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Note: The existing whales are divided into two groups: the toothed whales ({Odontocete}), including those that have teeth, as the cachalot, or sperm whale (see {Sperm whale}); and the baleen, or whalebone, whales ({Mysticete}), comprising those that are destitute of teeth, but have plates of baleen hanging from the upper jaw, as the right whales. The most important species of whalebone whales are the bowhead, or Greenland, whale (see Illust. of {Right whale}), the Biscay whale, the Antarctic whale, the gray whale (see under {Gray}), the humpback, the finback, and the rorqual. {Whale bird}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) Any one of several species of large Antarctic petrels which follow whaling vessels, to feed on the blubber and floating oil; especially, {Prion turtur} (called also {blue petrel}), and {Pseudoprion desolatus}. (b) The turnstone; -- so called because it lives on the carcasses of whales. [Canada] {Whale fin} (Com.), whalebone. --Simmonds. {Whale fishery}, the fishing for, or occupation of taking, whales. {Whale louse} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of degraded amphipod crustaceans belonging to the genus {Cyamus}, especially {C. ceti}. They are parasitic on various cetaceans. {Whale's bone}, ivory. [Obs.] {Whale shark}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The basking, or liver, shark. (b) A very large harmless shark ({Rhinodon typicus}) native of the Indian Ocean. It sometimes becomes sixty feet long. {Whale shot}, the name formerly given to spermaceti. {Whale's tongue} (Zo[94]l.), a balanoglossus. | |
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C G T \C. G. T.\ An abbreviation for Conf[82]d[82]ration G[82]n[82]rale du Travail (the French syndicalist labor union). | |
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C Q D \C Q D\ In radiotelegraphy, the letters signified by the code call formerly used (cf. S O S) by ships in distress, formed by combining the code call C Q (formerly used as a general call for all stations) with D for distress. | |
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Cad \Cad\, n. [Abbrev. fr. cadet.] 1. A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards. [Eng.] --Dickens. 2. A lowbred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow. [Cant] --Thackeray. | |
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Caddie \Cad"die\, n. [Written also {caddy}, {cadie}, {cady}, and {cawdy}.] [See {Cadet}.] 1. A cadet. [Obs. Scot.] 2. A lad; young fellow. [Scot.] --Burns. 3. One who does errands or other odd jobs. [Scot.] 4. An attendant who carries a golf player's clubs, tees his ball, etc. | |
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Cadie \Cad"ie\, Caddie \Cad"die\, n. A Scotch errand boy, porter, or messenger. [Written also {cady}.] Every Scotchman, from the peer to the cadie. --Macaulay. | |
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Caddow \Cad"dow\, n. [OE. cadawe, prob. fr. ca chough + daw jackdaw; cf. Gael. cadhag, cathag. Cf. {Chough}, {Daw}, n.] (Zo[94]l.) A jackdaw. [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Caddie \Cad"die\, n. [Written also {caddy}, {cadie}, {cady}, and {cawdy}.] [See {Cadet}.] 1. A cadet. [Obs. Scot.] 2. A lad; young fellow. [Scot.] --Burns. 3. One who does errands or other odd jobs. [Scot.] 4. An attendant who carries a golf player's clubs, tees his ball, etc. | |
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Caddy \Cad"dy\, n.; pl. {Caddies}. [Earlier spelt catty, fr. Malay kat[c6] a weight of 1[a7] pounds. Cf. {Catty}.] A small box, can, or chest to keep tea in. | |
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Caddie \Cad"die\, n. [Written also {caddy}, {cadie}, {cady}, and {cawdy}.] [See {Cadet}.] 1. A cadet. [Obs. Scot.] 2. A lad; young fellow. [Scot.] --Burns. 3. One who does errands or other odd jobs. [Scot.] 4. An attendant who carries a golf player's clubs, tees his ball, etc. | |
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Caddy \Cad"dy\, n.; pl. {Caddies}. [Earlier spelt catty, fr. Malay kat[c6] a weight of 1[a7] pounds. Cf. {Catty}.] A small box, can, or chest to keep tea in. | |
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Cade \Cade\, a. [Cf. OE. cad, kod, lamb, also {Cosset}, {Coddle}.] Bred by hand; domesticated; petted. He brought his cade lamb with him. --Sheldon. | |
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Cade \Cade\, v. t. To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame. [Obs.] --Johnson. | |
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Cade \Cade\, n. [L. cadus jar, Gr. [?].] A barrel or cask, as of fish. [bd]A cade of herrings.[b8] --Shak. A cade of herrings is 500, of sprats 1,000. --Jacob, Law Dict. | |
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Cade \Cade\, n. [F. & Pr.; LL. cada.] A species of juniper ({Juniperus Oxycedrus}) of Mediterranean countries. {Oil of cade}, a thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by destructive distillation of the inner wood of the cade. It is used as a local application in skin diseases. | |
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Cadew \Ca*dew"\, Cadeworm \Cade"worm`\, n. A caddice. See {Caddice}. | |
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Cadi \Ca"di\, n. [Turk. See {Alcalde}.] An inferior magistrate or judge among the Mohammedans, usually the judge of a town or village. | |
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Caddie \Cad"die\, n. [Written also {caddy}, {cadie}, {cady}, and {cawdy}.] [See {Cadet}.] 1. A cadet. [Obs. Scot.] 2. A lad; young fellow. [Scot.] --Burns. 3. One who does errands or other odd jobs. [Scot.] 4. An attendant who carries a golf player's clubs, tees his ball, etc. | |
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Cadie \Cad"ie\, Caddie \Cad"die\, n. A Scotch errand boy, porter, or messenger. [Written also {cady}.] Every Scotchman, from the peer to the cadie. --Macaulay. | |
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Caddie \Cad"die\, n. [Written also {caddy}, {cadie}, {cady}, and {cawdy}.] [See {Cadet}.] 1. A cadet. [Obs. Scot.] 2. A lad; young fellow. [Scot.] --Burns. 3. One who does errands or other odd jobs. [Scot.] 4. An attendant who carries a golf player's clubs, tees his ball, etc. | |
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Cadie \Cad"ie\, Caddie \Cad"die\, n. A Scotch errand boy, porter, or messenger. [Written also {cady}.] Every Scotchman, from the peer to the cadie. --Macaulay. | |
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Caddie \Cad"die\, n. [Written also {caddy}, {cadie}, {cady}, and {cawdy}.] [See {Cadet}.] 1. A cadet. [Obs. Scot.] 2. A lad; young fellow. [Scot.] --Burns. 3. One who does errands or other odd jobs. [Scot.] 4. An attendant who carries a golf player's clubs, tees his ball, etc. | |
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Cadie \Cad"ie\, Caddie \Cad"die\, n. A Scotch errand boy, porter, or messenger. [Written also {cady}.] Every Scotchman, from the peer to the cadie. --Macaulay. | |
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Cady \Cad"y\, n. See {Cadie}. | |
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Caddie \Cad"die\, n. [Written also {caddy}, {cadie}, {cady}, and {cawdy}.] [See {Cadet}.] 1. A cadet. [Obs. Scot.] 2. A lad; young fellow. [Scot.] --Burns. 3. One who does errands or other odd jobs. [Scot.] 4. An attendant who carries a golf player's clubs, tees his ball, etc. | |
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Cadie \Cad"ie\, Caddie \Cad"die\, n. A Scotch errand boy, porter, or messenger. [Written also {cady}.] Every Scotchman, from the peer to the cadie. --Macaulay. | |
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Cady \Cad"y\, n. See {Cadie}. | |
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Cahoot \Ca*hoot"\, n. [Perhaps fr. f. cohorte a company or band.] Partnership; as, to go in cahoot with a person. [Slang, southwestern U. S.] | |
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Cat \Cat\, n. [AS. cat; akin to D. & Dan. kat, Sw. kett, Icel. k[94]ttr, G. katze, kater, Ir. Cat, W. cath, Armor. kaz, LL. catus, Bisc. catua, NGr. [?], [?], Russ. & Pol. cot, Turk. kedi, Ar. qitt; of unknown origin. CF. {Ketten}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) An animal of various species of the genera {Felis} and {Lynx}. The domestic cat is {Felis domestica}. The European wild cat ({Felis catus}) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name {wild cat} is commonly applied to the bay lynx ({Lynx rufus}) See {Wild cat}, and {Tiger cat}. Note: The domestic cat includes many varieties named from their place of origin or from some peculiarity; as, the {Angora cat}; the {Maltese cat}; the {Manx cat}. Note: The word cat is also used to designate other animals, from some fancied resemblance; as, civet cat, fisher cat, catbird, catfish shark, sea cat. 2. (Naut.) (a) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade. (b) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship. --Totten. 3. A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position in is placed. 4. An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See {Tipcat}. (c) A game of ball, called, according to the number of batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc. 5. A cat o' nine tails. See below. {Angora cat}, {blind cat}, See under {Angora}, {Blind}. {Black cat} the fisher. See under {Black}. {Cat and dog}, like a cat and dog; quarrelsome; inharmonious. [bd]I am sure we have lived a cat and dog life of it.[b8] --Coleridge. {Cat block} (Naut.), a heavy iron-strapped block with a large hook, part of the tackle used in drawing an anchor up to the cathead. {Cat hook} (Naut.), a strong hook attached to a cat block. {Cat nap}, a very short sleep. [Colloq.] {Cat o' nine tails}, an instrument of punishment consisting of nine pieces of knotted line or cord fastened to a handle; -- formerly used to flog offenders on the bare back. {Cat's cradle}, game played, esp. by children, with a string looped on the fingers so, as to resemble small cradle. The string is transferred from the fingers of one to those of another, at each transfer with a change of form. See {Cratch}, {Cratch cradle}. {To let the cat out of the bag}, to tell a secret, carelessly or willfully. [Colloq.] {Bush cat}, the serval. See {Serval}. | |
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Cat \Cat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {tted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Catting}.] (Naut.) To bring to the cathead; as, to cat an anchor. See {Anchor}. --Totten. | |
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Cata \Cat"a\ [Gr. kata`.] The Latin and English form of a Greek preposition, used as a prefix to signify down, downward, under, against, contrary or opposed to, wholly, completely; as in cataclysm, catarrh. It sometimes drops the final vowel, as in catoptric; and is sometimes changed to cath, as in cathartic, catholic. | |
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Cate \Cate\, n. Food. [Obs.] See {Cates}. | |
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Cathay \Ca*thay"\, n. China; -- an old name for the Celestial Empire, said have been introduced by Marco Polo and to be a corruption of the Tartar name for North China (Khitai, the country of the Khitans.) Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay. --Tennyson. | |
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Catty \Cat"ty\, n. [Malay kat[c6]. See {Caddy}.] An East Indian Weight of 1[a7] pounds. | |
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Caddie \Cad"die\, n. [Written also {caddy}, {cadie}, {cady}, and {cawdy}.] [See {Cadet}.] 1. A cadet. [Obs. Scot.] 2. A lad; young fellow. [Scot.] --Burns. 3. One who does errands or other odd jobs. [Scot.] 4. An attendant who carries a golf player's clubs, tees his ball, etc. | |
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Caw \Caw\ (k[add]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cawed} (k[add]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cawing}.] [Imitative. [fb]22 Cf. {Chough}.] To cry like a crow, rook, or raven. Rising and cawing at the gun's report. --Shak. | |
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Cede \Cede\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ceded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ceding}.] [L. cedere to withdraw, yield; akin to cadere to fall, and to E. chance; cf. F. c[82]der.] To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cede a fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty. The people must cede to the government some of their natural rights. --Jay. | |
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Shad \Shad\ (sh[acr]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a fish.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species ({Clupea sapidissima}), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose ({C. alosa}), and the twaite shad. ({C. finta}), are less important species. [Written also {chad}.] Note: The name is loosely applied, also, to several other fishes, as the gizzard shad (see under {Gizzard}), called also {mud shad}, {white-eyed shad}, and {winter shad}. {Hardboaded}, [or] {Yellow-tailed}, {shad}, the menhaden. {Hickory}, [or] {Tailor}, {shad}, the mattowacca. {Long-boned shad}, one of several species of important food fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus {Gerres}. {Shad bush} (Bot.), a name given to the North American shrubs or small trees of the rosaceous genus {Amelanchier} ({A. Canadensis}, and {A. alnifolia}) Their white racemose blossoms open in April or May, when the shad appear, and the edible berries (pomes) ripen in June or July, whence they are called Juneberries. The plant is also called {service tree}, and {Juneberry}. {Shad frog}, an American spotted frog ({Rana halecina}); -- so called because it usually appears at the time when the shad begin to run in the rivers. {Trout shad}, the squeteague. {White shad}, the common shad. | |
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Chad \Chad\, n. See {Shad}. [Obs.] | |
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Shad \Shad\ (sh[acr]d), n. sing. & pl. [AS. sceadda a kind of fish, akin to Prov. G. schade; cf. Ir. & Gael. sgadan a herring, W. ysgadan herrings; all perhaps akin to E. skate a fish.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species ({Clupea sapidissima}), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose ({C. alosa}), and the twaite shad. ({C. finta}), are less important species. [Written also {chad}.] Note: The name is loosely applied, also, to several other fishes, as the gizzard shad (see under {Gizzard}), called also {mud shad}, {white-eyed shad}, and {winter shad}. {Hardboaded}, [or] {Yellow-tailed}, {shad}, the menhaden. {Hickory}, [or] {Tailor}, {shad}, the mattowacca. {Long-boned shad}, one of several species of important food fishes of the Bermudas and the West Indies, of the genus {Gerres}. {Shad bush} (Bot.), a name given to the North American shrubs or small trees of the rosaceous genus {Amelanchier} ({A. Canadensis}, and {A. alnifolia}) Their white racemose blossoms open in April or May, when the shad appear, and the edible berries (pomes) ripen in June or July, whence they are called Juneberries. The plant is also called {service tree}, and {Juneberry}. {Shad frog}, an American spotted frog ({Rana halecina}); -- so called because it usually appears at the time when the shad begin to run in the rivers. {Trout shad}, the squeteague. {White shad}, the common shad. | |
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Chad \Chad\, n. See {Shad}. [Obs.] | |
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Chat \Chat\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chatted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chatting}.] [From {Chatter}. [fb]22.] To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip. --Shak. To chat a while on their adventures. --Dryden. Syn: To talk; chatter; gossip; converse. | |
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Chat \Chat\, v. t. To talk of. [Obs.] | |
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Chat \Chat\, n. 1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip. Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. --Pope. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A bird of the genus {Icteria}, allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species are the yellow-breasted chat ({I. viridis}), and the long-tailed chat ({I. longicauda}). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family {Saxicolid[91]}, as the {stonechat}, and {whinchat}. {Bush chat}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Bush}. | |
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Chat \Chat\, n. 1. A twig, cone, or little branch. See {Chit}. 2. pl. (Mining) Small stones with ore. {Chat potatoes}, small potatoes, such as are given to swine. [Local.] | |
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Chatty \Chat"ty\, a. Given to light, familiar talk; talkative. --Lady M. W. Montagu. | |
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Chaw \Chaw\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chawed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chawing}.] [See {Chew}.] 1. To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit. The trampling steed, with gold and purple trapped, Chawing the foamy bit, there fiercely stood. --Surrey. 2. To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over. --Dryden. Note: A word formerly in good use, but now regarded as vulgar. | |
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Cheat \Cheat\, n. [rob. an abbrevation of escheat, lands or tenements that fall to a lord or to the state by forfeiture, or by the death of the tenant without heirs; the meaning being explained by the frauds, real or supposed, that were resorted to in procuring escheats. See {Escheat}.] 1. An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture. When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. --Dryden. 2. One who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a cheater. Airy wonders, which cheats interpret. --Johnson 3. (Bot.) A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; -- called also {chess}. See {Chess}. 4. (Law) The obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth. Note: When cheats are effected by deceitful or illegal symbols or tokens which may affect the public at large and against which common prudence could not have guarded, they are indictable at common law. --Wharton. Syn: Deception; imposture; fraud; delusion; artifice; trick; swindle; deceit; guile; finesse; stratagem. | |
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Cheat \Cheat\, v. i. To practice fraud or trickery; as, to cheat at cards. | |
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Cheat \Cheat\, n. [Perh. from OF. chet[82] goods, chattels.] Wheat, or bread made from wheat. [Obs.] --Drayton. Their purest cheat, Thrice bolted, kneaded, and subdued in paste. --Chapman. | |
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Cheat \Cheat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cheated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cheating}.] [See {Cheat}, n., {Escheat}.] 1. To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle. I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me of this island. --Shak. 2. To beguile. --Sir W. Scott. To cheat winter of its dreariness. --W. Irving. Syn: To trick; cozen; gull; chouse; fool; outwit; circumvent; beguile; mislead; dupe; swindle; defraud; overreach; delude; hoodwink; deceive; bamboozle. | |
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Chess \Chess\, n. (Bot.) A species of brome grass ({Bromus secalinus}) which is a troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic effects; -- called also {cheat} and {Willard's bromus}. [U. S.] Note: Other species of brome grass are called upright chess, soft chess, etc. | |
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Cheat \Cheat\, n. [rob. an abbrevation of escheat, lands or tenements that fall to a lord or to the state by forfeiture, or by the death of the tenant without heirs; the meaning being explained by the frauds, real or supposed, that were resorted to in procuring escheats. See {Escheat}.] 1. An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture. When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. --Dryden. 2. One who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a cheater. Airy wonders, which cheats interpret. --Johnson 3. (Bot.) A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; -- called also {chess}. See {Chess}. 4. (Law) The obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth. Note: When cheats are effected by deceitful or illegal symbols or tokens which may affect the public at large and against which common prudence could not have guarded, they are indictable at common law. --Wharton. Syn: Deception; imposture; fraud; delusion; artifice; trick; swindle; deceit; guile; finesse; stratagem. | |
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Cheat \Cheat\, v. i. To practice fraud or trickery; as, to cheat at cards. | |
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Cheat \Cheat\, n. [Perh. from OF. chet[82] goods, chattels.] Wheat, or bread made from wheat. [Obs.] --Drayton. Their purest cheat, Thrice bolted, kneaded, and subdued in paste. --Chapman. | |
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Cheat \Cheat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cheated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cheating}.] [See {Cheat}, n., {Escheat}.] 1. To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle. I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me of this island. --Shak. 2. To beguile. --Sir W. Scott. To cheat winter of its dreariness. --W. Irving. Syn: To trick; cozen; gull; chouse; fool; outwit; circumvent; beguile; mislead; dupe; swindle; defraud; overreach; delude; hoodwink; deceive; bamboozle. | |
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Chess \Chess\, n. (Bot.) A species of brome grass ({Bromus secalinus}) which is a troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic effects; -- called also {cheat} and {Willard's bromus}. [U. S.] Note: Other species of brome grass are called upright chess, soft chess, etc. | |
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Cheetah \Chee"tah\, n. [Hind. ch[c6]t[be].] (Zo[94]l.) A species of leopard ({Cyn[91]lurus jubatus}) tamed and used for hunting in India. The woolly cheetah of South Africa is {C. laneus}. [Written also {chetah}.] | |
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Cheetah \Chee"tah\, n. [Hind. ch[c6]t[be].] (Zo[94]l.) A species of leopard ({Cyn[91]lurus jubatus}) tamed and used for hunting in India. The woolly cheetah of South Africa is {C. laneus}. [Written also {chetah}.] | |
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Chetah \Che"tah\ (ch[emac]"t[adot]), n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cheetah}. | |
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Cheetah \Chee"tah\, n. [Hind. ch[c6]t[be].] (Zo[94]l.) A species of leopard ({Cyn[91]lurus jubatus}) tamed and used for hunting in India. The woolly cheetah of South Africa is {C. laneus}. [Written also {chetah}.] | |
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Chetah \Che"tah\ (ch[emac]"t[adot]), n. (Zo[94]l.) See {Cheetah}. | |
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Chew \Chew\ (ch[udd]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chewed} (ch[udd]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Chewing}.] [As ce[a2]wan, akin to D. kauwen, G. kauen. Cf. {Chaw}, {Jaw}.] 1. To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate. 2. To ruminate mentally; to meditate on. He chews revenge, abjuring his offense. --Prior. {To chew the cud}, to chew the food ocer again, as a cow; to ruminate; hence, to meditate. Every beast the parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. --Deut. xxiv. 6. | |
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Chewet \Chew"et\, n. A kind of meat pie. [Obs.] | |
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Chide \Chide\ (ch[imac]d), v. t. [imp. {Chid} (ch[icr]d), or {Chode} (ch[imac]d Obs.); p. p. {Chidden}, {Chid}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chiding}.] [AS. c[c6]dan; of unknown origin.] 1. To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with. Upbraided, chid, and rated at. --Shak. 2. Fig.: To be noisy about; to chafe against. The sea that chides the banks of England. --Shak. {To} {chide hither, chide from, [or] chide away}, to cause to come, or to drive away, by scolding or reproof. Syn: To blame; rebuke; reprove; scold; censure; reproach; reprehend; reprimand. | |
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Chide \Chide\, v. i. 1. To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily. Wherefore the people did chide with Moses. --Ex. xvii. 2. 2. To make a clamorous noise; to chafe. As doth a rock againts the chiding flood. --Shak. | |
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Chide \Chide\, n. [AS. c[c6]d] A continuous noise or murmur. The chide of streams. --Thomson. | |
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Sciot \Sci"ot\, a. Of or pertaining to the island Scio (Chio or Chios). -- n. A native or inhabitant of Scio. [Written also {Chiot}.] | |
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Chit \Chit\, Chitty \Chit"ty\, n. [Hind. chi[tsdot][tsdot][c6].] 1. A short letter or note; a written message or memorandum; a certificate given to a servant; a pass, or the like. 2. A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club. [India, China, etc.] | |
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Chit \Chit\ (ch[icr]t), n. [Cf. AS. c[c6][edh] shoot, sprig, from the same root as c[c6]nan to yawn. See {Chink} a cleft.] 1. The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes. 2. A child or babe; as, a forward chit; also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal. A little chit of a woman. --Thackeray. 3. An excrescence on the body, as a wart. [Obs.] 4. A small tool used in cleaving laths. --Knight. | |
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Chit \Chit\, v. i. To shoot out; to sprout. I have known barley chit in seven hours after it had been thrown forth. --Mortimer. | |
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Chit \Chit\, 3d sing. of {Chide}. Chideth. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Chit \Chit\, Chitty \Chit"ty\, n. [Hind. chi[tsdot][tsdot][c6].] 1. A short letter or note; a written message or memorandum; a certificate given to a servant; a pass, or the like. 2. A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club. [India, China, etc.] | |
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Chitty \Chit"ty\, a. 1. Full of chits or sprouts. 2. Childish; like a babe. [Obs.] | |
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Chode \Chode\ (ch[omac]d), the old imp. of chide. See {Chide}. | |
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Chud \Chud\, v. t. [Cf. {Chew}, {Cud}.] To champ; to bite. [Obs.] --A. Stafford. | |
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Chuet \Chu"et\, n. [From {Chew}, v. t.] Minced meat. [Obs.] --Bacon. | |
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Shoot \Shoot\, n. [F. chute. See {Chute}. Confused with shoot to let fly.] An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course. [Written also {chute}, and {shute}.] [U. S.] {To take a shoot}, to pass through a shoot instead of the main channel; to take the most direct course. [U.S.] | |
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Chute \Chute\, n. [F. chute, prop. a fall.] 1. A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel. 2. See {Shoot}. | |
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Shoot \Shoot\, n. [F. chute. See {Chute}. Confused with shoot to let fly.] An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course. [Written also {chute}, and {shute}.] [U. S.] {To take a shoot}, to pass through a shoot instead of the main channel; to take the most direct course. [U.S.] | |
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Chute \Chute\, n. [F. chute, prop. a fall.] 1. A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel. 2. See {Shoot}. | |
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Cid \Cid\, n. [Sp., fr. Ar. seid lord.] 1. Chief or commander; in Spanish literature, a title of Ruy Diaz, Count of Bivar, a champion of Christianity and of the old Spanish royalty, in the 11th century. 2. An epic poem, which celebrates the exploits of the Spanish national hero, Ruy Diaz. | |
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Cit \Cit\, n. [Contr. fr. citizen.] A citizen; an inhabitant of a city; a pert townsman; -- used contemptuously. [bd]Insulted as a cit[b8]. --Johnson Which past endurance sting the tender cit. --Emerson. | |
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Cite \Cite\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Citing}] [F. citer, fr. L. citare, intens. of cire, ci[c7]re, to put in motion, to excite; akin to Gr.[?] to go, Skr. [?] to sharpen.] 1. To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon. The cited dead, Of all past ages, to the general doom Shall hasten. --Milton. Cited by finger of God. --De Quincey. 2. To urge; to enjoin. [R.] --Shak. 3. To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another. The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. --Shak. 4. To refer to or specify, as for support, proof, illustration, or confirmation. The imperfections which you have cited. --Shak. 5. To bespeak; to indicate. [Obs.] Aged honor cites a virtuous youth. --Shak. 6. (Law) To notify of a proceeding in court. --Abbot Syn: To quote; mention, name; refer to; adduce; select; call; summon. See {Quote}. | |
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City \Cit"y\, a. Of or pertaining to a city. --Shak. {City council}. See under {Council}. {City court}, The municipal court of a city. [U. S.] {City ward}, a watchman, or the collective watchmen, of a city. [Obs.] --Fairfax. | |
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City \Cit"y\, n.; pl. {Cities}. [OE. cite, F. cit[?], fr. L. civitas citizenship, state, city, fr. civis citizen; akin to Goth. heiwa (in heiwafrauja man of the house), AS. [?], pl., members of a family, servants, [?] family, G. heirath marriage, prop., providing a house, E. hind a peasant.] 1. A large town. 2. A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or a city council consisting of a board of aldermen and a common council; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see. A city is a town incorporated; which is, or has been, the see of a bishop; and though the bishopric has been dissolved, as at Westminster, it yet remaineth a city. --Blackstone When Gorges constituted York a city, he of course meant it to be the seat of a bishop, for the word city has no other meaning in English law. --Palfrey 3. The collective body of citizens, or inhabitants of a city. [bd]What is the city but the people?[b8] --Shak. Syn: See {Village}. | |
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Coat \Coat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Coating}.] 1. To cover with a coat or outer garment. 2. To cover with a layer of any substance; as, to coat a jar with tin foil; to coat a ceiling. | |
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Coat \Coat\ (k[omac]t; 110), n. [OF. cote, F. cotte, petticoat, cotte d'armes coat of arms, cotte de mailles coat of mail, LL. cota, cotta, tunic, prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. chozzo coarse mantle, G. klotze, D. kot, hut, E. cot. Cf. {Cot} a hut.] 1. An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men. Let each His adamantine coat gird well. --Milton. 2. A petticoat. [Obs.] [bd]A child in coats.[b8] --Locke. 3. The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth. Men of his coat should be minding their prayers. --Swift. She was sought by spirits of richest coat. --Shak. 4. An external covering like a garment, as fur, skin, wool, husk, or bark; as, the horses coats were sleek. Fruit of all kinds, in coat Rough or smooth rined, or bearded husk, or shell. --Milton. 5. A layer of any substance covering another; a cover; a tegument; as, the coats of the eye; the coats of an onion; a coat of tar or varnish. 6. Same as Coat of arms. See below. Hark, countrymen! either renew the fight, Or tear the lions out of England's coat. --Shak. 7. A coat card. See below. [Obs.] Here's a trick of discarded cards of us! We were ranked with coats as long as old master lived. --Massinger. {Coat armor}. See under {Armor}. {Coat of arms} (Her.), a translation of the French cotte d'armes, a garment of light material worn over the armor in the 15th and 16th centuries. This was often charged with the heraldic bearings of the wearer. Hence, an heraldic achievement; the bearings of any person, taken together. {Coat card}, a card bearing a coated figure; the king, queen, or knave of playing cards. [bd][bf]I am a coat card indeed.' [bf]Then thou must needs be a knave, for thou art neither king nor queen.'[b8] --Rowley. {Coat link}, a pair of buttons or studs joined by a link, to hold together the lappels of a double-breasted coat; or a button with a loop for a single-breasted coat. {Coat of mail}, a defensive garment of chain mail. See {Chain mail}, under {Chain}. {Mast coat} (Naut.), a piece of canvas nailed around a mast, where it passes through the deck, to prevent water from getting below. {Sail coat} (Naut.), a canvas cover laced over furled sails, and the like, to keep them dry and clean. | |
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Coatee \Coat*ee"\, n. A coat with short flaps. | |
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Coati \Co*a"ti\ (k[osl]*[aum]"t[esl] or k[osl]*[amac]"t[icr]), n. [From the native name: cf. F. coati.] (Zo[94]l.) A mammal of tropical America of the genus {Nasua}, allied to the raccoon, but with a longer body, tail, and nose. Note: The red coati ({N. socialis}), called also {coati mondi}, inhabits Mexico and Central America. The brown coati ({N. narica}) is found in Surinam and Brazil. | |
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Cod \Cod\, n. [Cf. G. gadde, and (in Heligoland) gadden, L. gadus merlangus.] (Zo[94]l.) An important edible fish ({Gadus morrhua}), taken in immense numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is especially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland. It is salted and dried in large quantities. Note: There are several varieties; as {shore cod}, from shallow water; {bank cod}, from the distant banks; and {rock cod}, which is found among ledges, and is often dark brown or mottled with red. The {tomcod} is a distinct species of small size. The {bastard}, {blue}, {buffalo}, or {cultus cod} of the Pacific coast belongs to a distinct family. See {Buffalo cod}, under {Buffalo}. {Cod fishery}, the business of fishing for cod. {Cod line}, an eighteen-thread line used in catching codfish. --McElrath. | |
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Cod \Cod\ (k[ocr]d), n. [AS. codd small bag; akin to Icel. koddi pillow, Sw. kudde cushion; cf. W. cod, cwd, bag, shell.] 1. A husk; a pod; as, a peascod. [Eng.] --Mortimer. 2. A small bag or pouch. [Obs.] --Halliwell. 3. The scrotum. --Dunglison. 4. A pillow or cushion. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. | |
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Code \Code\ (k[omac]d), n. [F., fr. L. codex, caudex, the stock or stem of a tree, a board or tablet of wood smeared over with wax, on which the ancients originally wrote; hence, a book, a writing.] 1. A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest. Note: The collection of laws made by the order of Justinian is sometimes called, by way of eminence. [bd]The Code[b8] --Wharton. 2. Any system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians; the naval code, a system of rules for making communications at sea means of signals. {Code civil} [or] {Code Napoleon}, a code enacted in France in 1803 and 1804, embodying the law of rights of persons and of property generally. --Abbot. | |
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Codeine \Co*de"ine\, n. [Gr. [?] poppy head: cf. F. cod[?]ine.] (Chem.) One of the opium alkaloids; a white crystalline substance, {C18H21NO3}, similar to and regarded as a derivative of morphine, but much feebler in its action; -- called also {codeia}. | |
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Coit \Coit\ (koit), n. [See {Quoit}.] A quoit. [Obs.] --Carew. | |
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Coit \Coit\, v. t. To throw, as a stone. [Obs.] See {Quoit}. | |
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Coo \Coo\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cooed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cooing}.] 1. To make a low repeated cry or sound, like the characteristic note of pigeons or doves. The stockdove only through the forest cooes, Mournfully hoarse. --Thomson. 2. To show affection; to act in a loving way. See under {Bill}, v. i. [bd]Billing or cooing.[b8] --Byron. | |
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Cooey \Coo"ey\, Cooee \Coo"ee\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cooeyed} or {Cooeed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cooeying} or {Cooeeing}.] To call out cooee. [Australia] I cooeyed and beckoned them to approach. --E. Giles. | |
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Cooey \Coo"ey\, Cooee \Coo"ee\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cooeyed} or {Cooeed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cooeying} or {Cooeeing}.] To call out cooee. [Australia] I cooeyed and beckoned them to approach. --E. Giles. | |
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Coot \Coot\ (k[oomac]t), n. [Cf. D. koet, W. cwtair; cwta short, bodtailed + iar hen; cf. cwtau to dock. Cf. {Cut}.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A wading bird with lobate toes, of the genus {Fulica}. The common European or bald coot is {F. atra} (see under {bald}); the American is {F. Americana}. (b) The surf duck or scoter. In the United States all the species of ({[OE]demia} are called coots. See {Scoter}. [bd]As simple as a coot.[b8] --Halliwell. 2. A stupid fellow; a simpleton; as, a silly coot. [Colloq.] | |
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Coothay \Coo*thay"\ (k[oomac]*th[amac]"), n. A striped satin made in India. --McElrath. | |
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Cot \Cot\ (k?t), n. [OE. cot, cote, AS. cot, cote, cottage; akin to D. & Icel. kot, G. koth, kot, kothe. Cf. {Coat}.] 1. A small house; a cottage or hut. The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm. --Goldsmith. 2. A pen, coop, or like shelter for small domestic animals, as for sheep or pigeons; a cote. 3. A cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore finger. 4. [Cf. Ir. cot.] A small, rudely-formed boat. {Bell cot}. (Arch.) See under {Bell}. | |
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Cot \Cot\ (k?t), n. [AS. cot cottage, bedchamber; or cf. OF. coite, F. couette (E. quilt), LL. cottum, cottus, mattress. See {Cot} a cottage.] A sleeping place of limited size; a little bed; a cradle; a piece of canvas extended by a frame, used as a bed. [Written also {cott}.] | |
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Quote \Quote\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quoted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quoting}.] [OF. quoter, F. coter to letter, number, to quote, LL. quotare to divide into chapters and verses, fr. L. quotus. See {Quota}.] [Formerly written also {cote}.] 1. To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer. 2. To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare. 3. (Com.) To name the current price of. 4. To notice; to observe; to examine. [Obs.] --Shak. 5. To set down, as in writing. [Obs.] [bd]He's quoted for a most perfidious slave.[b8] --Shak. Syn: To cite; name; adduce; repeat. Usage: {Quote}, {Cite}. To cite was originally to call into court as a witness, etc., and hence denotes bringing forward any thing or person as evidence. Quote usually signifies to reproduce another's words; it is also used to indicate an appeal to some one as an authority, without adducing his exact words. | |
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Cote \Cote\, v. t. [See {Quote}.] To quote. [Obs.] --Udall. | |
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Cote \Cote\ (k[omac]t), n. [See 1st {Cot}.] 1. A cottage or hut. [Obs.] 2. A shed, shelter, or inclosure for small domestic animals, as for sheep or doves. Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve, In hurdled cotes. --Milton. | |
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Cote \Cote\, v. t. [Prob. from F. c[ocir]t[82] side, OF. costet, LL. costatus, costatum, fr. L. costu rib, side: cf. F. c[ocir]toyer to go or keep at the side of. See {Coast}.] To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before; as, a dog cotes a hare. [Obs.] --Drayton. We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming. --Shak. | |
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Quote \Quote\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quoted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quoting}.] [OF. quoter, F. coter to letter, number, to quote, LL. quotare to divide into chapters and verses, fr. L. quotus. See {Quota}.] [Formerly written also {cote}.] 1. To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer. 2. To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare. 3. (Com.) To name the current price of. 4. To notice; to observe; to examine. [Obs.] --Shak. 5. To set down, as in writing. [Obs.] [bd]He's quoted for a most perfidious slave.[b8] --Shak. Syn: To cite; name; adduce; repeat. Usage: {Quote}, {Cite}. To cite was originally to call into court as a witness, etc., and hence denotes bringing forward any thing or person as evidence. Quote usually signifies to reproduce another's words; it is also used to indicate an appeal to some one as an authority, without adducing his exact words. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cote \Cote\, v. t. [See {Quote}.] To quote. [Obs.] --Udall. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cote \Cote\ (k[omac]t), n. [See 1st {Cot}.] 1. A cottage or hut. [Obs.] 2. A shed, shelter, or inclosure for small domestic animals, as for sheep or doves. Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve, In hurdled cotes. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cote \Cote\, v. t. [Prob. from F. c[ocir]t[82] side, OF. costet, LL. costatus, costatum, fr. L. costu rib, side: cf. F. c[ocir]toyer to go or keep at the side of. See {Coast}.] To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before; as, a dog cotes a hare. [Obs.] --Drayton. We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cot \Cot\ (k?t), n. [AS. cot cottage, bedchamber; or cf. OF. coite, F. couette (E. quilt), LL. cottum, cottus, mattress. See {Cot} a cottage.] A sleeping place of limited size; a little bed; a cradle; a piece of canvas extended by a frame, used as a bed. [Written also {cott}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cotta \Cot"ta\, n. [LL. See {Coat}.] 1. (Eccl.) A surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full than the ordinary surplice and with short sleeves, or sometimes none. 2. A kind of very coarse woolen blanket. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Coudee \Cou"dee\ (k??"d?; F. k??`d?"), n. [F. coud[?]e, from coude elbow.] A measure of length; the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger; a cubit. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Couteau \Cou*teau"\ (k??-t?"), n. [F.] A knife; a dagger. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Couth \Couth\ (k??th), imp. & p. p. of {Can}. [See {Can}, and cf. {Uncouth}.] Could; was able; knew or known; understood. [Obs.] Above all other one Daniel He loveth, for he couth well Divine, that none other couth; To him were all thing couth, As he had it of God's grace. --Gower. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Kauri \[d8]Ka"u*ri\, n. [Native name.] (Bot.) A lofty coniferous tree of New Zealand {Agathis, [or] Dammara, australis}), furnishing valuable timber and yielding one kind of dammar resin. [Written also {kaudi}, {cowdie}, and {cowrie}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cowdie \Cow"die\ (kou"d?), n. (Bot.) See {Kauri}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Kauri \[d8]Ka"u*ri\, n. [Native name.] (Bot.) A lofty coniferous tree of New Zealand {Agathis, [or] Dammara, australis}), furnishing valuable timber and yielding one kind of dammar resin. [Written also {kaudi}, {cowdie}, and {cowrie}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cowdie \Cow"die\ (kou"d?), n. (Bot.) See {Kauri}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cow \Cow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cowed} (koud);; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cowing}.] [Cf. Icel. kuga, Sw. kufva to check, subdue, Dan. kue. Cf. {Cuff}, v. t.] To depress with fear; to daunt the spirits or courage of; to overawe. To vanquish a people already cowed. --Shak. THe French king was cowed. --J. R. Green. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cowhide \Cow"hide`\ (-h?d`), n. 1. The hide of a cow. 2. Leather made of the hide of a cow. 3. A coarse whip made of untanned leather. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cowhide \Cow"hide`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cowhided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cowhiding}.] To flog with a cowhide. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cowweed \Cow"weed"\ (-wEd`),, n. (Bot.) Same as {Cow parsley}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cowwheat \Cow"wheat`\ (-hw?t`), n. (Bot.) A weed of the genus {Melampyrum}, with black seeds, found on European wheatfields. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Coy \Coy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coyed} (koid); p. pr. & vb. n. {Coying}.] 1. To allure; to entice; to decoy. [Obs.] A wiser generation, who have the art to coy the fonder sort into their nets. --Bp. Rainbow. 2. To caress with the hand; to stroke. Come sit thee down upon this flowery bed, While I thy amiable cheeks do coy. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Coyote \Coy"o*te\ (k?"?-t? [or] k?"?t), n. [Spanish Amer., fr. Mexican coyotl.] (Zo[94]l.) A carnivorous animal ({Canis latrans}), allied to the dog, found in the western part of North America; -- called also {prairie wolf}. Its voice is a snapping bark, followed by a prolonged, shrill howl. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cud \Cud\ (k[ucr]d), n. [AS. cudu, cwudu,cwidu,cweodo, of uncertain origin; cf, G. k[94]der bait, Icel. kvi[edh]r womb, Goth. qi[thorn]us. Cf. {Quid}.] 1. That portion of food which is brought up into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be chewed a second time. Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. --Levit. xi. 3 2. A portion of tobacco held in the mouth and chewed; a quid. [Low] 3. The first stomach of ruminating beasts. --Crabb. {To chew the cud}, to ruminate; to meditate; used with of; as, to chew the cud of bitter memories. Chewed the thrice turned cud of wrath. --Tennyson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cuddy \Cud"dy\ (k?d"d?), n. [Prob. a contraction fr. D. kajuit cabin: cf. F. cahute hut.] (Naut.) A small cabin: also, the galley or kitchen of a vessel. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cuddy \Cud"dy\, n. [Scot.; cf. Gael. cudaig, cudainn, or E. cuttlefish, or cod, codfish.] (Zo[94]l) The coalfish ({Pollachius carbonarius}). [Written also {cudden}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cuddy \Cud"dy\ (-d?), n. [See {Cudden}. ] 1. An ass; esp., one driven by a huckster or greengrocer. [Scot.] 2. Hence: A blockhead; a lout. --Hood. 3. (Mech.) A lever mounted on a tripod for lifting stones, leveling up railroad ties, etc. --Knight. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cut \Cut\, v. t. {To cut out}, to separate from the midst of a number; as, to cut out a steer from a herd; to cut out a car from a train. Cut \Cut\, n. 1. (Lawn Tennis, etc.) A slanting stroke causing the ball to spin and bound irregularly; also, the spin so given to the ball. 2. (Cricket) A stroke on the off side between point and the wicket; also, one who plays this stroke. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cut \Cut\, v. t. 1. (Cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a chopping movement of the bat. 2. (Billiards, etc.) To drive (an object ball) to either side by hitting it fine on the other side with the cue ball or another object ball. 3. (Lawn Tennis, etc.) To strike (a ball) with the racket inclined or struck across the ball so as to put a certain spin on the ball. 4. (Croqu[?]t) To drive (a ball) to one side by hitting with another ball. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cut \Cut\ (k[ucr]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cut}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cutting}.] [OE. cutten, kitten, ketten; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwtau to shorten, curtail, dock, cwta bobtailed, cwt tail, skirt, Gael. cutaich to shorten, curtail, dock, cutach short, docked, cut a bobtail, piece, Ir. cut a short tail, cutach bobtailed. Cf. {Coot}.] 1. To separate the parts of with, or as with, a sharp instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to divide. You must cut this flesh from off his breast. --Shak. Before the whistling winds the vessels fly, With rapid swiftness cut the liquid way. --Pope. 2. To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap. Thy servants can skill to cut timer. --2. Chron. ii. 8 3. To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails. 4. To castrate or geld; as, to cut a horse. 5. To form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.; to carve; to hew out. Why should a man. whose blood is warm within, Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster? --Shak. Loopholes cut through thickest shade. --Milton. 6. To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce; to lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick. The man was cut to the heart. --Addison. 7. To intersect; to cross; as, one line cuts another at right angles. 8. To refuse to recognize; to ignore; as, to cut a person in the street; to cut one's acquaintance. [Colloq.] 9. To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a recitation. etc. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cut \Cut\ (k[ucr]t), v. i. 1. To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well. 2. To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument. Panels of white wood that cuts like cheese. --Holmes. 3. To perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising, intersecting, etc.; to use a cutting instrument. He saved the lives of thousands by manner of cutting for the stone. --Pope. 4. To make a stroke with a whip. 5. To interfere, as a horse. 6. To move or make off quickly. [Colloq.] 7. To divide a pack of cards into two portion to decide the deal or trump, or to change the order of the cards to be dealt. {To cut across}, to pass over or through in the most direct way; as, to cut across a field. {To cut and run}, to make off suddenly and quickly; -- from the cutting of a ship's cable, when there is not time to raise the anchor. [Colloq.] {To cut} {in [or] into}, to interrupt; to join in anything suddenly. {To cut up}. (a) To play pranks. [Colloq.] (b) To divide into portions well or ill; to have the property left at one's death turn out well or poorly when divided among heirs, legatees, etc. [Slang.] [bd]When I die, may I cut up as well as Morgan Pendennis.[b8] --Thackeray. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cut \Cut\, n. 1. An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash; a slash; a wound made by cutting; as, a sword cut. 2. A stroke or blow or cutting motion with an edged instrument; a stroke or blow with a whip. 3. That which wounds the feelings, as a harsh remark or criticism, or a sarcasm; personal discourtesy, as neglecting to recognize an acquaintance when meeting him; a slight. Rip called him by name, but the cur snarled, snapped his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind cut indeed. --W. Irving. 4. A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove; as, a cut for a railroad. This great cut or ditch Secostris . . . purposed to have made a great deal wider and deeper. --Knolles. 5. The surface left by a cut; as, a smooth or clear cut. 6. A portion severed or cut off; a division; as, a cut of beef; a cut of timber. It should be understood, moreover, . . . that the group are not arbitrary cuts, but natural groups or types. --Dana. 7. An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving; as, a book illustrated with fine cuts. 8. (a) The act of dividing a pack cards. (b) The right to divide; as, whose cut is it? 9. Manner in which a thing is cut or formed; shape; style; fashion; as, the cut of a garment. With eyes severe and beard of formal cut. --Shak. 10. A common work horse; a gelding. [Obs.] He'll buy me a cut, forth for to ride. --Beau. & Fl. 11. The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise. [College Cant] 12. A skein of yarn. --Wright. {A cut in rates} (Railroad), a reduction in fare, freight charges, etc., below the established rates. {A short cut}, a cross route which shortens the way and cuts off a circuitous passage. {The cut of one's jib}, the general appearance of a person. [Colloq.] {To draw cuts}, to draw lots, as of paper, etc., cut unequal lengths. Now draweth cut . . . The which that hath the shortest shall begin. --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cut \Cut\ (k[ucr]t), a. 1. Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument. 2. Formed or shaped as by cutting; carved. 3. Overcome by liquor; tipsy. [Slang] {Cut and dried}, prepered beforehand; not spontaneous. {Cut glass}, glass having a surface ground and polished in facets or figures. {Cut nail}, a nail cut by machinery from a rolled plate of iron, in distinction from a wrought nail. {Cut stone}, stone hewn or chiseled to shape after having been split from the quarry. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cutaway \Cut"a*way`\ (k[ucr]t"[adot]*w[amac]`), a. Having a part cut off or away; having the corners rounded or cut away. {Cutaway coat}, a coat whose skirts are cut away in front so as not to meet at the bottom. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cute \Cute\ (k[umac]t), a. [An abbrev. of acute.] Clever; sharp; shrewd; ingenious; cunning. [Colloq.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cutty \Cut"ty\ (k?t"t?), n. [Scotch.] 1. A short spoon. 2. A short tobacco pipe. --Ramsay. 3. A light or unchaste woman. --Sir W. Scott. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cytty \Cyt"ty\ (k[ucr]t"t[ycr]), a. [Cf. Ir. & Gael. cut a short tail, cutach bobtailed. See {Cut}.] Short; as, a cutty knife; a cutty sark. [Scot.] | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Caddo, OK (town, FIPS 10800) Location: 34.13132 N, 96.26907 W Population (1990): 918 (430 housing units) Area: 5.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74729 Caddo, TX Zip code(s): 76429 | |
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Caddoa, CO Zip code(s): 81044 | |
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Cathay, ND (city, FIPS 12820) Location: 47.55393 N, 99.41101 W Population (1990): 54 (36 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
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Cato, NY (village, FIPS 12958) Location: 43.16803 N, 76.57245 W Population (1990): 581 (223 housing units) Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 13033 Cato, WI Zip code(s): 54206 | |
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Cayuta, NY Zip code(s): 14824 | |
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Choteau, MT (city, FIPS 14650) Location: 47.81263 N, 112.17960 W Population (1990): 1741 (858 housing units) Area: 3.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 59422 | |
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Chouteau, OK (town, FIPS 14300) Location: 36.18961 N, 95.33861 W Population (1990): 1771 (737 housing units) Area: 6.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74337 | |
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Cody, NE (village, FIPS 9760) Location: 42.93708 N, 101.24774 W Population (1990): 177 (85 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 69211 Cody, WY (city, FIPS 15760) Location: 44.51949 N, 109.05415 W Population (1990): 7897 (3573 housing units) Area: 23.3 sq km (land), 0.6 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 82414 | |
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Cohutta, GA (town, FIPS 17496) Location: 34.95488 N, 84.95448 W Population (1990): 529 (227 housing units) Area: 6.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30710 | |
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Coteau, ND Zip code(s): 58721 | |
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Coweta, OK (city, FIPS 17800) Location: 35.96393 N, 95.66079 W Population (1990): 6159 (2406 housing units) Area: 16.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 74429 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Coyote, CA Zip code(s): 95013 | |
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Cudahy, CA (city, FIPS 17498) Location: 33.96420 N, 118.18167 W Population (1990): 22817 (5416 housing units) Area: 2.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Cudahy, WI (city, FIPS 17975) Location: 42.94658 N, 87.86480 W Population (1990): 18659 (7642 housing units) Area: 12.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 53110 | |
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Cuddy, PA Zip code(s): 15031 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
cat [from `catenate' via {{Unix}} `cat(1)'] vt. 1. [techspeak] To spew an entire file to the screen or some other output sink without pause. 2. By extension, to dump large amounts of data at an unprepared target or with no intention of browsing it carefully. Usage: considered silly. Rare outside Unix sites. See also {dd}, {BLT}. Among Unix fans, `cat(1)' is considered an excellent example of user-interface design, because it delivers the file contents without such verbosity as spacing or headers between the files, and because it does not require the files to consist of lines of text, but works with any sort of data. Among Unix haters, `cat(1)' is considered the {canonical} example of _bad_ user-interface design, because of its woefully unobvious name. It is far more often used to {blast} a file to standard output than to concatenate two files. The name `cat' for the former operation is just as unintuitive as, say, LISP's {cdr}. Of such oppositions are {holy wars} made.... | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
CDA /C-D-A/ The "Communications Decency Act" of 1996, passed on {Black Thursday} as section 502 of a major telecommunications reform bill. The CDA made it a federal crime in the USA to send a communication which is "obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, or indecent, with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass another person." It also threatened with imprisonment anyone who "knowingly" makes accessible to minors any message that "describes, in terms patently offensive as measured by contemporary community standards, sexual or excretory activities or organs". While the CDA was sold as a measure to protect minors from the putative evils of pornography, the repressive political aims of the bill were laid bare by the Hyde amendment, which intended to outlaw discussion of abortion on the Internet. To say that this direct attack on First Amendment free-speech rights was not well received on the Internet would be putting it mildly. A firestorm of protest followed, including a February 29th mass demonstration by thousands of netters who turned their {home page}s black for 48 hours. Several civil-rights groups and computing/telecommunications companies mounted a constitutional challenge. The CDA was demolished by a strongly-worded decision handed down on in 8th-circuit Federal court and subsequently affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court on 26 June 1997 (`White Thursday'). See also {Exon}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
chad /chad/ n. 1. [common] The perforated edge strips on printer paper, after they have been separated from the printed portion. Also called {selvage}, {perf}, and {ripoff}. 2. obs. The confetti-like paper bits punched out of cards or paper tape; this has also been called `chaff', `computer confetti', and `keypunch droppings'. It's reported that this was very old Army slang, and it may now be mainstream; it has been reported seen (1993) in directions for a card-based voting machine in California. Historical note: One correspondent believes `chad' (sense 2) derives from the Chadless keypunch (named for its inventor), which cut little u-shaped tabs in the card to make a hole when the tab folded back, rather than punching out a circle/rectangle; it was clear that if the Chadless keypunch didn't make them, then the stuff that other keypunches made had to be `chad'. There is a legend that the word was originally acronymic, standing for "Card Hole Aggregate Debris", but this has all the earmarks of a {backronym}. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
choad /chohd/ n. Synonym for `penis' used in alt.tasteless and popularized by the denizens thereof. They say: "We think maybe it's from Middle English but we're all too damned lazy to check the OED." [I'm not. It isn't. --ESR] This term is alleged to have been inherited through 1960s underground comics, and to have been recently sighted in the Beavis and Butthead cartoons. Speakers of the Hindi, Bengali and Gujarati languages have confirmed that `choad' is in fact an Indian vernacular word equivalent to `fuck'; it is therefore likely to have entered English slang via the British Raj. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
code n. The stuff that software writers write, either in source form or after translation by a compiler or assembler. Often used in opposition to "data", which is the stuff that code operates on. This is a mass noun, as in "How much code does it take to do a {bubble sort}?", or "The code is loaded at the high end of RAM." Anyone referring to software as "the software codes" is probably a {newbie} or a {suit}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CAD {Computer Aided Design} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CADD Computer Aided Detector Design: a project to develop standards and methods to allow cooperation between HEP detector designers working in different institutes. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CAT Common Abstract Tree Language. R. Voeller & Uwe Schmidt, U Kiel, Germany 1983. Universal intermediate language, used by Norsk Data in their family of compilers. "A Multi-Language Compiler System with Automatically Generated Codegenerators, U. Schmidt et al, SIGPLAN Notices 19(6):202-2121 (June 1984). [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cat more entire files to the screen or some other output sink without pause. See also {dd}, {BLT}. Among {Unix} fans, cat is considered an excellent example of user-interface design, because it delivers the file contents without such verbosity as spacing or headers between the files (the {pr} command can be used to do this), and because it does not require the files to consist of lines of text, but works with any sort of data. Among Unix haters, cat is considered the {canonical} example of *bad* user-interface design, because of its woefully unobvious name. It is far more often used to {blast} a file to standard output than to concatenate files. The name "cat" for the former operation is just as unintuitive as, say, LISP's {cdr}. Of such oppositions are {holy wars} made. (1994-11-29) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CAT Common Abstract Tree Language. R. Voeller & Uwe Schmidt, U Kiel, Germany 1983. Universal intermediate language, used by Norsk Data in their family of compilers. "A Multi-Language Compiler System with Automatically Generated Codegenerators, U. Schmidt et al, SIGPLAN Notices 19(6):202-2121 (June 1984). [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cat more entire files to the screen or some other output sink without pause. See also {dd}, {BLT}. Among {Unix} fans, cat is considered an excellent example of user-interface design, because it delivers the file contents without such verbosity as spacing or headers between the files (the {pr} command can be used to do this), and because it does not require the files to consist of lines of text, but works with any sort of data. Among Unix haters, cat is considered the {canonical} example of *bad* user-interface design, because of its woefully unobvious name. It is far more often used to {blast} a file to standard output than to concatenate files. The name "cat" for the former operation is just as unintuitive as, say, LISP's {cdr}. Of such oppositions are {holy wars} made. (1994-11-29) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Cat 3 {Category 3} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Cat 5 {Category 5} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CATE Computer Aided Test Engineering: CASE methods applied to electronics testing and linked to CAE | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CATIA Systemes and sold by {IBM}. CATIA is used heavily in the car and aerospace industries. It runs on various {Unix} platforms and {Windows NT}. {Home (http://www.catia.ibm.com/catmain.html)}. (2002-06-12) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CATO Fortran-like CAI language for PLATO system on CDC 1604. "CSL PLATO System Manual", L.A. Fillman, U Illinois, June 1966. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CCD {Charge-Coupled Device} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CCITT Commite' Consultatif International de Telegraphique et Telephonique. (International consultative committee on telecommunications and Telegraphy). CCITT changed its name to {ITU-T} on 1 March 1993. (1994-11-03) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CCTA The Government Centre for Information Systems. (Originally "Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency"). CCTA is part of the Office of Public Service and Science, which works to improve government's services to the public. They are responsible for stimulating and promoting the effective use of Information Systems in support of the efficient delivery of business objectives and improved quality of services by the public sector. CCTA had to change its name as it was not an agency in the "Next Steps" sense. The letters were retained as customers were familiar with them. {Home (http://www.open.gov.uk/)}. E-mail: Address: Norwich, UK. (1995-01-18) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cd 1. 2. of the Congo (formerly Zaire, {zr}). (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CD {Compact Disc} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
cd 1. 2. of the Congo (formerly Zaire, {zr}). (1999-01-27) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CD {Compact Disc} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CDA 1. 2. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CDDI {Copper Distributed Data Interface} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CDE 1. C Development environment from {IDE}. 2. {Common Desktop Environment}. 3. {Co-operative Development Environment}. (1996-07-11) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CD-i {Compact Disc interactive} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
chad weaving), "{perf}", "perfory", "snaf"). 1. The perforated edge strips on paper for {sprocket feed} printers, after they have been separated from the printed portion. The term {perf} may also refer to the perforations themselves, rather than the chad they produce when torn. [Why "snaf"?] 2. (Or "chaff", "computer confetti", "keypunch droppings") The confetti-like bits punched out of {punched cards} or {paper tape} which collected in the {chad box}. One of the {Jargon File}'s correspondents believed that "chad" derived from the {chadless keypunch}. [{Jargon File}] (1997-07-18) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
chat number of logged-in users to have a typed, real-time, on-line conversation, either by all users logging into the same computer, or more commonly nowadays, via a {network}. The medium of {chat} is descended from {talk}, but the terms (and the media) have been distinct since at least the early 1990s. {talk} is prototypically for a small number of people, generally with no provision for {channels}. In {chat} systems, however, there are many {channels} in which any number of people can talk; and users may send private (one-to-one) messages. Some well known chat systems to date (1998) include {IRC}, {ICQ} and {Palace}. Chat systems have given rise to a distinctive style combining the immediacy of talking with all the precision (and verbosity) that written language entails. It is difficult to communicate inflection, though conventions have arisen to help with this. The conventions of chat systems include special items of jargon, generally abbreviations meant to save typing, which are not used orally. E.g., {re}, {BCNU}, {BBL}, {BTW}, {CUL}, {FWIW}, {FYA}, {FYI}, {IMHO}, {OTT}, {TNX}, {WRT}, {WTF}, {WTH}, { {b4}, {TTFN}, {TTYL}, {OIC}, {re}. Much of the chat style is identical to (and probably derived from) {Morse code} jargon used by ham-radio amateurs since the 1920s, and there is, not surprisingly, some overlap with {TDD} jargon. Most of the jargan was in use in {talk} systems. Many of these expressions are also common in {Usenet} {news} and {electronic mail} and some have seeped into popular culture, as with {emoticons}. The {MUD} community uses a mixture of {emoticons}, a few of the more natural of the old-style {talk mode} abbreviations, and some of the "social" list above; specifically, MUD respondents report use of {BBL}, {BRB}, {LOL}, {b4}, {BTW}, {WTF}, {TTFN}, and {WTH}. The use of "{re}" or "rehi" is also common; in fact, MUDders are fond of "re-" compounds and will frequently "rehug" or "rebonk" (see {bonk/oif}) people. In general, though, MUDders express a preference for typing things out in full rather than using abbreviations; this may be due to the relative youth of the MUD cultures, which tend to include many touch typists. Abbreviations specific to MUDs include: {FOAD}, ppl (people), THX (thanks), UOK? (are you OK?). Some {BIFF}isms (notably the variant spelling "d00d") and aspects of {ASCIIbonics} appear to be passing into wider use among some subgroups of MUDders and are already pandemic on {chat} systems in general. See also {hakspek}. {Suck article "Screaming in a Vacuum" (http://www.suck.com/daily/96/10/23/)}. (1998-01-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CID {Caller ID} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
code language, often {machine language}. The word "code" is often used to distinguish instructions from {data} (e.g. "The code is marked 'read-only'") whereas "{software}" is used in contrast with "{hardware}" and may consist of more than just code. (2000-04-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Code 2.0 interface for users to draw communication structure. {Home (http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/code)}. E-mail: Emery Berger ["The CODE 2.0 Parallel Programming Language", P. Newton et al, Proc ACM Intl Conf on Supercomput, Jul 1992]. (1996-01-13) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CSID {character set identifier} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CS/QCode Used at {Microsoft}. [More detail?] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CT {Computer Telephone Integration} | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CTI 1. 2. government scheme. (1996-12-08) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CTY /sit'ee/ or /C-T-Y/ [MIT] The terminal physically associated with a computer's system {console}. The term is a contraction of "Console {tty}", that is, "Console TeleTYpe". This {ITS}- and {TOPS-10}-associated term has become less common, as most Unix hackers simply refer to the CTY as "the console". [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
CUT {Coordinated Universal Time} | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
City The earliest mention of city-building is that of Enoch, which was built by Cain (Gen. 4:17). After the confusion of tongues, the descendants of Nimrod founded several cities (10:10-12). Next, we have a record of the cities of the Canaanites, Sidon, Gaza, Sodom, etc. (10:12, 19; 11:3, 9; 36:31-39). The earliest description of a city is that of Sodom (19:1-22). Damascus is said to be the oldest existing city in the world. Before the time of Abraham there were cities in Egypt (Num. 13:22). The Israelites in Egypt were employed in building the "treasure cities" of Pithom and Raamses (Ex. 1:11); but it does not seem that they had any cities of their own in Goshen (Gen. 46:34; 47:1-11). In the kingdom of Og in Bashan there were sixty "great cities with walls," and twenty-three cities in Gilead partly rebuilt by the tribes on the east of Jordan (Num. 21:21, 32, 33, 35; 32:1-3, 34-42; Deut. 3:4, 5, 14; 1 Kings 4:13). On the west of Jordan were thirty-one "royal cities" (Josh. 12), besides many others spoken of in the history of Israel. A fenced city was a city surrounded by fortifications and high walls, with watch-towers upon them (2 Chr. 11:11; Deut. 3:5). There was also within the city generally a tower to which the citizens might flee when danger threatened them (Judg. 9:46-52). A city with suburbs was a city surrounded with open pasture-grounds, such as the forty-eight cities which were given to the Levites (Num. 35:2-7). There were six cities of refuge, three on each side of Jordan, namely, Kadesh, Shechem, Hebron, on the west of Jordan; and on the east, Bezer, Ramoth-gilead, and Golan. The cities on each side of the river were nearly opposite each other. The regulations concerning these cities are given in Num. 35:9-34; Deut. 19:1-13; Ex. 21:12-14. When David reduced the fortress of the Jebusites which stood on Mount Zion, he built on the site of it a palace and a city, which he called by his own name (1 Chr. 11:5), the city of David. Bethlehem is also so called as being David's native town (Luke 2:4). Jerusalem is called the Holy City, the holiness of the temple being regarded as extending in some measure over the whole city (Neh. 11:1). Pithom and Raamses, built by the Israelites as "treasure cities," were not places where royal treasures were kept, but were fortified towns where merchants might store their goods and transact their business in safety, or cities in which munitions of war were stored. (See {PITHOM}.) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Coat the tunic worn like the shirt next the skin (Lev. 16:4; Cant. 5:3; 2 Sam. 15:32; Ex. 28:4; 29:5). The "coats of skins" prepared by God for Adam and Eve were probably nothing more than aprons (Gen. 3:21). This tunic was sometimes woven entire without a seam (John 19:23); it was also sometimes of "many colours" (Gen. 37:3; R.V. marg., "a long garment with sleeves"). The "fisher's coat" of John 21:7 was obviously an outer garment or cloak, as was also the "coat" made by Hannah for Samuel (1 Sam. 2:19). (See {DRESS}.) | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Cuthah one of the Babylonian cities or districts from which Shalmaneser transplanted certain colonists to Samaria (2 Kings 17:24). Some have conjectured that the "Cutheans" were identical with the "Cossaeans" who inhabited the hill-country to the north of the river Choaspes. Cuthah is now identified with Tell Ibrahim, 15 miles north-east of Babylon. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Cuth, Cuthah, burning | |
From The CIA World Factbook (1995) [world95]: | |
Chad Chad:Geography Location: Central Africa, south of Libya Map references: Africa Area: total area: 1.284 million sq km land area: 1,259,200 sq km comparative area: slightly more than three times the size of California Land boundaries: total 5,968 km, Cameroon 1,094 km, Central African Republic 1,197 km, Libya 1,055 km, Niger 1,175 km, Nigeria 87 km, Sudan 1,360 km Coastline: 0 km (landlocked) Maritime claims: none; landlocked International disputes: the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled in February 1994 that the 100,000 sq km Aozou Strip between Chad and Libya belongs to Chad; Libya has withdrawn some of its forces in response to the ICJ ruling, but still maintains an airfield in the disputed area; demarcation of international boundaries in Lake Chad, the lack of which has led to border incidents in the past, is completed and awaiting ratification by Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria Climate: tropical in south, desert in north Terrain: broad, arid plains in center, desert in north, mountains in northwest, lowlands in south Natural resources: petroleum (unexploited but exploration under way), uranium, natron, kaolin, fish (Lake Chad) Land use: arable land: 2% permanent crops: 0% meadows and pastures: 36% forest and woodland: 11% other: 51% Irrigated land: 100 sq km (1989 est.) Environment: current issues: inadequate supplies of potable water; improper waste disposal in rural areas contributes to soil and water pollution; desertification natural hazards: hot, dry, dusty harmattan winds occur in north; periodic droughts; locust plagues international agreements: party to - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified - Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping Note: landlocked; Lake Chad is the most significant water body in the Sahel Chad:People Population: 5,586,505 (July 1995 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 44% (female 1,198,619; male 1,267,470) 15-64 years: 54% (female 1,563,678; male 1,456,481) 65 years and over: 2% (female 71,971; male 28,286) (July 1995 est.) Population growth rate: 2.18% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 42.05 births/1,000 population (1995 est.) Death rate: 20.26 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.) Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.) Infant mortality rate: 129.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 41.19 years male: 40.04 years female: 42.38 years (1995 est.) Total fertility rate: 5.33 children born/woman (1995 est.) Nationality: noun: Chadian(s) adjective: Chadian Ethnic divisions: north and center: Muslims (Arabs, Toubou, Hadjerai, Fulbe, Kotoko, Kanembou, Baguirmi, Boulala, Zaghawa, and Maba) south: non-Muslims (Sara, Ngambaye, Mbaye, Goulaye, Moundang, Moussei, Massa) nonindigenous 150,000, of whom 1,000 are French Religions: Muslim 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs, animism 25% Languages: French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), Sango (in south), more than 100 different languages and dialects are spoken Literacy: age 15 and over has the ability to read and write in French and Arabic (1990 est.) total population: 30% male: 42% female: 18% Labor force: NA by occupation: agriculture 85% (engaged in unpaid subsistence farming, herding, and fishing) Chad:Government Names: conventional long form: Republic of Chad conventional short form: Chad local long form: Republique du Tchad local short form: Tchad Digraph: CD Type: republic Capital: N'Djamena Administrative divisions: 14 prefectures (prefectures, singular - prefecture); Batha, Biltine, Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti, Chari-Baguirmi, Guera, Kanem, Lac, Logone Occidental, Logone Oriental, Mayo-Kebbi, Moyen-Chari, Ouaddai, Salamat, Tandjile Independence: 11 August 1960 (from France) National holiday: Independence Day 11 August (1960) Constitution: 22 December 1989 (suspended 3 December 1990); Provisional National Charter 1 March 1991 is in effect (note - the constitutional commission, which was drafting a new constitution to submit to transitional parliament for ratification in April 1994, failed to do so but expects to submit a new draft to the parliament before the end of April 1995) Legal system: based on French civil law system and Chadian customary law; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction Suffrage: universal at age NA Executive branch: chief of state: President Lt. Gen. Idriss DEBY, since 4 December 1990 (after seizing power on 3 December 1990 - transitional government's mandate expires April 1996) head of government: Prime Minister Djimasta KOIBLA (since 9 April 1995) cabinet: Council of State; appointed by the president on recommendation of the prime minister Legislative branch: unicameral National Consultative Council (Conceil National Consultatif): elections, formerly scheduled for April 1995, were postponed by mutual agreement of the parties concerned until some time prior to April 1996; elections last held 8 July 1990; the National Consultative Council was disbanded 3 December 1990 and replaced by the Provisional Council of the Republic having 30 members appointed by President DEBY on 8 March 1991; this, in turn, was replaced by a 57-member Higher Transitional Council (Conseil Superieur de Transition) elected by a specially convened Sovereign National Conference on 6 April 1993 Judicial branch: Court of Appeal Political parties and leaders: Patriotic Salvation Movement (MPS), former dissident group, Idriss DEBY, chairman note: President DEBY, who promised political pluralism, a new constitution, and free elections by April 1994, subsequently twice postponed these initiatives, first until April 1995 and again until sometime before April 1996; there are numerous dissident groups and at least 45 opposition political parties Other political or pressure groups: NA Member of: ACCT, ACP, AfDB, BDEAC, CEEAC, ECA, FAO, FZ, G-77, GATT, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, NAM, OAU, OIC, UDEAC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador Mahamat Saleh AHMAT chancery: 2002 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20009 telephone: [1] (202) 462-4009 FAX: [1] (202) 265-1937 US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Ambassador Laurence E. POPE II embassy: Avenue Felix Eboue, N'Djamena mailing address: B. P. 413, N'Djamena telephone: [235] (51) 62 18, (51) 40 09, (51) 47 59 FAX: [235] (51) 33 72 Flag: three equal vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, and red; similar to the flag of Romania; also similar to the flag of Andorra, which has a national coat of arms featuring a quartered shield centered in the yellow band; design was based on the flag of France Economy Overview: Climate, geographic remoteness, poor resource endowment, and lack of infrastructure make Chad one of the most underdeveloped countries in the world. Its economy is hobbled by political turmoil, conflict with Libya, drought, and food shortages. Consequently the economy has shown little progress in recent years in overcoming a severe setback brought on by civil war in the late 1980s. More than 80% of the work force is involved in subsistence farming and fishing. Cotton is the major cash crop, accounting for at least half of exports. Chad is highly dependent on foreign aid, especially food credits, given chronic shortages in several regions. Of all the Francophone countries in Africa, Chad has benefited the least from the 50% devaluation of their currencies on 12 January 1994. Despite an increase in external financial aid and favorable price increases for cotton - the primary source of foreign exchange - the corrupt and enfeebled government bureaucracy continues to dampen economic enterprise by neglecting payments to domestic suppliers and public sector salaries. Oil production in the Lake Chad area remains a distant prospect and the subsistence-driven economy probably will continue to limp along in the near term. National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $2.8 billion (1993 est.) National product real growth rate: 3.5% (1993 est.) National product per capita: $530 (1993 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): -4.1% (1992) Unemployment rate: NA% Budget: revenues: $120 million expenditures: $363 million, including capital expenditures of $104 million (1992 est.) Exports: $190 million (f.o.b., 1992) commodities: cotton 48%, cattle 35%, textiles 5%, fish partners: France, Nigeria, Cameroon Imports: $261 million (f.o.b., 1992) commodities: machinery and transportation equipment 39%, industrial goods 20%, petroleum products 13%, foodstuffs 9%; note - excludes military equipment partners: US, France, Nigeria, Cameroon External debt: $492 million (December 1990 est.) Industrial production: growth rate 2.7% (1992 est.); accounts for nearly 15% of GDP Electricity: capacity: 40,000 kW production: 80 million kWh consumption per capita: 13 kWh (1993) Industries: cotton textile mills, slaughterhouses, brewery, natron (sodium carbonate), soap, cigarettes Agriculture: accounts for about 45% of GDP; largely subsistence farming; cotton most important cash crop; food crops include sorghum, millet, peanuts, rice, potatoes, manioc; livestock - cattle, sheep, goats, camels; self-sufficient in food in years of adequate rainfall Economic aid: recipient: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $198 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $1.5 billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $28 million; Communist countries (1970-89), $80 million Currency: 1 CFA franc (CFAF) = 100 centimes Exchange rates: Communaute Financiere Africaine Francs (CFAF) per US$1 - 529.43 (January 1995), 555.20 (1994), 283.16 (1993), 264.69 (1992), 282.11 (1991), 272.26 (1990) note: beginning 12 January 1994 the CFA franc was devalued to CFAF 100 per French franc from CFAF 50 at which it had been fixed since 1948 Fiscal year: calendar year Chad:Transportation Railroads: 0 km Highways: total: 31,322 km paved: bituminous 263 km unpaved: gravel, crushed stone 7,069 km; earth 23,990 km Inland waterways: 2,000 km navigable Ports: none Airports: total: 66 with paved runways 2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 with paved runways 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 with paved runways under 914 m: 23 with unpaved runways over 3,047 m: 1 with unpaved runways 1,524 to 2,438 m: 17 with unpaved runways 914 to 1,523 m: 21 Chad:Communications Telephone system: NA telephones; primitive system local: NA intercity: fair system of radio communication stations for intercity links international: 1 INTELSAT (Atlantic Ocean) earth station Radio: broadcast stations: AM 6, FM 1, shortwave 0 radios: NA Television: broadcast stations: NA; note - limited TV service; many facilties are inoperative televisions: NA Chad:Defense Forces Branches: Armed Forces (includes Ground Force, Air Force, and Gendarmerie), Republican Guard, Police Manpower availability: males age 15-49 1,307,210; males fit for military service 679,640; males reach military age (20) annually 54,945 (1995 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $74 million, 11.1% of GDP (1994) |