English Dictionary: chip off | by the DICT Development Group |
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Cabob \Ca*bob"\, n. [Hindi kab[be]b] 1. A small piece of mutton or other meat roasted on a skewer; -- so called in Turkey and Persia. 2. A leg of mutton roasted, stuffed with white herrings and sweet herbs. --Wright. | |
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Cabob \Ca*bob"\, v. t. To roast, as a cabob. --Sir. T. Herbert. | |
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Capape \Cap`*a*pe"\, adv. See {Cap-a-pie}. --Shak. | |
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Capivi \Ca*pi"vi\, n. [Cf. {Copaiba}.] A balsam of the Spanish West Indies. See {Copaiba}. | |
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Copaiba \Co*pai"ba\ (?; 277), Copaiva \Co*pai"va\, n. [Sp. & Pg., fr. Brazil. cupa[a3]ba.] (Med.) A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of {Copaifera}, a genus of trees growing in South America and the West Indies. It is stimulant and diuretic, and is much used in affections of the mucous membranes; -- called also {balsam of copaiba}. [Written also {capivi}.] | |
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Capivi \Ca*pi"vi\, n. [Cf. {Copaiba}.] A balsam of the Spanish West Indies. See {Copaiba}. | |
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Copaiba \Co*pai"ba\ (?; 277), Copaiva \Co*pai"va\, n. [Sp. & Pg., fr. Brazil. cupa[a3]ba.] (Med.) A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of {Copaifera}, a genus of trees growing in South America and the West Indies. It is stimulant and diuretic, and is much used in affections of the mucous membranes; -- called also {balsam of copaiba}. [Written also {capivi}.] | |
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Cobweb \Cob"web`\, n. [Cob a spider + web.] 1. The network spread by a spider to catch its prey. 2. A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant and unwary. I can not but lament thy splendid wit Entangled in the cobwebs of the schools. --Cowper. 3. That which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; rubbish. The dust and cobwebs of that uncivil age. --Sir P. Sidney. 4. (Zo[94]l.) The European spotted flycatcher. {Cobweb lawn}, a fine linen, mentioned in 1640 as being in pieces of fifteen yards. --Beck. Draper's Dict. Such a proud piece of cobweb lawn. --Beau. & Fl. {Cobweb micrometer}, a micrometer in which threads of cobweb are substituted for wires. | |
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Cobwebby \Cob"web`by\, a. Abounding in cobwebs, or any fine web; resembling a cobweb. | |
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Copaiba \Co*pai"ba\ (?; 277), Copaiva \Co*pai"va\, n. [Sp. & Pg., fr. Brazil. cupa[a3]ba.] (Med.) A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of {Copaifera}, a genus of trees growing in South America and the West Indies. It is stimulant and diuretic, and is much used in affections of the mucous membranes; -- called also {balsam of copaiba}. [Written also {capivi}.] | |
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Copaiba \Co*pai"ba\ (?; 277), Copaiva \Co*pai"va\, n. [Sp. & Pg., fr. Brazil. cupa[a3]ba.] (Med.) A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of {Copaifera}, a genus of trees growing in South America and the West Indies. It is stimulant and diuretic, and is much used in affections of the mucous membranes; -- called also {balsam of copaiba}. [Written also {capivi}.] | |
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Cubeb \Cu"beb\ (k?"b?b), n. [F. cub[?]be (cf. It. cubebe, Pr., Sp., Pg., & NL. cubeba), fr. Ar. kab[?]bat.] The small, spicy berry of a species of pepper ({Piper Cubeba}; in med., {Cubeba officinalis}), native in Java and Borneo, but now cultivated in various tropical countries. The dried unripe fruit is much used in medicine as a stimulant and purgative. |