caudle 
Will the cold brook, 
Candled with Ice, caudle thy morning taste, 
To cure thy o'er-night's surfeit? 
Shak., T. of A., Iv. 3. 
caudle-cup (ka'dl-kup), . A vessel or cup for 
holding caildlo. A caudlf-cup and a set of apostle 
spoons formerly constituted the .sponsor's gift to thu child 
at a christening. 
Still in Llewellyn Hall the jests resound, 
For now the >-'rinl!,-- l -n ! , is cirrliim there ; 
Now, glad at heart, the pissips breathe their prayer, 
And, erowilinu, stop the cradle to admire. 
A'"V-'/-x, Human Life. 
Caudle lecture. See 
caudotibial (ka-do-tib'i-al), a. [< NL. cniidn- 
tiliinli.'i, q. v.] Pertaining to or connecting the 
caudal portion of the body, or the tail, with the 
lower leg or tibia: as, a oatidottbial muscle. 
caudotibialis (ka'do-tib-i-a'lis), . ; pi. niitiln- 
tibialeM (-lez). [NL'., < L. raiidii, tail, + tiliiii, 
shin-bone (cf. tibia/in, belonging to the shin- 
bone): soo nnii/ii, tihiii, tilrial.] A muscle which 
in some animals, as seals, connects the tibia 
with the anterior caudal vertebrte, and is con- 
sidered to replace the semi-mombranosus and 
semi-tendinosus muscles. 
caudula (kd'dii-la), n. ; pi. caudulce(-\&). [NL., 
dim. of L. ctindii, a tail: see caada.j Incntom., 
a little tail-like process of a margin. 
cauf (kilf), H. [A corruption of corf for corb, 
abasket: seecor/andcorfc 1 .] 1. Achestwith 
holes for keeping fish alive in water. 2. Same 
as corb 1 , 1. 3. In mining, same as corf. 
Also spelled caicf. 
caufle (ka'fl), n. Same as coffle. 
cauf-ward (kaf'ward), . Same as calf-ward. 
caught (kat). Preterit and past participle of 
catch 1 . 
cauk 1 (kak), . [E. dial, and So. unassibilated 
form of chalk, q. v.] 1. Chalk; limestone. 
Also spelled cawk. [Prov. Eng. and Scotch.] 
2. An English miners' name for sulphate of 
baryta or heavy-spar. 
cauk'-* (kak), v. t. [ME. cauken : see calk*.] 1. 
To tread, as a cock. 2. To calk. See calk' 1 . 
cauk 3 , . See calk 3 . 
cauker 1 (ka'ker), n. [Sc., also written catckcr 
and caulker. Origin uncertain ; perhaps < Icel. 
knlkr = Sw. Dan. kalk, a cup, < L. calix, > E. 
chalice, , q. v.] 1. A dram ; any small quantity 
of spirits to be drunk. [Slang.] 
Take a caulker ? . . . No ? Tak' ft drap o' kindness yet 
for auld langsyne. Kingiley, Alton Locke, xxi. 
2. An astonishing falsehood; a lie. [Slang.] 
I also took care that she should never afterwards be able 
to charge me with having told her a real caulker, 
W. C. Ruseell, Jack's Courtship, rai. 
cauker 2 (ka'ker), n. Same as calk 3 . 
cauking (ka'king), n. In joinery, a dovetail 
tenon-and-mortise joint used to fasten cross- 
timbers together: employed in 
fitting down the beams or other 
timbers upon wall-plates. E. H. 
Knight. 
cauk'y (ka'ki), a. [< cauk 1 + -y 1 .] 
Pertaining to cauk; like cauk. 
Also spelled cawky. 
caul 1 (kal), . [Early mod. E. also 
call; < ME. calle, kalle (also kelle, 
> E. kell, q. v.), < OP. cale, a kind 
of cap; of Celtic origin: cf. Ir. ealla = OGael. 
call, a veil, hood, akin to L. cella, a cell : see cal- 
lot 1 , calotte, and cell.'] 1. In the middle ages, 
and down to the seventeenth century (a) A 
net for confining the hair, worn by women. 
The proudest of hem alle, 
That werith on a coverchief or a calU. 
Chaucer, Wife of Bath's Tale, 1. 162. 
Her head with ringlets of her hair is crown'd, 
And in a golden caul the curls are bound. 
Dryden, XnelA, vll. 
(b) More rarely, a head-dress like a flat turban. 
2. Any kind of small net ; a net. 
An Indian mantle of feathers, and the feathers wrought 
into a caul of packthread. N. drew, Museum. 
The very spider weaves her cauls with more art and 
cunning to entrap the fly. Middleton, Mad World, i. 1. 
3. A popular name for a membrane investing 
the viscera, such as the peritoneum or part of 
it, or the pericardium. 
The caul that is above the liver. Ex. xxix. 13. 
The caiU of their heart. Hos. xiii. 8. 
The reins and the caul. Bay, Works of Creation, ii. 
4. In anat., the great or gastrocolic omen turn; 
the largo loose fold of peritoneum which hangs 
like an apron in the abdominal cavity in front 
of the intestines, depending from the stomach 
and transverse colon. 5. A portion of the am- 
nion or membrane enveloping the fetus, which 
867 
sometimes encompasses the head of a child 
when born. This caul was (and still is by some) sup. 
POM <l to betoken great prosperity for the ixjrson horn 
with it, and t< be an infallible preservative against drown- 
ing, as well as to impart the gift of elo<iuei> -. Ouring 
the eighteenth century seamen often gave from $50 to <150 
for a caul. 
You were l>rn with a caut on your head. 
B. Jotutm, Alchemist, I. 1. 
caul' 2 (kal), . [< F. calf, a wedge, of uncer- 
tain origin ; perhaps < G. kril, a wedgo, < Oil'!. 
rliil = Icel. knlir, a wedge.] A form used in 
gluing veneers to curved surfaces, it is shaped 
to the e.xact curve or form of the pieee to be veneered, and 
is clamped against the veneer until the glue has set 
cau! 3 t (kal), n. [ME. caule, < L. caulix, a stalk, 
stem: see ran/band cole 2 .] 1. A stalk; stem. 
An esy wyne a man to make stronge, 
Take leef, or rooU;, or caul?, of malowc agrest, 
And boyle It, kest it so thyne wyne amonge. 
J'alladiui, Husbondrle (E. E. T. S.), p. 200. 
2. A cabbage. 
cauld 1 (kald), a. and n. A form representing 
the Scotch pronunciation of cold. 
cauld 2 (kald), . [Also written caul, a dam- 
head; as a verb in the expression "caul the 
bank" of a river, that is, lay a bed of loose 
stones from the channel backward (Jamieson). 
Origin obscure.] A dam in a river or other 
stream; a weir. [Scotch.] 
cauldrife (kiild'rif), . [= coldrife, q. v.] 1. 
Chilly; cold; susceptible to cold. 2. Without 
animation: as, a cauldrife sermon. [Scotch.] 
cauldron, . See caldron. 
Caulerpa (ka-ler'pa), . [NL., < Gr. ra^or (= 
L. caulis : see caulis), a stalk, + epveiv, creep.] 
A large genus of green single-celled algae, pecu- 
liar to warm climates, and much eaten by sea- 
turtles. 
caules, n. Plural of caulis. 
caulescent (ka-les'ent), a. [= F. caulescent, < 
L. caulis, a stalk (see caulis), + -escent, as in 
adolescent, etc.] In bot., having an obvious 
stem rising above the ground. Also cauliferous. 
caulicle (ka'li-kl), n. [= F. caulicule, < L. cauli- 
culus, also coliculus, dim. of caulis, a stalk : see 
eaulis.] In bot., a little or rudimentary stem: 
applied to the initial stem (more frequently but 
incorrectly called the radicle) in the embryo, to 
distinguish it from the cotyledons. Also cau- 
licule and cauliculus. 
caulicole (ka'li-kol), . Same as cauliculus, 1. 
caulicolous (ka-lik'o-lus), a. [< L. caulis, a 
stalk (see caulis), + colere, inhabit.] Growing 
or living upon a stem : as, a caulicolous fungus. 
Cauliculata (ka-lik-u-la'ta), n. pi. [NL., neut. 
pi. of LL. cauliculatus : see cauliculate.] A sys- 
tematic name for the black or antipatharian cor- 
als: synonymous with Antipatharia. Edwards 
and Haime, 1850. 
cauliculate (ka-lik'u-lat), a. [< LL. caulicu- 
latus, furnished with a stem, < L. cauliculus : 
see caulicle.] Pertaining to or having the char- 
acters or quality of the Cauliculata; antipatha- 
rian, as a coral. 
caulicule (ka'li-kul), . Same as cauliculus. 
cauliculus (ka-lik'u-lus), n.; pi. cauliculi (-11). 
[L.,dim. of cau- 
lis, a stalk : see 
caulis.] 1. In 
arch., one of the 
lesser branches 
or leaves in the 
typical Corin- 
thian capital, 
springing from 
the caules or 
main stalks 
which support 
the volutes. 
They are some- 
times confounded 
with the main 
stalks from which 
they spring, or 
with the helices 
in the middle of 
Detail of Corinthian Capital. 
A, caulis ; R. cauliculus. 
the sides of the capital. Also canlicolus, caulicole, and 
caulicule. 
2. In bot., same as caulicle. 
cauliferous (ka-lif'e-rus), a. [= F. caulifere, < 
L. caulis, a stalk, + ferre = E. bear 1 .] In hot., 
same as caulescent. 
cauliflower (ka'li-flou-er), n. [Earlier colli- 
flotcer, colly flory, colieflorie, coleflorie, modified, 
in imitation of E. cole%, L. caulis, and E. flower, 
from the F. name ehotix floris or fleuris (Cot- 
grave): choux, pi. of chou = E. cole, cabbage, 
< L. caulis, a cabbage, orig. a stalk (see cok 2 , 
caulis); floris, fleuris, pp. pi. of florir, later 
caup 
flftirir, flourish: son flourish. The present F. 
form is chouflrnr = Sp. coliflor = Pg. cimcrflor 
= It. cavol fiore, lit. 'cole-flower': see </<'-' 
and floirer.] A garden variety of llrtixxim <>!<- 
rui-i n, or cabbage, the inflorescence of which is 
condensed while young into a depressed fle.shy 
head, which is liit'lily esteemed as a vegetable. 
Cauliflower excrescence, epithelial ran. . > ,,t i 1 ..- 
mouth of the iitvrns. Cauliflower Wig. >' 
cauliform (ka'li-form), a. [< L. mulis, astalk, 
+ forma, form.] In hot., having the form of a 
stem. 
cauligenous (ka-lij'e-nus), a. [< L. caulis, a 
stalk, + -genus, -producing, -borne: see -ge- 
HHUX.] In hot., borne upon the stem. 
caulinary (ka'li-na-ri), n. [< caulinc + -ary ; 
= F. ciniliniiiri' = Sj>. <-iiiiliniirii>.] In hot., be- 
longing to the stem: specifically applied to 
stipules which are attached to the stem and free 
from the base of the petiole. 
cauline (ka'lin), a. [< L. as if "caulinus, < Gr. 
i.in'/ivof, < /cai'/tof, astalk, stem: see caulis.] In 
hot., of or belonging to a stem: as, cauline 
leaves. 
When fibre-vascular bundles are formed in the stem 
having no connection with the leaves, they arc termed by 
Nageli c(tnliii'- bundles. Sachx, Hotany (trans.), p. 134. 
caulis (ka'lis), .; pi. caules (-lez). [L., also 
colls (> E. cole 2 , q. v.), < Gr. /taivlof, a stalk, a 
stem.] 1. In arch., one of the main stalks or 
leaves which spring from between the acanthus- 
leaves of the second row on each side of the 
typical Corinthian capital, and are carried up 
to support the volutes at the angles. Compare 
cauliculus, 1. 2. In bot., the stem of a plant. 
caulk, i'. t. See caffcl. 
caulker 1 , See calker 1 . 
caulker 2 , . See cauker 1 . 
caulking 1 , . See calking^. 
caulking' 2 , n. See calking 2 . 
caulocarpic (ka-lo-kar'pik), a. [As caulocarp- 
ous + -ic.] Same as caulocarpous. 
caulocarpous (ka-lo-kar'pus), a. [= F. caulo- 
carpe, < Gr. /cat/Xof (= L. caulis), a stem, + Kapv6f, 
fruit.] In bot., bearing fruit repeatedly upon 
the same stem : applied to such plants as have 
perennial stems. 
caulome (ka'lom), n. [< Gr. raw/We, a stem: 
see caulis and cole 2 .] In hot., the stem or stem- 
like portion of a plant; the stem-structure or 
axis. 
caulophyllin (ka-lo-fil'in), w. [< Caulophyllum 
+ -in 2 .] A resinous substance precipitated by 
water from the tincture of the plant Caulo- 
phyllum thalictroides. 
Caulophyllum (ka-lo-fil'um), n. [NL., < Gr. 
itavMf (= L. caulis), stem, stalk, + Qi'/.'/.ov = L. 
folium, leaf.] A genus of plants, natural order 
BerberidacecE, including one North American 
and two Asiatic species, perennial tuberous- 
rooted herbs, bearing usually a single leaf and 
a raceme of flowers, succeeded by blue berries. 
The American species, C. thalictroides, known 
as blue cohosh, is reputed to have medicinal 
properties. 
Caulopteris (ka-lop'te-ris), n. [NL., < Gr. 
xavAof, a stem, -I- vrepif, a fern, < irrepAv, a wing, 
= E. feather.] One of the generic names given 
by fossil-botanists to fragments of the trunks 
of tree-ferns characterized by the forms of the 
impressions, or scars, as they are called, mark- 
ing the place where the petioles were attached, 
found in the Devonian and in the coal-mea- 
sures. In Caulopteri* these scars are ovate or elliptical, 
and their inner disk is usually marked by linear bands, 
which, however, are sometimes effaced by impressions of 
the rootlets. Steinmatopteri* and Mtpaphyton are forms 
closely allied to Caulopterui, differing from that genus only 
in some slight and uncertain details in the form and ar- 
rangement of the scars. 
caumat (ka'mS), n. [LL., < Gr. navua, heat: see 
calm 1 .] In med., heat; inflammation; fever: a 
word formerly used in the designation of vari- 
ous diseases, especially those exhibiting inflam- 
mation and fever, as eauma pleuritis, pleurisy; 
cauma podagficum, gout; but also cauma nce- 
morrhagicum, so-called active hemorrhage. 
caumatict (ka-mat'ik), a. [< cauma(t-) + -ic.] 
In med., of the nature of cauma. 
caunter, caunter-lode (kan'tr, -lod), . [Dial, 
var. of counter(-lode).] Same as counter-lode. 
caup' (kap), v. t. [E. dial. var. of cheap, v., 
after Icel. kaupa, buy or sell, bargain, = D. 
koopen, buy, etc. : see cheap, v. ] To exchange. 
[North. Eng.] 
There Is a wonderful sameness about the diet on board 
a smack, but the quantity consumed is prodigious. It 
certainly is sometimes a little varied by KMfdtg, or ex- 
changing on board of passing ships, and occasional par- 
cels by the carrier. Quoted in X. and <J., 7th ser., IV. 165. 
