Carton 
is considered the earliest specimen of typography in the Eng- 
lish language. "The (Same and Playe of the Chesse," printed 
by him in 1474-5, was the second English book printed, and 
4 'The Dictes and Sayings of the 
Philosophers," printed "by him 
at Westminster in 1477, was 
probably this first work printed 
in England. The list of known 
publications printed by him 
from 1474 to HiX) includes sev- 
enty-one titles. Some of them 
were translated by himself 
from the French and Dutch, 
cay (ka), 11. [< Sp. cayo; 
E. usually written kry : 
see key 3 , quay.'] Same 
as key 3 . [Kare.] 
Its harbour is formed by a 
long cay, called Hog Island, 
which stretches for three miles 
from east to west, about half 
a mile from the shore. 
FortHi'i/Mly /fee., X. S., 
[XXXIX. 176. 
caya (ka'ya), . [Native name.] 
A Device of William Caxton. 
If. C. represent the initials 
of his name. The rude form 
of the figures 74, in the center, 
is supposed to mean the year 
1474, when he began as a print- 
er. The small letters, f, c, are 
interpreted by some as Sanc- 
ta Colonia (Cologne, the city 
alleged as the one in which he 
wastaiierhtprinting); by others 
&f,siffiltum Caxtonii, the seal 
of Caxton. (From Hansard's 
"Typographia.") 
. [JNative name.J A kind of 
satinwood obtained from San Domingo. 
cayagiumt, . [ML.] In old Eng. law, a toll 
or duty exacted by the king for landing goods 
at a quay. 
Cayenne pepper. See pepper. 
Cayleyan (ka'le-an), . [< Cayley (see def.) 
+ -an.] In math., a curve of the sixth order 
and third class, invented by the English mathe- 
matician Arthur Cayley (1853), and called by 
him the pippian. It is the envelop of the pairs 
of right lines which constitute polar conies rela- 
tive to any cubic curve. 
Cayley's theorem. See theorem. 
cayman (ka'man), n. [< Sp. caiman = Pg. cai- 
1118,0 = F. caiman; from the native Guiana 
name.] A name applied popularly to the alli- 
gators of the West Indies and South America, 
but properly only to Crocodilus or Caiman pal- 
pebrosus and C. trigonatus (Cuvier). See alli- 
gator. 
caynardt, kaynardt, [ME.] A wretch ; a 
rascal ; a good-for-nothing. 
cayote (ka-yo'te), n. Same as coyote. 
caytivet, a. and . An obsolete form of caitiff. 
cayuse (ki-us'), [Amer. Ind. name.] A pony 
or small horse ; specifically, an Indian pony of 
the peculiar breed formerly in use among the 
Cayuse Indians of the northern Rocky Moun- 
tains. [Northwestern U. S.] 
With one last wicked shake of the head the wiry cat/use 
breaks into his easy lope, and away go horse and rider. 
Harper's Mag., LXXI. 190. 
A common Indian pony is called a cayuxe, one of the few 
terms which stock-men have inherited from the tribes. It 
has come to be used in a depreciative sense, being applied 
to any poor, broken-down jade. L. Swintntrne. 
cazi, cauzi (ka'zi), . [Variously written cau- 
zy, cauzee, kasy, qa:ee, etc., more precisely kd;i, 
Hind. dial, kdji, repr. Turk, qadi, qd~i, Ar. qadi 
(palatal d, resembling s), a judge, the source 
also of E. kadi and alcalde, q. v.] One of two 
high officers of the Turkish government who 
preside in the high court of Moslem sacred law 
at Constantinople, and are the next in author- 
ity to the sheikh ul Islam, who is the chief re- 
ligious and doctrinal authority. 
caziml (ka-ze'mi), . [Perhaps of Ar. origin: 
cf. Ar. qalb, heart, shams, sun.] In astral., the 
heart of the sun ; the part of the zodiac within 
17 minutes of the center of the sun. 
cazique (ka-zek'), n. See cacique. 
cazo (Sp. pron. ka'tho), n. [Sp., of Teut. ori- 
gin, from same ult. source as E. kettle : see 
casserole and kettle.'] A copper vessel or cal- 
dron in which ores of silver are treated in the 
hot process. 
cazzon (kaz'on), n. Same as casings. 
Ob. The chemical symbol for columbiiim. 
0. B. An abbreviation of Companion of the 
Bath. See bath*. 
C. C. An abbreviation of County Commissioner 
and of County Court. 
C. C. P. An abbreviation of Court of Common 
Pleas. 
Od. The chemical symbol for cadmium. 
cd. In anat., an abbreviation used in vertebral 
formulas for caudal, or coccygeal: as, cd. 12 
(that is, 12 caudal vertebrae). 
-CO 1 . [< ME. -s, -es, < AS. -es : see -s 1 and-es 1 .] 
A disguised modern spelling of the genitive 
suffix -s 1 , -ei, as used adverbially in hence, 
thence, whence, once, twice, thrice: erroneously 
spelled -ce in conformity with that termination 
in words of French origin. See -ce 2 , -ce 3 , and 
-ce*. 
-CO 2 . [< ME. -s, -es: see -s 2 , -e* 2 .] A disguised 
spelling (a) of original final -* (of the root) in 
874 
ice, advice, device, etc., and the plurals lice, 
mice, or (6) of the original plural suffix -A' 2 , -es 2 , 
in dice, pence : erroneously spelled -ce in con- 
formity with that termination in words of 
French origin. See -ce 3 , etc. 
-ce 3 . [ME. -ce, often -ye, < OF. -ce, < L. -tius, 
-tia, -tinm, or -dun, -cia, -cium, as in tertius, 
tertia, tcrtium, justitia, solatium, etc.] The 
terminal element of many words derived 
through French from Latin, as in tierce, justice, 
solace, absence, etc., occurring especially in 
the suffixes -ace, -ice, -ance (which see). See 
also -cy. 
-ce*. A termination of other origin than as 
above, particularly in fence, defence, offence, 
pretence, efpence, etc. The first remains unchanged ; 
the last is now always and the others are frequently, ac- 
cording to their etymology (-emie, < F. -en*?, < L. -eiwa), 
spelled with *. 
Ce. The chemical symbol for cerium. 
C. E. An abbreviation of Civil Engineer. 
Cean (se'an), n. and . [< L. Ceus, pertaining 
to Cea (Gr. Kcwf, later Kia), now Zia, one of the 
Cyclades, the birthplace of Simonides.] I. a. 
Of or pertaining to the Grecian island of Ceos : 
specifically applied to the poet Simonides, born 
in Ceos in the sixth century B. c. 
II. M. A native or an inhabitant of Ceos. 
Ceanothus (se- a- no 'thus), . [NL., < Gr. 
Kfdvuffof, a name applied by Theophrastus to 
a kind of thistle.] A genus of rhamnaceous 
shrubs, natives of North America, and espe- 
cially of California. They are free bloomers, and some 
species are occasionally cultivated for ornament. The 
leaves of the common species of the Atlantic States, C. 
Ainerieanitft, known as Sew Jersey lea or red-root, have 
been used as a substitute for tea. The root is a useful 
astringent and furnishes a reddish dye. The blue myrtle 
of California, C". thyntijlonw, becomes a small tree. 
cease (ses), . ; pret. and pp. ceased, ppr. ceas- 
iug. [< ME. ccesen, cesen (also cessen, sewn, 
whence obs. cess 1 , q. v.), < OF. censer, F. cestier 
= Pr. cessar, sessar = Sp. cesar = Pg. cessar = 
It. ccssare, < L. cessarc, loiter, go slowly, cease, 
freq. of cedere, pp. cessus, go away, withdraw, 
yield: see cede.] I. iiitrans. 1. To stop mov- 
ing, acting, or speaking ; leave off ; give over ; 
desist; come to rest: followed by from before 
a noun: as, cease from anger, labor, strife. 
He walketh round about from place to place and ceas- 
eth not. Latimer, Sermon of the Plough. 
We cease to grieve, cease to be fortune's slaves, 
Nay, ceatte to die by dying. Webster, White Devil, v. 2. 
The lives of all who cease from combat, spare. Dryden. 
The ministers of Christ have cea-sed frmn their labors. 
Bp. Sprat. 
2. To come to an end ; terminate ; become ex- 
tinct; pass away: as, the wonder ceases; the 
storm has ceased. 
For naturall affection soone doth cesse, 
And quenched is with Cupids greater name. 
Spenser, F. Q., IV. ix. 2. 
I would make the remembrance of them to cease from 
among men. Deut. xxxii. 20. 
The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in 
Israel. Judges v. 7. 
Preaching in the first sence of the word ceas'd as soon as 
ever the Gospels were written. Selden, Table-Talk, p. 91. 
II. trans. To put a stop to ; put an end to ; 
bring to an end: as, cease your clamor; he 
ceased debate. [Now chiefly used with ref- 
erence to self-restraining or self-limiting ac- 
tion.] 
And in the Gulfe aforseyd, Seynt Elyne kest on of the 
holy nayles in to the see to tease the tempest. 
Torkiugton, Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 57. 
I go thus from thee, and will never cease 
My vengeance till I find thy heart at peace. 
Beau, and Fl., Maid's Tragedy, iii. 2. 
But he, her fears to cease, 
Sent down the meek-eyed Peace. 
Milton, Nativity, L 45. 
ceaset (ses), n. [< cease, v.] Cessation; ex- 
tinction; failure. 
The cease of majesty 
Dies not alone ; but, like a gulf, doth draw 
What's near it with it. Shak., Hamlet, iii. 3. 
ceaseless (ses'les), a. [< cease + -less.] 1. 
Without a stop or pause ; incessant; continual ; 
that never stops or intermits ; unending; never 
ceasing. 
All these with ceaseless praise his works behold. 
Milton, P. L., iv. 679. 
Wearying with ceaseless prayers the gods above. 
William Morris, Earthly Paradise, I. 318. 
The victim of ceaseless intrigues, who neither compre- 
hended his position, nor that of their country. 
Disraeli, Coningsby, ii. 1. 
2. Endless ; enduring forever : as, the ceaseless 
joys of heaven. 
Thou ceaseless lackey to eternity. 
Shale., Lucrece, I 967. 
Cebrio 
ceaselessly (ses'les-li), adv. Incessantly ; per- 
petually. 
Flowers 
Still blooming eea*eletsly. 
Dnanmond, The Fairest Fair. 
ceaselessness (ses'les-nes), n. [< ceaseless + 
-neas.] 1. The state or condition of being 
ceaseless, or without cessation or intermission; 
incessancy. 2. The state or condition of en- 
during forever ; endlessness. 
cebadilla, See cei-atlilUi . 
cebellt, '< I n music, a melody for the lute or 
violin in quadruple rhythm and in phrases of 
four bars each, distinguished by more or less 
alternation of very high and very low notes. 
cebid (seb'id), n. A monkey of the family Ce- 
bida:. 
Cebidae (seb'i-de), n. jil. [NL., < Celms + -idai.] 
A family of new-world monkeys, the platyr- 
rhine simians, distinguished by their denti- 
tion from the old-world monkeys, having one 
premolar more on each side of each jaw than 
the latter, or 36 teeth in all. The nose is flat- 
tened and has a broad septum, thus rendering the nos- 
trils proportionally discrete ; the bony ineatus of the ex- 
ternal ear is reduced to an annular tympanic bone ; the 
thumb is undeveloped, or not perfectly apposable ; the 
tail in most cases is prehensile ; and both cheek-pouches 
and ischial callosities are absent. In current usage all 
American Quatlrutnana except the marmosets, or Atididat, 
are included in the Cebidte. They are divided into the 
subfamilies Mycetince, Cebiius, Xyctiintheciiue, and Pittte- 
ciiruK. There are eleven living genera, and the species are 
numerous. 
cebidichthyid (seb-i-dik'thi-id), n. A fish of 
the family Cebidichthyitla:. 
Cebidichthyidae (seV>"i-dik-thi'i-de), n. pi. 
[NL., < Cebidichthys + -Ida-.] A family of blen- 
nioid fishes, typified by the genus Cebidichthys. 
The only species, C. vwlaceus, belongs to the snperfamily 
Blennioidea, and has an elongated body with numerous 
vertebra, the dorsal fin divided into spinous and soft por- 
tions, no ventrals, and pyloric cieca. The species is Cali- 
fornian. 
Cebidichthyinae (seb-i-dik-thi-i'ne), n. pi. 
[NL., < Cebidichthys + -ilia;.] A subfamily of 
fishes, represented by the genus Cebidichtlii/s, 
referred to the family Blcnniidce : same as Cebi- 
dichthyidfE. 
Cebidichthys (seb-i-dik'this), n. [NL. (W. O. 
Ayres, 1856), < Gr. /<^/3of, a monkey (see Cebus), 
+ ixQvc,, a fish.] The typical genus of fishes 
of the family Ccbidichthyida; : so called because 
the face was supposed to resemble a monkey's. 
Cebinae (se-bi'ne), n. pi. [NL., < Cebus + -ince.~] 
The typical subfamily of Ccbidai, containing the 
prehensile-tailed monkeys of America. They 
have the hyoid bone and associate structures moderate 
(thus excluding the Mycetince or howlers) ; the incisors not 
Capucine Monkey ( Cebus capucimts). 
proclivous ; the posterior cerebral lobes overlapping the 
cerebellum ; and the cerebral convolutions well marked. 
The genera are Cebux, Sapajou (or Ateles), Eriodea (or 
Brachi/tele*), and Lafiothrix. 
Ceblepyrinae (seb-lep-i-ri'ne), n. pi. [NL. 
(Swainson, 1837), < Cebtepyris + -ina;.] A sub- 
family of birds, the caterpillar-hunters: a loose 
synonym of Campophagince. 
ceblepyrine (seb-lep ' i-rin), a. Pertaining to 
or having the characters of the Ceblepyrinai ; 
campophagine. 
Ceblepyris (seb-lep 'i-ris), n. [NL. (Cuvier, 
1817),' < Gr. (cc/iX^irvpff, the redcap, redpoll, a 
bird, < KC/3/.)?, contr. of Kajxt^ij, head, + mrp = E. 
fire.] A generic name given by Cuvier to the 
birds he called caterpillar-hunters : a loose syn- 
onym of Campophaga, sometimes still employed 
for some section of that large genus. Also writ- 
ten Ccblephyris, Ceblepi/rus. 
Cebrio (seb'ri-6), . [NL.] The typical genus 
of the family Cebrionidw, having the labrum 
separate from the front, and the fore tibise en- 
tire. C. bieolor inhabits the southern United 
States. 
