English Dictionary: Cabot | by the DICT Development Group |
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Pronghorn \Prong"horn`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) An American antelope ({Antilocapra Americana}), native of the plain near the Rocky Mountains. The upper parts are mostly yellowish brown; the under parts, the sides of the head and throat, and the buttocks, are white. The horny sheath of the horns is shed annually. Called also {cabr[82]e}, {cabut}, {prongbuck}, and {pronghorned antelope}. | |
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d8Caput \[d8]Ca"put\ (k[amac]"p[ucr]t), n.; pl. {Capita} (k[acr]p"[icr]*t[adot]). [L., the head.] 1. (Anat.) The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum. 2. The top or superior part of a thing. 3. (Eng.) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856. Your caputs and heads of colleges. --Lamb. {Caput mortuum}. [L., dead head.] (Old Chem.) The residuum after distillation or sublimation; hence, worthless residue. | |
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Capot \Ca*pot"\, n. [F.] A winning of all the tricks at the game of piquet. It counts for forty points. --Hoyle. | |
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Capot \Ca*pot"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Capotted}.] To win all the tricks from, in playing at piquet. | |
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Capote \Ca*pote"\, n. [Sp. capote (cf. F. capote.), fr. LL. capa cape, cloak. See {Cap}.] A long cloak or overcoat, especially one with a hood. | |
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Cap \Cap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Capped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Capping}.] 1. To cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a cap or cover; to cover the top or end of; to place a cap upon the proper part of; as, to cap a post; to cap a gun. The bones next the joint are capped with a smooth cartilaginous substance. --Derham. 2. To deprive of cap. [Obs.] --Spenser. 3. To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity. 4. To salute by removing the cap. [Slang. Eng.] Tom . . . capped the proctor with the profoundest of bows. --Thackeray. 5. To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs. --Shak. Now I have him under girdle I'll cap verses with him to the end of the chapter. --Dryden. Note: In capping verses, when one quotes a verse another must cap it by quoting one beginning with the last letter of the first letter, or with the first letter of the last word, or ending with a rhyming word, or by applying any other arbitrary rule may be agreed upon. | |
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Cave \Cave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Caving}.] [Cf. F. caver. See {Cave}, n.] To make hollow; to scoop out. [Obs.] The mouldred earth cav'd the banke. --Spenser. | |
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Cavity \Cav"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Cavities}. [L. cavus hollow: cf. F. cavit[82].] 1. Hollowness. [Obs.] The cavity or hollowness of the place. --Goodwin. 2. A hollow place; a hollow; as, the abdominal cavity. An instrument with a small cavity, like a small spoon. --Arbuthnot. Abnormal spaces or excavations are frequently formed in the lungs, which are designated cavities or vomic[91]. --Quain. {Body cavity}, the c[d2]lum. See under {Body}. | |
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Monkey \Mon"key\, n.; pl. {Monkeys}. [Cf. OIt. monicchio, It. monnino, dim. of monna an ape, also dame, mistress, contr. fr. madonna. See {Madonna}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana, including apes, baboons, and lemurs. (b) Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs. (c) Any one of numerous species of Quadrumana (esp. such as have a long tail and prehensile feet) exclusive of apes and baboons. Note: The monkeys are often divided into three groups: ({a}) {Catarrhines}, or {Simid[91]}. These have an oblong head, with the oblique flat nostrils near together. Some have no tail, as the apes. All these are natives of the Old World. ({b}) {Platyrhines}, or {Cebid[91]}. These have a round head, with a broad nasal septum, so that the nostrils are wide apart and directed downward. The tail is often prehensile, and the thumb is short and not opposable. These are natives of the New World. ({c}) {Strepsorhines}, or {Lemuroidea}. These have a pointed head with curved nostrils. They are natives of Southern Asia, Africa, and Madagascar. 2. A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a mischievous child. This is the monkey's own giving out; she is persuaded I will marry her. --Shak. 3. The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging. 4. A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century. {Monkey boat}. (Naut.) (a) A small boat used in docks. (b) A half-decked boat used on the River Thames. {Monkey block} (Naut.), a small single block strapped with a swivel. --R. H. Dana, Jr. {Monkey flower} (Bot.), a plant of the genus {Mimulus}; -- so called from the appearance of its gaping corolla. --Gray. {Monkey gaff} (Naut.), a light gaff attached to the topmast for the better display of signals at sea. {Monkey jacket}, a short closely fitting jacket, worn by sailors. {Monkey rail} (Naut.), a second and lighter rail raised about six inches above the quarter rail of a ship. {Monkey shine}, monkey trick. [Slang, U.S.] {Monkey trick}, a mischievous prank. --Saintsbury. {Monkey wheel}. See {Gin block}, under 5th {Gin}. {Monkey wrench}, a wrench or spanner having a movable jaw. | |
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Chafe \Chafe\ (ch[amac]f), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chafed} (ch[amac]ft); p pr. & vb. n. {Chafing}.] [OE. chaufen to warm, OF. chaufer, F. chauffer, fr. L. calefacere, calfacere, to make warm; calere to be warm + facere to make. See {Caldron}.] 1. To excite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm. To rub her temples, and to chafe her skin. --Spenser. 2. To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate. Her intercession chafed him. --Shak. 3. To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable. Two slips of parchment which she sewed round it to prevent its being chafed. --Sir W. Scott. Syn: To rub; fret; gall; vex; excite; inflame. | |
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Chafeweed \Chafe"weed`\, n. (Bot.) The cudweed ({Gnaphalium}), used to prevent or cure chafing. | |
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Chaff \Chaff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chaffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chaffing}.] To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter. | |
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Chaped \Chaped\, p. p. [or] a. Furnished with a chape or chapes. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Chap \Chap\ (ch[acr]p or ch[ocr]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chapped} (ch[acr]pt or ch[ocr]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Chapping}.] [See {Chop} to cut.] 1. To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough. Then would unbalanced heat licentious reign, Crack the dry hill, and chap the russet plain. --Blackmore. Nor winter's blast chap her fair face. --Lyly. 2. To strike; to beat. [Scot.] | |
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Cheep \Cheep\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cheeped}.] [Cf. {Chirp}]. To chirp, as a young bird. | |
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Cheviot \Chev"i*ot\, n. 1. A valuable breed of mountain sheep in Scotland, which takes its name from the Cheviot hills. 2. A woolen fabric, for men's clothing. | |
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Chip \Chip\, n. 1. A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument. 2. A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece. 3. Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets. 4. Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; -- used contemptuously. 5. One of the counters used in poker and other games. 6. (Naut.) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line. {Buffalo chips}. See under {Buffalo}. {Chip ax}, a small ax for chipping timber into shape. {Chip bonnet}, {Chip hat}, a bonnet or a hat made of Chip. See {Chip}, n., 3. {A chip off the old block}, a child who resembles either of his parents. [Colloq.] --Milton. {Potato chips}, {Saratoga chips}, thin slices of raw potato fried crisp. | |
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Chip \Chip\ (ch[icr]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chipped} (ch[icr]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Chipping}.] [Cf. G. kippen to cut off the edge, to clip, pare. Cf. {Chop} to cut.] 1. To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew. --Shak. 2. To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery. 3. To bet, as with chips in the game of poker. {To chip in}, to contribute, as to a fund; to share in the risks or expenses of. [Slang. U. S.] | |
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Chivy \Chiv"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chivied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chivying}.] [Cf. {Chevy}.] To goad, drive, hunt, throw, or pitch. [Slang, Eng.] --Dickens. | |
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Chopboat \Chop"boat`\, n. [Chin. chop sort, quality.] A licensed lighter employed in the transportation of goods to and from vessels. [China] --S. W. Williams. | |
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Chop \Chop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chopped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chopping}.] [Cf. LG. & D. kappen, Dan. kappe, Sw. kappa. Cf. {Chap} to crack.] 1. To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up. | |
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Chubbed \Chub"bed\, a. Chubby. [R.] --H. Brooke. | |
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Chum \Chum\, n. {New chum}, a recent immigrant. [Australia] Chupatty \Chu*pat"ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [Hind. chap[be]t[c6].] A kind of griddlecake of unleavened bread, used among the natives of India. [Anglo-Indian] | |
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Civet \Civ"et\, n. [F. civette (cf. It. zibetto) civet, civet cat, fr. LGr. [?], fr. Ar. zub[?]d, zab[?]d, civet.] 1. A substance, of the consistence of butter or honey, taken from glands in the anal pouch of the civet ({Viverra civetta}). It is of clear yellowish or brownish color, of a strong, musky odor, offensive when undiluted, but agreeable when a small portion is mixed with another substance. It is used as a perfume. 2. (Zo[94]l) The animal that produces civet ({Viverra civetta}); -- called also {civet cat}. It is carnivorous, from two to three feet long, and of a brownish gray color, with transverse black bands and spots on the body and tail. It is a native of northern Africa and of Asia. The name is also applied to other species. | |
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Civet \Civ"et\, v. t. To scent or perfume with civet. --Cowper | |
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Co94pt \Co*[94]pt"\, v. t. [See {Co[94]ptate}. Cf. F. coopter.] To choose or elect in concert with another. [R.] Each of the hundred was to co[94]pt three others. --Jowett (Thysyd. ). | |
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Cob \Cob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cobbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cobbing}.] 1. To strike [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. 2. (Mining) To break into small pieces, as ore, so as to sort out its better portions. --Raymond. 3. (Naut.) To punish by striking on the buttocks with a strap, a flat piece of wood, or the like. | |
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Cohabit \Co*hab"it\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cohabited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cohabiting}.] [L. cohabitare; co- + habitare to dwell, to have possession of (a place), freg. of habere to have. See {Habit}, n. & v.] 1. To inhabit or reside in company, or in the same place or country. The Philistines were worsted by the captived ark . . . : they were not able to cohabit with that holy thing. --South. 2. To dwell or live together as husband and wife. The law presumes that husband and wife cohabit together, even after a voluntary separation has taken place between them. --Bouvier. Note: By the common law as existing in the United States, marriage is presumed when a man and woman cohabit permanently together, being reputed by those who know them to be husband and wife, and admitting the relationship. --Wharton. | |
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Cohibit \Co*hib"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cohibited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cohibiting}.] [L. cohibitus, p. p. of cohibere to confine; co- + habere to hold.] To restrain. [Obs.] --Bailey. | |
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Cohobate \Co`ho*bate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cohobated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cohobating}.] [LL. cohobare; prob. of Arabic origin: cf. F. cohober.] (Anc. Chem.) To repeat the distillation of, pouring the liquor back upon the matter remaining in the vessel. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Coifed \Coifed\ (koift), a. Wearing a coif. | |
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Coop \Coop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cooped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cooping}.] To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in. The Trojans cooped within their walls so long. --Dryden. The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding up within narrow bounds. --Locke. 2. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [Obs.] [bd]Shaken tubs . . . be new cooped.[b8] --Holland. Syn: To crowd; confine; imprison. | |
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Cope \Cope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Coped} (k[omac]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Coping}.] [OE. copen, coupen, to buy, bargain, prob. from D. koopen to buy, orig., to bargain. See {Cheap}.] 1. To exchange or barter. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. To encounter; to meet; to have to do with. Horatio, thou art e'en as just a man As e'er my conversation coped withal. --Shak. 3. To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle; to combat; especially, to strive or contend on equal terms or with success; to match; to equal; -- usually followed by with. Host coped with host, dire was the din of war. --Philips. Their generals have not been able to cope with the troops of Athens. --Addison. | |
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Coped \Coped\, a. Clad in a cope. | |
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Copy \Cop"y\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Copied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Copying}.] [Cf. F. copir, fr. LL. copiare. See {Copy}, n.] 1. To make a copy or copies of; to write; print, engrave, or paint after an original; to duplicate; to reproduce; to transcribe; as, to copy a manuscript, inscription, design, painting, etc.; -- often with out, sometimes with off. I like the work well; ere it be demanded (As like enough it will), I'd have it copied. --Shak. Let this be copied out, And keep it safe for our remembrance. --Shak. 2. To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or course of life. We copy instinctively the voices of our companions, their accents, and their modes of pronunciation. --Stewart. | |
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Copped \Copped\, a. [From {Cop}.] Rising to a point or head; conical; pointed; crested. --Wiseman. | |
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Copts \Copts\ (k[ocr]pts"), n. pl.; sing. {Copt}. [See {Coptic}.] (Etnol.) 1. An Egyptian race thought to be descendants of the ancient Egyptians. 2. The principal sect of Christians in Egypt and the valley of the Nile. Note: they belong to the Jacobite sect of Monophysite Christians, and for eleven centuries have had possession of the patriarchal chair of Alexandria. | |
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Couped \Couped\ (k??pt), a. [F. couper to cut.] (Her.) Cut off smoothly, as distinguished from erased; -- used especially for the head or limb of an animal. See {Erased}. | |
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Cove \Cove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coved} (k?vd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Coving}.] (Arch.) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove. The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are rounded into domes and coved roofs. --H. Swinburne. {Coved ceiling}, a ceiling, the part of which next the wail is constructed in a cove. {Coved vault}, a vault composed of four coves meeting in a central point, and therefore the reverse of a groined vault. | |
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Covet \Cov"et\ (k?v"?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Covered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Coveting}.] [OF. coveitier, covoitier, F. convoiter, from a derivative fr. L. cupere to desire; cf. Skr. kup to become excited. Cf. {Cupidity}.] 1. To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of; -- used in a good sense. Covet earnestly the best gifts. --1. Cor. xxii. 31. If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul alive. --Shak. 2. To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden). Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house. --Ex. xx. 17. Syn: To long for; desire; hanker after; crave. | |
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Covet \Cov"et\, v. i. To have or indulge inordinate desire. Which [money] while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith. --1 Tim. vi. 10. | |
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Cub \Cub\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Cubbed} (k[ucr]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cubbing}.] To bring forth; -- said of animals, or in contempt, of persons. [bd]Cubb'd in a cabin.[b8] --Dryden. | |
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Cube \Cube\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cubed} (k?bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cubing}.] To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of. | |
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Cubhood \Cub"hood\ (k?b"h??d), n. The state of being a cub. [Jocose] [bd]From cubhood to old age.[b8] --W. B. Dawkins. | |
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Cubit \Cu"bit\ (k[umac]"b[icr]t), n. [L. cubitum, cubitus; elbow, ell, cubit, fr. (because the elbow serves for leaning upon) cubare to lie down, recline; cf. Gr. ky`biton elbow, ky`ptein to bend, stoop, kyfo`s bent, stooping, humpbacked. Cf. {Incumbent}, {Covey}.] 1. (Anat.) The forearm; the ulna, a bone of the arm extending from elbow to wrist. [Obs.] 2. A measure of length, being the distance from the elbow to the extremity of the middle finger. Note: The cubit varies in length in different countries, the Roman cubit being 17,47 inches, the Greek 18,20, the Hebrew somewhat longer, and the English 18 inches. | |
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Cuboid \Cu"boid\ (k?"boid), a. [Cube + -oid: cf. Gr. [?][?][?].] (Anat.) Cube-shaped, or nearly so; as, the cuboid bone of the foot. -- n. (Anat.) The bone of the tarsus, which, in man and most mammals, supports the metatarsals of the fourth and fifth toes. | |
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Cuff \Cuff\ (k?f), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cuffed} (k[?]ft); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cuffing}.] [Cf. Sw. kuffa to knock, push,kufva to check, subdue, and E. cow, v. t. ] 1. To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap. I swear I'll cuff you, if you strike again. --Shak. They with their quills did all the hurt they could, And cuffed the tender chickens from their food. --Dryden. 2. To buffet. [bd]Cuffed by the gale.[b8] --Tennyson. | |
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Cupid \Cu"pid\ (k?"p?d), n . [L. Cupido, fr. cupido desire, desire of love, fr. cupidus. See {Cupidity}.] (Rom. Myth.) The god of love, son of Venus; usually represented as a naked, winged boy with bow and arrow. Pretty dimpled boys, like smiling cupids. --Shak. | |
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Cup \Cup\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cupped} (k[ucr]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cupping}.] 1. To supply with cups of wine. [R.] Cup us, till the world go round. --Shak. 2. (Surg.) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. See {Cupping}. 3. (Mech.) To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw. | |
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d8Cunette \[d8]Cu*nette"\ (k[usl]*n[ecr]t"), n. [F.] (Fort.) A drain trench, in a ditch or moat; -- called also {cuvette}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cabot, AR (city, FIPS 10300) Location: 34.96818 N, 92.02199 W Population (1990): 8319 (3114 housing units) Area: 28.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 72023 Cabot, VT (village, FIPS 11050) Location: 44.40860 N, 72.31102 W Population (1990): 220 (94 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 05647 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Caputa, SD Zip code(s): 57725 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Cheviot, OH (city, FIPS 14128) Location: 39.15770 N, 84.61383 W Population (1990): 9616 (4348 housing units) Area: 3.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CBD {component based development} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CBT {Computer-Based Training} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CEPT {Comite Europeen des Postes et Telecommunications} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CFD Computational Fluid Dynamics. A {Fortran}-based parallel language for the {Illiac IV}. (1994-11-29) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CUPID A graphic {query language}. ["CUPID: A Graphic Oriented Facility for Support of Nonprogrammer Interactions with a Database", N. McDonald, PhD Thesis, CS Dept, UC Berkeley 1975]. | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Cubit Heb. 'ammah; i.e., "mother of the arm," the fore-arm, is a word derived from the Latin cubitus, the lower arm. It is difficult to determine the exact length of this measure, from the uncertainty whether it included the entire length from the elbow to the tip of the longest finger, or only from the elbow to the root of the hand at the wrist. The probability is that the longer was the original cubit. The common computation as to the length of the cubit makes it 20.24 inches for the ordinary cubit, and 21.888 inches for the sacred one. This is the same as the Egyptian measurements. A rod or staff the measure of a cubit is called in Judg. 3:16 _gomed_, which literally means a "cut," something "cut off." The LXX. and Vulgate render it "span." |