English Dictionary: casuistic | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cachectic \Ca*chec"tic\, Cachectical \Ca*chec"tic*al\, a. [L. cachecticus, Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?]: cf. F. cachectique.] Having, or pertaining to, cachexia; as, cachectic remedies; cachectical blood. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Cachectic \Ca*chec"tic\, Cachectical \Ca*chec"tic*al\, a. [L. cachecticus, Gr. [?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?][?]: cf. F. cachectique.] Having, or pertaining to, cachexia; as, cachectic remedies; cachectical blood. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Case shot \Case" shot`\ (Mil.) A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister. Note: In the United States a case shot is a thin spherical or oblong cast-iron shell containing musket balls and a bursting charge, with a time fuse; -- called in Europe shrapnel. In Europe the term case shot is applied to what in the United States is called canister. --Wilhelm. | |
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Degeneration \De*gen`er*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]g[82]n[82]ration.] 1. The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration. Our degeneration and apostasy. --Bates. 2. (Physiol.) That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure; as, fatty degeneration of the liver. 3. (Biol.) A gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular organ or organs; hereditary degradation of type. 4. The thing degenerated. [R.] Cockle, aracus, . . . and other degenerations. --Sir T. Browne. {Amyloid degeneration}, {Caseous degeneration}, etc. See under {Amyloid}, {Caseous}, etc. | |
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Caseous \Ca"se*ous\, a. [L. caseus. Cf. {Casein}.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, cheese; having the qualities of cheese; cheesy. {Caseous degeneration}, a morbid process, in scrofulous or consumptive persons, in which the products of inflammation are converted into a cheesy substance which is neither absorbed nor organized. | |
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Styptic \Styp"tic\, a. [L. stypticus, Gr. [?], fr. [?] to contract.] Producing contraction; stopping bleeding; having the quality of restraining hemorrhage when applied to the bleeding part; astringent. [Written also {stiptic}.] {Styptic weed} (Bot.), an American leguminous herb ({Cassia occidentalis}) closely related to the wild senna. | |
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Cassocked \Cas"socked\, a. Clothed with a cassock. | |
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Casuist \Cas"u*ist\, n. [L. casus fall, case; cf. F. casuiste. See {Casual}.] One who is skilled in, or given to, casuistry. The judment of any casuist or learned divine concerning the state of a man's soul, is not sufficient to give him confidence. --South. | |
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Casuist \Cas"u*ist\, v. i. To play the casuist. --Milton. | |
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Casuistic \Cas`u*is"tic\, Casuistieal \Cas`u*is"tie*al\, a. Of or pertaining to casuists or casuistry. | |
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Casuistic \Cas`u*is"tic\, Casuistieal \Cas`u*is"tie*al\, a. Of or pertaining to casuists or casuistry. | |
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Casuistry \Cas"u*ist*ry\, a. 1. The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the lawfulness or unlawfulness of what a man may do by rules and principles drawn from the Scriptures, from the laws of society or the church, or from equity and natural reason; the application of general moral rules to particular cases. The consideration of these nice and puzzling question in the science of ethics has given rise, in modern times, to a particular department of it, distinguished by the title of casuistry. --Stewart. Casuistry in the science of cases (i.e., oblique deflections from the general rule). --De Quincey. 2. Sophistical, equivocal, or false reasoning or teaching in regard to duties, obligations, and morals. | |
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Caucus \Cau"cus\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caucused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Caucusing}.] To hold, or meet in, a caucus or caucuses. | |
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Choice \Choice\, a. [Compar. {Choicer}; superl. {Choicest}.] 1. Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable. My choicest hours of life are lost. --Swift. 2. Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; -- used with of; as, to be choice of time, or of money. 3. Selected with care, and due attention to preference; deliberately chosen. Choice word measured phrase. --Wordsworth. Syn: Syn. - Select; precious; exquisite; uncommon; rare; chary; careful/ | |
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Choke-strap \Choke"-strap`\, n. (Saddlery) A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place. | |
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Chuck \Chuck\ (ch[ucr]k), n. 1. A small pebble; -- called also {chuckstone} and {chuckiestone}. [Scot.] 2. pl. A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones. [Scot.] | |
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Mealy \Meal"y\, a. [Compar. {Mealier}; superl. {Mealiest}.] 1. Having the qualities of meal; resembling meal; soft, dry, and friable; easily reduced to a condition resembling meal; as, a mealy potato. 2. Overspread with something that resembles meal; as, the mealy wings of an insect. --Shak. {Mealy bug} (Zo[94]l.), a scale insect ({Coccus adonidum}, and related species), covered with a white powderlike substance. It is a common pest in hothouses. | |
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Cocus wood \Co"cus wood`\ A West Indian wood, used for making flutes and other musical instruments. | |
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Coexecutor \Co`ex*ec"u*tor\, n. A joint executor. | |
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Coexecutrix \Co`ex*ec"u*trix\, n. A joint executrix. | |
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Coexist \Co`ex*ist\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Coexisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Coexisting}.] To exist at the same time; -- sometimes followed by with. Of substances no one has any clear idea, farther than of certain simple ideas coexisting together. --Locke. So much purity and integrity . . . coexisting with so much decay and so many infirmities. --Warburton. | |
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Coexist \Co`ex*ist\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Coexisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Coexisting}.] To exist at the same time; -- sometimes followed by with. Of substances no one has any clear idea, farther than of certain simple ideas coexisting together. --Locke. So much purity and integrity . . . coexisting with so much decay and so many infirmities. --Warburton. | |
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Coexistence \Co`ex*ist"ence\, n. Existence at the same time with another; -- contemporary existence. Without the help, or so much as the coexistence, of any condition. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Coexistent \Co`ex*ist"ent\, a. Existing at the same time with another. -- n. That which coexists with another. The law of coexistent vibrations. --Whewell. | |
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Coexist \Co`ex*ist\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Coexisted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Coexisting}.] To exist at the same time; -- sometimes followed by with. Of substances no one has any clear idea, farther than of certain simple ideas coexisting together. --Locke. So much purity and integrity . . . coexisting with so much decay and so many infirmities. --Warburton. | |
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Coexisting \Co`ex*ist"ing\, a. Coexistent. --Locke. | |
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Cozy \Co"zy\ (k?"z?), a. [Compar. {Cozier} (-z?-?r); superl. {Coziest}.] [Cf. Scot. cosie, cozie, prob. from Gael. cosach abounding in hollows, or cosagach full of holes or crevices, snug, sheltered, from cos a hollow, a crevice.] 1. Snug; comfortable; easy; contented. [Written also {cosey} and {cosy}.] 2. [Cf. F. causer to chat, talk.] Chatty; talkative; sociable; familiar. [Eng.] | |
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Casas Adobes, AZ Zip code(s): 85704 | |
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Cayuga Heights, NY (village, FIPS 13079) Location: 42.46907 N, 76.48685 W Population (1990): 3457 (1424 housing units) Area: 4.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Chase City, VA (town, FIPS 14984) Location: 36.79917 N, 78.46130 W Population (1990): 2442 (1118 housing units) Area: 5.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 23924 | |
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Chichester, NY Zip code(s): 12416 | |
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Cochecton Center, NY Zip code(s): 12727 | |
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Cocoa West, FL (CDP, FIPS 13225) Location: 28.35768 N, 80.76987 W Population (1990): 6160 (2391 housing units) Area: 11.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Coshocton, OH (city, FIPS 18868) Location: 40.26367 N, 81.84964 W Population (1990): 12193 (5592 housing units) Area: 19.4 sq km (land), 0.3 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 43812 | |
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Coshocton County, OH (county, FIPS 31) Location: 40.30193 N, 81.91509 W Population (1990): 35427 (14964 housing units) Area: 1461.1 sq km (land), 9.0 sq km (water) | |
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Cuyahoga Heights, OH (village, FIPS 19806) Location: 41.43615 N, 81.65330 W Population (1990): 682 (278 housing units) Area: 8.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
case statement {switch statement} |