to 
stern, and which is propelled either by sail or 
by steam. Sometimes shortened to cat. 3. 
A quarrelsome woman; a vixen; a scold: a hu- 
morous or arbitrary use, with allusion to cut or 
catamount. See caft, 4. 
At his expense, you catamaran 1 D!cken. 
She was such an obstinate old catamaran. 
MaemiUan's Mag, 
catamenia (kat-a-me'ni-a), n. pi. [NL., < Gr. 
Kara^via, prop, neut.pl. of /cara/i#wof , monthly, 
< Kar6, according to, + //#i>, a month, = L. men- 
sis, a month (see menses), akin to E. month, 
q. v.] The monthly Sowings of women; the 
menses. 
catamenial (kat-a-me'ni-al), a. |X catamciiiti 
+ -al; = F. ctitamemal,'} Pertaining to or of 
the nature of the catamenia. 
Catametopa (kat-a-met'o-pa), . pi. [NL., < 
Gr. Kara, down, + Metopa, a genus of crusta- 
ceans.] In De Blainville's system of classifi- 
cation, one of four families of brachyurous de- 
capod crustaceans ; the Ocypodida: in a broad 
sense: now called Ocypodoidea (which see). 
Also spelled Catometopa. 
catamite (kat'a-mit), n. [< F. catamite, < L. 
catamitits, so called from Catamitus, -meitus, 
corrupt form of Clanymedes : see Ganymede.] 
A boy kept for unnatural purposes. 
catamount (kat'a-mount), n. [Also catamoun- 
tain; for cat <f mount, cat of mountain : a, o', for 
of, as in akin, anew, cat-o'-nine-tails, o'clock, etc. : 
see cat 1 , a*, mount*.] 1. The cat of the moun- 
tain; the European wildcat. 2. In her., this 
animal when used as a bearing, it is generally 
represented nearly like a panther, and is always guardant, 
and therefore its position is not mentioned in the blazon. 
3. In the United States and Canada : (a) A wild- 
cat; a lynx; any species of the genus Lynx, 
which contains several large wildcats with 
short tails, penciled ears, and reddish prreddish- 
gray coloration, much variegated with lighter 
and darker markings, as the bay lynx, Lynx 
rufus, or the Canada lynx, L. canadensis. See 
cut under Lynx, (b) The cougar, puma, or 
mountain lion, Felis concolor. See cougar. 
catamountain (kat'a-inoun'tan), . and a. I. 
n. Same as catamount. 
The owl is abroad, the bat, ant] the toad, 
And so is the cal-a-tiunintain. 
B. Jonion, Masque of Queens. 
The glaring eatamountain aud the quill-darting porcu- 
pine. Martinui Scribleni*. 
II. a. Like a wildcat; ferocious; wildly sav- 
age: as, " cat-a-mountain looks," Shak., M. W. 
of W., ii. 2. [Bare.] 
catanadromous (kat-a-nad'ro-mus), a. [< Gr. 
(corn, down, + avdtipo/wf, running up : see anad- 
romous.] Passing at fixed intervals from salt 
water into fresh, and returning : applied to such 
fishes as the salmon and the shad. Also writ- 
ten cafandromous. 
Catananche (kat-a-nang'ke), n. [NL., prop. 
'Catanance, < L. catanance, < Gr. naravd'/iai, a 
plant of the vetch kind, from which love-potions 
(ipuriKal KaTavdynat) were made, a particular use 
of KaravayKj/, force, < Kara, down, -r avdyKq, com- 
pulsion, force, necessity.] A genus of cichori- 
aceous plants of southern Europe. The blue 
cupidone, C. eatrulea, is cultivated for its flow- 
ers. 
Catapan(kat-a-paii'),. [V.i-iilniiati, cle.,< ML. 
mlaiiiiiiiifi, MopaiMU, < MuT. "/T/-i'O<; = OKu88. 
l:a In/ in ii K = ( >Srrv. l.-iiln/ifiiii. a ratapan, a trans- 
position of It. cii/iittiHii (> Turk, i/uiiuitriit, qap- 
ttiii, et.), ML. cii/iitiiiiii.i, a Ica'liT. eaptain: see 
i-ii/iliiin.] A high official of the Byzantine em- 
pire; the governor of a south Italian province 
under the Greek emperors. 
A late unsuccessful revolt against tli- iii. . k c,it . 
C. C. /'/A//'.-. It;ili;l!l Sculpture, Int., p. XXX. 
catapasm (kat'a-pazm), H. [= F. < 
Sp. I'litii/iiiniiin, <i Gr. naTairaa/ia, powder, < KOTU- 
irdoaeiv, sprinkle over, < Hard, down, over. + 
ndaaeiv, sprinkle.] A dry powder employed by 
the ancients to sprinkle on ulcers, absorb per- 
spiration, etc. 
catapeltict (kat-a-pel'tik), n. and . [< Gr. 
KaTcme/.TtKof, pertaining to a catapult, < xora- 
-i'/TiK, a catapult: see catapult.] I. a. Per- 
taining to the catapult. 
II. n. A catapult. 
catapetalous (kat-a-pet'a-lus), a. [< Gr. xard, 
against, + -irn'/.ov, a leafj mod. a petal, + -ous.] 
In hot., haying the petals united only through 
their cohesion to the base of a column of united 
stamens, as in the mallow. 
cataphasia (kat-a-fa'ziii), H. [NL., < Gr. /corn, 
down, + ifidaif, a saying, speaking, < <pdvat, speak ; 
cf. Karaite, an affirmation.] In pathol., a dis- 
turbance of speech in which the patient repeats 
the same word several times in answer to a 
question. 
cataphonic (kat-a-fon'ik), a. [< Gr. iurrd, 
against, + Quvii, sound.] Of or pertaining to 
cataphonics. 
cataphonics (kat-a-fon'iks), n. [PI. of cuta- 
phonic; = F. cataj>)wnique = Sp. ciitafonica, cat- 
aphonies.] The theory of reflected sounds, a 
branch of acoustics ; catacoustics. 
cataphora (ka-taf'6-rS), n. [NL. (> F. cata- 
phora = Sp. cahiforaj, < Gr. mra^opd, a lethar- 
gic attack, a bringing down, a fall, < Kara<t>ipfiv, 
bring down, < nard, down, + <j>fpeiv, bring, bear, 
= E. bear*-.] Inpatliol., a kind of lethargy or 
somnolency attended with short remissions or 
intervals of imperfect waking. 
cataphoric (kat-a-for'ik), . [< Gr. Kara^opmof, 
violent, < Kardipopof, rushing down, < Kara^petv, 
bringdown: see cataphora. J Having the power 
to produce motion, as of a liquid, through a dia- 
phragm in the phenomenon sometimes called 
electrical endosmose (see endosmose) : said of 
an electric current. 
cataphract (kat'a-frakt), n. and a. [= F. cata- 
phracte, < L. caiavhracta, -tes, < Gr. KaraQpd- 
urt/c, a coat of mail, < KardippaKTOf, mailed, pro- 
tected, < KaraQpdaativ, cover with mail, < KOTO, 
against, + Qpdaaetv (/ *<S>pait), fence in, pro- 
tect.] I. w. 1. An ancient defensive armor 
composed of scales of metal or other material 
sewed to a garment of leather or stuff ; and cov- 
ering often the whole body and the limbs, but 
not the head, upon which a helmet of another 
material was placed. Horses were also covered with 
the same defensive armor. This dress was associated by 
Romans of the early empire with eastern nations, such as 
the Farthians and Sarmatians. 
Archers and slingers, cataphractx and spears. 
Milton, 8. A,, 1. 119. 
2. In zool., the armor of plates or strong scales 
protecting some animals. J. D. Dana. 
II. a. 1. Fenced in; provided with bulwarks 
or a protecting covering ; covered ; protected : 
as, a cataphract war-galley. 2. Same as cata- 
phracted. 
Cataphracta (kat-a-frak'ta), w. pi. [NL., neut. 
pi. ot L. cataphracius, mailed : see cataphracti.] 
In herpet., a systematic name for the shield- 
reptiles. (a) In Utreille's classification, a division of 
reptiles composed of the chelonians and crocodiliang. (b) 
In J. E. Gray's classification (1831), a large group or sec- 
tion of reptiles with the quadrate hone immovably united 
with the cranium and the Itody generally covered with 
angular embedded plates. It comprises the orders or 
groups Emiidosauri (crocodilians), Khynchoceithalia, Cht- 
Ionia (tortoises), and A mp 
cataphracted (kat'a-frak-ted), a. [< I'll In - 
phract + -erf 2 .] In zool., covered witn horny 
or bony plates or scales closely joined togeth- 
er, or with a thick hardened skin. Also cata- 
phract. 
