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latter is one of them to which they give the name of the 
temple of Solomon. Lat. 34. 21. N. Ion. 73. 44. E. 
Greenwich. 
CACH K'O, a town of'Africa, in Negroland, on the ri¬ 
ver St. Domingo, belonging to the Portuguefe, who carry 
on a great trade in Haves and wax. Lat. 12. o. N. Ion. 
2. 40. E. Ferro. 
CACHE'XY, f. bad, e|>?, the liabit of body.] 
A general word to exprefs a great variety of fymptoms : 
moil commonly it denotes fuch a diftemperature of the 
humours, as hinders nutrition, and weakens the vital and 
animal functions; proceeding from a weaknefs of thefibres, 
and an abufe of the non-naturals, and often from fevere 
acute diflempers. See the article Medicine. 
CACHIBO'NA, or Clyde, a river of the ifland of 
Dominica, which runs into the fea on the eafl coaft, a lit¬ 
tle to the north of Halifax Bay. 
CA CHINN A'TION, /. [from cachlnno, Lat. to laugh 
loud.] A tendency to immoderate laughter, as in fome 
hyfleric and maniacal cafes. 
CACIIOLONG', f A hard compact white agate, femi- 
tranfparent; in which rcfpeft it differs from the moon- 
ftone, which has a milky white, with a few various (hades 
of light proceeding from an internal blueifh ground. The 
cacholong is vitrifiable and capable of a good polifh. It 
is found in the river Cache, in the Cal mucks’ country, 
whence in their language it takes its name. 
CA'CHRYS,yi [y.axgvc, roafted or parched barley: 
the feed refembles a grain of barley.] In botany, a genus 
of the clafs pcntandria, order digynia, natural order um- 
bellatae or umbelliferre. The generic characters are—Ca¬ 
lyx : umbel univerfal manifold, partial fimilar; involucre 
univerfal many-leaved, linear-lanceolate, partial fimilar ; 
perianthium proper, fcarcely obfervable. Corolla : uni¬ 
verfal uniform ; flofcules all uniform ; proper of five, lan¬ 
ceolate, almofl upright, equal, flattifh, petals. Stamina: 
filaments five, fimple, the length of the corolla ; antherae 
fimple. Piflillum : germ turbinate, inferior ; flyles two, 
fimple, the length of the corolla; ftigmas headed. Peri- 
carpium : fruit fnbovate, angular, obtufe, very large, fu- 
berous-cortical, fpl-itting in two. Seeds: two, very large, 
very convex on one fide, flat on the other; fungous, with 
folitary ovate-oblong nucleufes .—EJfential Charader. Fruit 
fnbovate, angular, fuberous-cortical. 
Species. 1. Cachrys libanotis, or fmooth-feeded cachrys: 
leaves fuperdecompound; leaflets fpreading, acuminate; 
feeds ovate, furrowed, unarmed. This has a thick flefhy 
root like fennel, which runs deep into the ground, fend¬ 
ing out feveral narrow pinnate leaves, ending in many 
points; between thefearifesa fmooth-jointed ftalk about 
three feet high, which is terminated by large umbels of 
yellow flowers. Native of Sicily ; cultivated by Gerardo 
in 1597. 
2. Cachrys ficula, or hairy-feeded cachrys : leaves fu¬ 
perdecompound with filiform leaflets ; feeds roundifh- 
ovate, grooved, wrinkled. Native of Spain and Sicily. 
Mr. Miller makes two fpecies of this. He deferibes them 
as having very thick fweet-fmelling roots, which firike 
deep into the ground, fending out feveral very narrow pin¬ 
nate leaves, like thofe of hog-fennel, but fhorter. The 
flalks are fmooth, and jointed like thofe of fennel; termi¬ 
nated by large umbels of yellow flowers, like thofe of dill. 
The (talk of the ficula rifes four or five feet high ; and of 
his linearis five or fix feet. 
3. Cachrys tenuifolia, or fine-leaved cachrys: leaves fu¬ 
perdecompound', fmooth, with very numerous filiform 
leaflets; feeds oval. Native of the country about Mont¬ 
pellier; flowering in May. 
4. Cachrysodontalgica: leaves fuperdecompound, rough 
with hairs; the end-leaflets digitate-multifid, bluntifh ; 
feeds obovate, truncate, even. Root-leaves ternate; the 
extreme leaflets very elegantly incurved upwards. Stem 
fingie, ftreaked, from nine to twenty-one inches in height, 
panicled at top.with uinbelled branches difpofed in a fort 
of thyrfe. Umbellules more copious and crowded, with 
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ten or more flowers, of a deep yellow, appearing the be¬ 
ginning of May. Fruit very large, ovate-cylindric, white, 
fmooth ; feeds ovate-oblong, plano-convex. The root is 
very long, and, being of a very (harp aromatic flavour, it 
is ufed in the tooth-ach. Found abundantly between the 
Volga and Jaick. 
5. Cachrys panacifolia : leaves pinnate and ternate, with 
oblong crenate leaflets; feeds hirfute. Stem three feet 
high, ftreaked, hoary, round, full. Native of New Caf- 
tile and Barbary. 
Propagation and Culture. Thefe plants are all propaga¬ 
ted by feeds, which fhould be fown foon after they are 
ripe ; for, if they are kept out of the ground till the fol¬ 
lowing fpring, they often mifearry, and, when they fuc- 
ceed, they never come up until the fpring after; fo that, 
by fovving them in autumn, a whole year is laved, and the 
feeds feldom mifearry.' Thefe feeds fhould be jown on a 
fhady border, where the plants are to remain ; for the 
plants, having long tap-roots, will not bear tranfplanting 
fo well as many other kinds. The diftance three feet 
apart ; fo that if each kind is fown in a drill, when the 
plants are come up, they may be thinned, leaving two of 
the moll promifing plants of each kind to remain. Thefe 
plants will begin to appear early in April, when they mull 
be carefully cleared from weeds; and in dry weather, if 
they are gently watered while young, it will greatly pro¬ 
mote their growth ; after which time they will require 
no farther care than to keep them clean from weeds, and 
every fpring to dig the ground carefully between them, fo 
as not to injure the roots. Thefe plants decay to the 
ground every autumn, and come up again in the fpring; 
they commonly flower in the beginning of June, and their 
feeds are ripe in September. Their roots fometimes run 
down three or four feet deep in the earth, provided the 
foil be light, and are often as large as parfnips. They will 
continue many years, and, if the foil be moil! and rich, they 
will annually produce good feeds ; but, when they grow 
on a dry foil, the flowers commonly fall away without 
feeds. See Laserpitium. 
CA'CHUN SEGHIEN, a town of Thibet: twenty- 
eight miles weft of Yolotou Hotun. 
CACHUN'DE, f A cordial or medicine, highly cele¬ 
brated among the Chinefe and Indians, and made of feve¬ 
ral aromatic ingredients, perfumes, medicinal earths, and, 
precious ftones ; they make the whole into a ftiff pafte, 
and form out of it feveral figures, according to their fancy, 
which are then dried ; thefe are principally ufed in the 
Eaft Indies, and are fometimes brought into Portugal. In 
China, the principal perfons carry a fmall piece in their 
mouths, which is a continued cordial, and gives their 
breath an agreeable fmell. It is a valuable medicine in 
nervous complaints; and is eftcemed a prolonger of life, 
and a provocative to veiTery, the two chief intentions of 
mod of the medicines in the eaft. 
CACK'EREL, f. A fiHi, faid to make thofe who eat 
it laxative. 
To CACIv'LE, v. n. [_kacckdcn, Dutch.] To make a 
noife as a goofe : 
Or rob the Roman geefe of all their glories, 
And fave the ftate, by cackling to the tories. Pope, 
Sometimes it is ufed for the noife of a hen : 
The trembling widow, and her daughters twain. 
This woful cackling cry with horror heard 
Of thofe diftraClcd damfels in the yard. Drydcn, 
To laugh ; to giggle,—Nic grinned, cackled, and laughed,, 
till he was like to kill himfelf, and fell a fri living and 
dancing about the. room. Drydcn.. 
CACK'LE, J\ Idle talk. The voice of a goofe 0® 
fowl: 
The filver goofe before the fhining gate 
There flew, and by her cackle lav’d the ftate.. Drydcn, 
CACK'LER,/; A fowl or goofe that cackles. A tell¬ 
tale ; a tatler. 
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