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   cabal
         n 1: a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through
               intrigue [syn: {cabal}, {faction}, {junto}, {camarilla}]
         2: a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a
            political plot) [syn: {conspiracy}, {cabal}]
         v 1: engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear
               together; "They conspired to overthrow the government"
               [syn: {conspire}, {cabal}, {complot}, {conjure},
               {machinate}]

English Dictionary: cable	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cabala n an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret Synonym(s): cabala, cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries Synonym(s): Kabbalah, Kabbala, Kabala, Cabbalah, Cabbala, Cabala, Qabbalah, Qabbala
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cabbala n an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret Synonym(s): cabala, cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries Synonym(s): Kabbalah, Kabbala, Kabala, Cabbalah, Cabbala, Cabala, Qabbalah, Qabbala
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cabbalah n an esoteric or occult matter resembling the Kabbalah that is traditionally secret Synonym(s): cabala, cabbala, cabbalah, kabala, kabbala, kabbalah, qabala, qabalah an esoteric theosophy of rabbinical origin based on the Hebrew scriptures and developed between the 7th and 18th centuries Synonym(s): Kabbalah, Kabbala, Kabala, Cabbalah, Cabbala, Cabala, Qabbalah, Qabbala
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Cabell n United States writer of satirical novels (1879-1958) [syn: Cabell, James Branch Cabell]
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cable n a telegram sent abroad [syn: cable, cablegram, overseas telegram] a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power Synonym(s): cable, line, transmission line a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire a nautical unit of depth Synonym(s): cable, cable length, cable's length television that is transmitted over cable directly to the receiver Synonym(s): cable television, cable a television system that transmits over cables Synonym(s): cable, cable television, cable system, cable television service v send cables, wires, or telegrams [syn: cable, telegraph, wire] fasten with a cable; "cable trees"
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cape aloe n much-branched South African plant with reddish prickly succulent leaves Synonym(s): cape aloe, Aloe ferox
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Capella n the brightest star in Auriga snipes Synonym(s): Gallinago, genus Gallinago, Capella, genus Capella
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capful n the quantity that a cap will hold
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cavalla n large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil Synonym(s): king mackerel, cavalla, cero, Scomberomorus cavalla
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Cavell n English nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation in order to help Allied prisoners escape; was caught and executed by the Germans (1865-1915) Synonym(s): Cavell, Edith Cavell, Edith Louisa Cavell
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cavil n an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections Synonym(s): quibble, quiddity, cavil v raise trivial objections Synonym(s): cavil, carp, chicane
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Cebuella n pygmy marmosets Synonym(s): Cebuella, genus Cebuella
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chapel n a place of worship that has its own altar a service conducted in a place of worship that has its own altar; "he was late for chapel" Synonym(s): chapel service, chapel
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cheaply adv in a stingy manner; "their rich uncle treated them rather chintzily" Synonym(s): stingily, cheaply, chintzily in a cheap manner; "a cheaply dressed woman approached him in the bar" Synonym(s): cheaply, tattily, inexpensively Antonym(s): expensively with little expenditure of money; "I bought this car very cheaply" Synonym(s): cheaply, inexpensively
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chewable adj easy to cut or chew Synonym(s): chewable, cuttable
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chiefly adv for the most part; "he is mainly interested in butterflies" Synonym(s): chiefly, principally, primarily, mainly, in the main
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civil adj applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military; "civil authorities" not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others; "even if he didn't like them he should have been civil"- W.S. Maugham Synonym(s): civil, polite Antonym(s): rude, uncivil of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state; "civil affairs"; "civil strife"; "civil disobedience"; "civil branches of government" of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals; "civil rights"; "civil liberty"; "civic duties"; "civic pride" Synonym(s): civil, civic (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life; "the civil calendar"; "a civil day begins at mean midnight" Antonym(s): sidereal of or in a condition of social order; "civil peoples"
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civil law n the body of laws established by a state or nation for its own regulation Antonym(s): international law, law of nations the legal code of ancient Rome; codified under Justinian; the basis for many modern systems of civil law Synonym(s): Roman law, Justinian code, civil law, jus civile
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civilly adv in a civil manner; "he treats his former wife civilly" Antonym(s): uncivilly
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cobble n rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads Synonym(s): cobble, cobblestone, sett v pave with cobblestones Synonym(s): cobble, cobblestone repair or mend; "cobble shoes"
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COBOL n common business-oriented language
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coeval adj of the same period [syn: coetaneous, coeval, contemporaneous] n a person of nearly the same age as another [syn: contemporary, coeval]
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copal n a brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes
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Copley n American painter who did portraits of Paul Revere and John Hancock before fleeing to England to avoid the American Revolution (1738-1815) Synonym(s): Copley, John Copley, John Singleton Copley
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Coppola n United States filmmaker (born in 1939) [syn: Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola]
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copula n an equating verb (such as `be' or `become') that links the subject with the complement of a sentence Synonym(s): copula, copulative, linking verb
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couple n a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable twosome" Synonym(s): couple, twosome, duo, duet a pair of people who live together; "a married couple from Chicago" Synonym(s): couple, mates, match a small indefinite number; "he's coming for a couple of days" two items of the same kind Synonym(s): couple, pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines v bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project" Synonym(s): match, mate, couple, pair, twin link together; "can we couple these proposals?" Synonym(s): couple, couple on, couple up Antonym(s): decouple, uncouple form a pair or pairs; "The two old friends paired off" Synonym(s): pair, pair off, partner off, couple engage in sexual intercourse; "Birds mate in the Spring" Synonym(s): copulate, mate, pair, couple
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coville n desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers Synonym(s): creosote bush, coville, hediondilla, Larrea tridentata
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cowbell n a bell hung around the neck of cow so that the cow can be easily located
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cubbyhole n a small compartment Synonym(s): cubbyhole, pigeonhole a small secluded room Synonym(s): cubby, cubbyhole, snuggery, snug
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cue ball n the ball that the billiard player or pool player strikes with his cue
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cupel n a small porous bowl made of bone ash used in assaying to separate precious metals from e.g. lead Synonym(s): bone-ash cup, cupel, refractory pot
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cupful n the quantity a cup will hold; "he drank a cup of coffee"; "he borrowed a cup of sugar" Synonym(s): cup, cupful
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cupola n a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting a roof in the form of a dome
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cupule n cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn Synonym(s): cupule, acorn cup a sucker on the feet of certain flies
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Cybele n great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops Synonym(s): Cybele, Dindymene, Great Mother, Magna Mater, Mater Turrita
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Capuchin \Cap`u*chin"\, n. [F. capucin a monk who wears a cowl, fr. It. cappuccio hood. See {Capoch}.] 1. (Eccl.) A Franciscan monk of the austere branch established in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of St. Francis. A bare-footed and long-bearded capuchin. --Sir W. Scott. 2. A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood, resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks. 3. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A long-tailed South American monkey ({Cabus capucinus}), having the forehead naked and wrinkled, with the hair on the crown reflexed and resembling a monk's cowl, the rest being of a grayish white; -- called also {capucine monkey}, {weeper}, {sajou}, {sapajou}, and {sai}. (b) Other species of {Cabus}, as {C. fatuellus} (the brown or {horned capucine}.), {C. albifrons} (the {cararara}), and {C. apella}. (c) A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck. {Capuchin nun}, one of an austere order of Franciscan nuns which came under Capuchin rule in 1538. The order had recently been founded by Maria Longa.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cabal \Ca*bal"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caballed} (-b[acr]ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Caballing}]. [Cf. F. cabaler.] To unite in a small party to promote private views and interests by intrigue; to intrigue; to plot. Caballing still against it with the great. --Dryden.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cabal \Cabal"\ (k[adot]b[acr]l"), n. [F. cabale cabal, cabala, LL. cabala cabala, fr. Heb. qabb[be]l[c7]h reception, tradition, mysterious doctrine, fr. q[be]bal to take or receive, in Pi[89]l qibbel to adopt (a doctrine).] 1. Tradition; occult doctrine. See {Cabala} [Obs.] --Hakewill. 2. A secret. [Obs.] [bd]The measuring of the temple, a cabal found out but lately.[b8] --B. Jonson. 3. A number of persons united in some close design, usually to promote their private views and interests in church or state by intrigue; a secret association composed of a few designing persons; a junto. Note: It so happend, by a whimsical coincidence, that in 1671 the cabinet consisted of five persons, the initial letters of whose names made up the word cabal; Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley, and Lauderdale. --Macaulay. 4. The secret artifices or machinations of a few persons united in a close design; intrigue. By cursed cabals of women. --Dryden. Syn: Junto; intrigue; plot; combination; conspiracy. Usage: {Cabal}, {Combination}, {Faction}. An association for some purpose considered to be bad is the idea common to these terms. A combination is an organized union of individuals for mutual support, in urging their demands or resisting the claims of others, and may be good or bad according to circumstances; as, a combiniation of workmen or of employers to effect or to prevent a change in prices. A cabal is a secret association of a few individuals who seek by cunning practices to obtain office and power. A faction is a larger body than a cabal, employed for selfish purposes in agitating the community and working up an excitement with a view to change the existing order of things. [bd]Selfishness, insubordination, and laxity of morals give rise to combinations, which belong particularly to the lower orders of society. Restless, jealous, ambitious, and little minds are ever forming cabals. Factions belong especially to free governments, and are raised by busy and turbulent spirits for selfish purposes[b8]. --Crabb.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cabala \Cab"ala\ (k[acr]b"[adot]l[adot]), n. [LL. See {Cabal}, n.] 1. A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain medi[91]val Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence. It assumes that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means. 2. Secret science in general; mystic art; mystery.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cable \Ca"ble\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Cabled} (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cabling} (-bl[ce]ng).] To telegraph by a submarine cable [Recent]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cable \Ca"ble\ (k[amac]"b'l), n. [F. c[83]ble, LL. capulum, caplum, a rope, fr. L. capere to take; cf. D., Dan., & G. kabel, from the French. See {Capable}.] 1. A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links. 2. A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable. 3. (Arch) A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called also {cable molding}. {Bower cable}, the cable belonging to the bower anchor. {Cable road}, a railway on which the cars are moved by a continuously running endless rope operated by a stationary motor. {Cable's length}, the length of a ship's cable. Cables in the merchant service vary in length from 100 to 140 fathoms or more; but as a maritime measure, a cable's length is either 120 fathoms (720 feet), or about 100 fathoms (600 feet, an approximation to one tenth of a nautical mile). {Cable tier}. (a) That part of a vessel where the cables are stowed. (b) A coil of a cable. {Sheet cable}, the cable belonging to the sheet anchor. {Stream cable}, a hawser or rope, smaller than the bower cables, to moor a ship in a place sheltered from wind and heavy seas. {Submarine cable}. See {Telegraph}. {To pay out the cable}, {To veer out the cable}, to slacken it, that it may run out of the ship; to let more cable run out of the hawse hole. {To serve the cable}, to bind it round with ropes, canvas, etc., to prevent its being, worn or galled in the hawse, et. {To slip the cable}, to let go the end on board and let it all run out and go overboard, as when there is not time to weigh anchor. Hence, in sailor's use, to die.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cable \Ca"ble\ (k[amac]"b'l), v. t. 1. To fasten with a cable. 2. (Arch.) To ornament with cabling. See {Cabling}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Capel \Ca"pel\ (k[amac]"p[ecr]l), Caple \Ca"ple\ (-p'l), n. [Icel. kapall; cf. L. caballus.] A horse; a nag. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Holland.
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Capel \Ca"pel\ (k[amac]"p[ecr]l), n. (Mining) A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes.
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Capella \Ca*pel"la\, n. [L., a little goet, dim. of caper a goat.] (Asrton.) A brilliant star in the constellation Auriga.
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Capful \Cap"ful\, n.; pl. {Capfuls}. As much as will fill a cap. {A capful of wind} (Naut.), a light puff of wind.
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Caple \Ca"ple\, n. See {Capel}.
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Capel \Ca"pel\ (k[amac]"p[ecr]l), Caple \Ca"ple\ (-p'l), n. [Icel. kapall; cf. L. caballus.] A horse; a nag. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Holland.
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Caufle \Cau"fle\, n. A gang of slaves. Same as {Coffle}.
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d8Caballo \[d8]Cabal"lo\ (k[adot]v[aum]l"y[osl]; 220), n. [Written also {cavallo}.] [Sp., fr. L. caballus a nag. See {Cavalcade}.] A horse. [Sp. Amer.]
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Cavally \Ca*val"ly\, n. [Cf. Pg. cavalla a kind of fish; Sp. caballa; prob. fr. Pg. cavallo horse, Sp. caballa.] (Zo[94]l.) A carangoid fish of the Atlantic coast ({Caranx hippos}): -- called also {horse crevall[82]}. Note: [See Illust. under {Carangoid}.]
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Kevel \Kev"el\, n. [Prov. E. kevil, cavel, rod, pole, a large hammer, horse's bit; cf. Icel. kefli cylinder, a stick, mangle, and Dan. kievle a roller.] 1. (Naut.) A strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed. 2. A stone mason's hammer. [Written also {cavil}.] {Kevel head} (Naut.), a projecting end of a timber, used as a kevel.
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Cavil \Cav"il\, n. A captious or frivolous objection. All the cavils of prejudice and unbelief. --Shak.
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Cavil \Cav"il\ (k[acr]v"[icr]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caviled} [or] {Cavilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Caviling} [or] {Cavilling}.] [L. cavillari to practice jesting, to censure, fr. cavilla bantering jests, sophistry: cf. OF. caviller.] To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason. You do not well in obstinacy To cavil in the course of this contract. --Shak.
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Cavil \Cav"il\, v. t. To cavil at. [Obs.] --Milton.
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Kevel \Kev"el\, n. [Prov. E. kevil, cavel, rod, pole, a large hammer, horse's bit; cf. Icel. kefli cylinder, a stick, mangle, and Dan. kievle a roller.] 1. (Naut.) A strong cleat to which large ropes are belayed. 2. A stone mason's hammer. [Written also {cavil}.] {Kevel head} (Naut.), a projecting end of a timber, used as a kevel.
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Cavil \Cav"il\, n. A captious or frivolous objection. All the cavils of prejudice and unbelief. --Shak.
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Cavil \Cav"il\ (k[acr]v"[icr]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caviled} [or] {Cavilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Caviling} [or] {Cavilling}.] [L. cavillari to practice jesting, to censure, fr. cavilla bantering jests, sophistry: cf. OF. caviller.] To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason. You do not well in obstinacy To cavil in the course of this contract. --Shak.
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Cavil \Cav"il\, v. t. To cavil at. [Obs.] --Milton.
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Cephalo \Ceph"a*lo\ [Gr. [?] head.] A combining form denoting the head, of the head, connected with the head; as, cephalosome, cephalopod.
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Chapel \Chap"el\, n. [OF. chapele, F. chapelle, fr. LL. capella, orig., a short cloak, hood, or cowl; later, a reliquary, sacred vessel, chapel; dim. of cappa, capa, cloak, cape, cope; also, a covering for the head. The chapel where St. Martin's cloak was preserved as a precious relic, itself came to be called capella, whence the name was applied to similar paces of worship, and the guardian of this cloak was called capellanus, or chaplain. See {Cap}, and cf. {Chaplain}., {Chaplet}.] 1. A subordinate place of worship; as, (a) a small church, often a private foundation, as for a memorial; (b) a small building attached to a church; (c) a room or recess in a church, containing an altar. Note: In Catholic churches, and also in cathedrals and abbey churches, chapels are usually annexed in the recesses on the sides of the aisles. --Gwilt. 2. A place of worship not connected with a church; as, the chapel of a palace, hospital, or prison. 3. In England, a place of worship used by dissenters from the Established Church; a meetinghouse. 4. A choir of singers, or an orchestra, attached to the court of a prince or nobleman. 5. (Print.) (a) A printing office, said to be so called because printing was first carried on in England in a chapel near Westminster Abbey. (b) An association of workmen in a printing office. {Chapel of ease}. (a) A chapel or dependent church built for the ease or a accommodation of an increasing parish, or for parishioners who live at a distance from the principal church. (b) A privy. (Law) {Chapel master}, a director of music in a chapel; the director of a court or orchestra. {To build a chapel} (Naut.), to chapel a ship. See {Chapel}, v. t., 2. {To hold a chapel}, to have a meeting of the men employed in a printing office, for the purpose of considering questions affecting their interests.
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Chapel \Chap"el\, v. t. 1. To deposit or inter in a chapel; to enshrine. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. 2. (Naut.) To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) so to turn or make a circuit as to recover, without bracing the yards, the same tack on which she had been sailing.
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Cheaply \Cheap"ly\, adv. At a small price; at a low value; in a common or inferior manner.
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Chibbal \Chib"bal\, n. (Bot.) See {Cibol}.
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Chiefly \Chief"ly\, adv. 1. In the first place; principally; pre[89]minently; above; especially. Search through this garden; leave unsearched no nook; But chiefly where those two fair creatures lodge. --Milton. 2. For the most part; mostly. Those parts of the kingdom where the . . . estates of the dissenters chiefly lay. --Swift.
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Chuffily \Chuff"i*ly\, adv. Clownishly; surlily.
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Cibol \Cib"ol\, n. [F. ciboule, LL. cepula, cepola, dim. of L. cepa, caepa, caepe, an onion. Cf. {Chibbal}, {Cives}.] A perennial alliaceous plant ({Allium fistulosum}), sometimes called Welsh onion. Its fistular leaves areused in cookery.
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Civil \Civ"il\, a. [L. civilis, fr. civis citizen: cf. F. civil. See {City}.] 1. Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state. 2. Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community. England was very rude and barbarous; for it is but even the other day since England grew civil. --Spenser. 3. Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; -- said of an individual. Civil men come nearer the saints of God than others; they come within a step or two of heaven. --Preston 4. Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable. Note: [bd]A civil man now is one observant of slight external courtesies in the mutual intercourse between man and man; a civil man once was one who fulfilled all the duties and obligations flowing from his position as a 'civis' and his relations to the other members of that 'civitas.'[b8] --Trench 5. Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state. 6. Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings. {Civil action}, an action to enforce the rights or redress the wrongs of an individual, not involving a criminal proceeding. {Civil architecture}, the architecture which is employed in constructing buildings for the purposes of civil life, in distinction from military and naval architecture, as private houses, palaces, churches, etc. {Civil death}. (Law.) See under {Death}. {Civil engineering}. See under {Engineering}. {Civil law}. See under {Law}. {Civil list}. See under {List}. {Civil remedy} (Law), that given to a person injured, by action, as opposed to a criminal prosecution. {Civil service}, all service rendered to and paid for by the state or nation other than that pertaining to naval or military affairs. {Civil service reform}, the substitution of business principles and methods for the spoils system in the conduct of the civil service, esp. in the matter of appointments to office. {Civil state}, the whole body of the laity or citizens not included under the military, maritime, and ecclesiastical states. {Civil suit}. Same as {Civil action}. {Civil war}. See under {War}. {Civil year}. See under {Year}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Law \Law\ (l[add]), n. [OE. lawe, laghe, AS. lagu, from the root of E. lie: akin to OS. lag, Icel. l[94]g, Sw. lag, Dan. lov; cf. L. lex, E. legal. A law is that which is laid, set, or fixed; like statute, fr. L. statuere to make to stand. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order according to which an agent or a power acts. Note: A law may be universal or particular, written or unwritten, published or secret. From the nature of the highest laws a degree of permanency or stability is always implied; but the power which makes a law, or a superior power, may annul or change it. These are the statutes and judgments and law, which the Lord made. --Lev. xxvi. 46. The law of thy God, and the law of the King. --Ezra vii. 26. As if they would confine the Interminable . . . Who made our laws to bind us, not himself. --Milton. His mind his kingdom, and his will his law. --Cowper. 2. In morals: The will of God as the rule for the disposition and conduct of all responsible beings toward him and toward each other; a rule of living, conformable to righteousness; the rule of action as obligatory on the conscience or moral nature. 3. The Jewish or Mosaic code, and that part of Scripture where it is written, in distinction from the gospel; hence, also, the Old Testament. What things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law . . . But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets. --Rom. iii. 19, 21. 4. In human government: (a) An organic rule, as a constitution or charter, establishing and defining the conditions of the existence of a state or other organized community. (b) Any edict, decree, order, ordinance, statute, resolution, judicial, decision, usage, etc., or recognized, and enforced, by the controlling authority. 5. In philosophy and physics: A rule of being, operation, or change, so certain and constant that it is conceived of as imposed by the will of God or by some controlling authority; as, the law of gravitation; the laws of motion; the law heredity; the laws of thought; the laws of cause and effect; law of self-preservation. 6. In matematics: The rule according to which anything, as the change of value of a variable, or the value of the terms of a series, proceeds; mode or order of sequence. 7. In arts, works, games, etc.: The rules of construction, or of procedure, conforming to the conditions of success; a principle, maxim; or usage; as, the laws of poetry, of architecture, of courtesy, or of whist. 8. Collectively, the whole body of rules relating to one subject, or emanating from one source; -- including usually the writings pertaining to them, and judicial proceedings under them; as, divine law; English law; Roman law; the law of real property; insurance law. 9. Legal science; jurisprudence; the principles of equity; applied justice. Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason. --Coke. Law is beneficence acting by rule. --Burke. And sovereign Law, that state's collected will O'er thrones and globes elate, Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill. --Sir W. Jones. 10. Trial by the laws of the land; judicial remedy; litigation; as, to go law. When every case in law is right. --Shak. He found law dear and left it cheap. --Brougham. 11. An oath, as in the presence of a court. [Obs.] See {Wager of law}, under {Wager}. {Avogadro's law} (Chem.), a fundamental conception, according to which, under similar conditions of temperature and pressure, all gases and vapors contain in the same volume the same number of ultimate molecules; -- so named after Avogadro, an Italian scientist. Sometimes called {Amp[8a]re's law}. {Bode's law} (Astron.), an approximative empirical expression of the distances of the planets from the sun, as follows: -- Mer. Ven. Earth. Mars. Aste. Jup. Sat. Uran. Nep. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 0 3 6 12 24 48 96 192 384 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --- --- 4 7 10 16 28 52 100 196 388 5.9 7.3 10 15.2 27.4 52 95.4 192 300 where each distance (line third) is the sum of 4 and a multiple of 3 by the series 0, 1, 2, 4, 8, etc., the true distances being given in the lower line. {Boyle's law} (Physics), an expression of the fact, that when an elastic fluid is subjected to compression, and kept at a constant temperature, the product of the pressure and volume is a constant quantity, i. e., the volume is inversely proportioned to the pressure; -- known also as {Mariotte's law}, and the {law of Boyle and Mariotte}. {Brehon laws}. See under {Brehon}. {Canon law}, the body of ecclesiastical law adopted in the Christian Church, certain portions of which (for example, the law of marriage as existing before the Council of Tent) were brought to America by the English colonists as part of the common law of the land. --Wharton. {Civil law}, a term used by writers to designate Roman law, with modifications thereof which have been made in the different countries into which that law has been introduced. The civil law, instead of the common law, prevails in the State of Louisiana. --Wharton. {Commercial law}. See {Law merchant} (below). {Common law}. See under {Common}. {Criminal law}, that branch of jurisprudence which relates to crimes. {Ecclesiastical law}. See under {Ecclesiastical}. {Grimm's law} (Philol.), a statement (propounded by the German philologist Jacob Grimm) of certain regular changes which the primitive Indo-European mute consonants, so-called (most plainly seen in Sanskrit and, with some changes, in Greek and Latin), have undergone in the Teutonic languages. Examples: Skr. bh[be]tr, L. frater, E. brother, G. bruder; L. tres, E. three, G. drei, Skr. go, E. cow, G. kuh; Skr. dh[be] to put, Gr. ti-qe`-nai, E. do, OHG, tuon, G. thun. {Kepler's laws} (Astron.), three important laws or expressions of the order of the planetary motions, discovered by John Kepler. They are these: (1) The orbit of a planet with respect to the sun is an ellipse, the sun being in one of the foci. (2) The areas swept over by a vector drawn from the sun to a planet are proportioned to the times of describing them. (3) The squares of the times of revolution of two planets are in the ratio of the cubes of their mean distances. {Law binding}, a plain style of leather binding, used for law books; -- called also {law calf}. {Law book}, a book containing, or treating of, laws. {Law calf}. See {Law binding} (above). {Law day}. (a) Formerly, a day of holding court, esp. a court-leet. (b) The day named in a mortgage for the payment of the money to secure which it was given. [U. S.] {Law French}, the dialect of Norman, which was used in judicial proceedings and law books in England from the days of William the Conqueror to the thirty-sixth year of Edward III. {Law language}, the language used in legal writings and forms. {Law Latin}. See under {Latin}. {Law lords}, peers in the British Parliament who have held high judicial office, or have been noted in the legal profession. {Law merchant}, or {Commercial law}, a system of rules by which trade and commerce are regulated; -- deduced from the custom of merchants, and regulated by judicial decisions, as also by enactments of legislatures.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Civil \Civ"il\, a. [L. civilis, fr. civis citizen: cf. F. civil. See {City}.] 1. Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state. 2. Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community. England was very rude and barbarous; for it is but even the other day since England grew civil. --Spenser. 3. Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; -- said of an individual. Civil men come nearer the saints of God than others; they come within a step or two of heaven. --Preston 4. Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable. Note: [bd]A civil man now is one observant of slight external courtesies in the mutual intercourse between man and man; a civil man once was one who fulfilled all the duties and obligations flowing from his position as a 'civis' and his relations to the other members of that 'civitas.'[b8] --Trench 5. Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state. 6. Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings. {Civil action}, an action to enforce the rights or redress the wrongs of an individual, not involving a criminal proceeding. {Civil architecture}, the architecture which is employed in constructing buildings for the purposes of civil life, in distinction from military and naval architecture, as private houses, palaces, churches, etc. {Civil death}. (Law.) See under {Death}. {Civil engineering}. See under {Engineering}. {Civil law}. See under {Law}. {Civil list}. See under {List}. {Civil remedy} (Law), that given to a person injured, by action, as opposed to a criminal prosecution. {Civil service}, all service rendered to and paid for by the state or nation other than that pertaining to naval or military affairs. {Civil service reform}, the substitution of business principles and methods for the spoils system in the conduct of the civil service, esp. in the matter of appointments to office. {Civil state}, the whole body of the laity or citizens not included under the military, maritime, and ecclesiastical states. {Civil suit}. Same as {Civil action}. {Civil war}. See under {War}. {Civil year}. See under {Year}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Civily \Civ"i*ly\, adv. In a civil manner; as regards civil rights and privileges; politely; courteously; in a well bred manner.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cobble \Cob"ble\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cobbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cobbling}.] [OF. cobler, copler, to join or knit together, couple, F. coupler, L. copulare to couple, join. Cf. {Couple}, n. & v. t.] 1. To make or mend coarsely; to patch; to botch; as, to cobble shoes. --Shak. [bd]A cobbled saddle.[b8] --Thackeray. 2. To make clumsily. [bd]Cobbled rhymes.[b8] --Dryden. 3. To pave with cobblestones.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cobble \Cob"ble\, n. [From {Cob} a lump. See {Cob}, n., 9, and cf. {Copple}, {Copplestone}.] 1. A cobblestone. [bd]Their slings held cobbles round.[b8] --Fairfax. 2. pl. Cob coal. See under {Cob}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cobble \Cob"ble\, n. A fishing boat. See {Coble}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coble \Co"ble\, n. [AS. cuopel; cf. W. ceubal skiff, ferryboat.] A flat-floored fishing boat with a lug sail, and a drop rudder extending from two to four feet below the keel. It was originally used on the stormy coast of Yorkshire, England.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hawfinch \Haw"finch`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The common European grosbeak ({Coccothraustes vulgaris}); -- called also {cherry finch}, and {coble}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coble \Co"ble\, n. [AS. cuopel; cf. W. ceubal skiff, ferryboat.] A flat-floored fishing boat with a lug sail, and a drop rudder extending from two to four feet below the keel. It was originally used on the stormy coast of Yorkshire, England.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hawfinch \Haw"finch`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The common European grosbeak ({Coccothraustes vulgaris}); -- called also {cherry finch}, and {coble}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cobwall \Cob"wall`\, n. [Cob clay mixed with straw + wall.] A wall made of clay mixed with straw.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coeval \Co*e"val\, a. [L. coaevus; co- + aevum lifetime, age. See {Age}, n.] Of the same age; existing during the same period of time, especially time long and remote; -- usually followed by with. Silence! coeval with eternity! --Pope. Oaks coeval spread a mournful shade. --Cowper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coeval \Co*e"val\, n. One of the same age; a contemporary. As if it were not enough to have outdone all your coevals in wit. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coffle \Cof"fle\ (?; 115), n. [Ar. kafala caravan.] A gang of negro slaves being driven to market.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kauri resin \Kauri resin\, gum \gum\, [or] copal \copal\ A resinous product of the kauri, found in the form of yellow or brown lumps in the ground where the trees have grown. It is used for making varnish, and as a substitute for amber.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Copal \Co"pal\ (k[omac]"p[ait]l; 277), [Sp., fr. Mexican copalli, a generic name of resins. --Clavigero.] A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America ({Trachylobium Hornemannianum}, {T. verrucosum}, and {Hymen[91]a Courbaril}), and dug from earth where forests have stood in Africa; -- used chiefly in making varnishes. --Ure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kauri resin \Kauri resin\, gum \gum\, [or] copal \copal\ A resinous product of the kauri, found in the form of yellow or brown lumps in the ground where the trees have grown. It is used for making varnish, and as a substitute for amber.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Copal \Co"pal\ (k[omac]"p[ait]l; 277), [Sp., fr. Mexican copalli, a generic name of resins. --Clavigero.] A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America ({Trachylobium Hornemannianum}, {T. verrucosum}, and {Hymen[91]a Courbaril}), and dug from earth where forests have stood in Africa; -- used chiefly in making varnishes. --Ure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coppel \Cop"pel\, n. & v. See {Cupel}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cupel \Cu"pel\ (k[umac]"p[ecr]l), n. [LL. cupella cup (cf. L. cupella, small cask, dim. of cupa) : cf. F. coupelle. See {Cup}, and cf. {Coblet}.] A shallow porous cup, used in refining precious metals, commonly made of bone ashes (phosphate of lime). [Written also {coppel}.] {Cupel dust}, powder used in purifying metals.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coppel \Cop"pel\, n. & v. See {Cupel}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cupel \Cu"pel\ (k[umac]"p[ecr]l), n. [LL. cupella cup (cf. L. cupella, small cask, dim. of cupa) : cf. F. coupelle. See {Cup}, and cf. {Coblet}.] A shallow porous cup, used in refining precious metals, commonly made of bone ashes (phosphate of lime). [Written also {coppel}.] {Cupel dust}, powder used in purifying metals.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Copple \Cop"ple\, n. [A dim. of {Cop}.] Something rising in a conical shape; specifically, a hill rising to a point. A low cape, and upon it a copple not very high. --Hakluyt.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Copula \Cop"u*la\, n. [L., bond, band. See {Couple}.] 1. (Logic & Gram.) The word which unites the subject and predicate. 2. (Mus.) The stop which connects the manuals, or the manuals with the pedals; -- called also {coupler}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Couple \Cou"ple\ (k?p"'l), n. [F. couple, fr. L. copula a bond, band; co- + apere, aptum, to join. See {Art}, a., and cf. {Copula}.] 1. That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler. [Obs.] It is in some sort with friends as it is with dogs in couples; they should be of the same size and humor. --L'Estrange. I'll go in couples with her. --Shak. 2. Two of the same kind connected or considered together; a pair; a brace. [bd]A couple of shepherds.[b8] --Sir P. Sidney. [bd]A couple of drops[b8] --Addison. [bd]A couple of miles.[b8] --Dickens. [bd]A couple of weeks.[b8] --Carlyle. Adding one to one we have the complex idea of a couple. --Locke. [Ziba] met him with a couple of asses saddled. --2 Sam. xvi. 1. 3. A male and female associated together; esp., a man and woman who are married or betrothed. Such were our couple, man and wife. --Lloyd. Fair couple linked in happy, nuptial league. --Milton. 4. (Arch.) See {Couple-close}. 5. (Elec.) One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery; -- called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple. 6. (Mech.) Two rotations, movements, etc., which are equal in amount but opposite in direction, and acting along parallel lines or around parallel axes. Note: The effect of a couple of forces is to produce a rotation. A couple of rotations is equivalent to a motion of translation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Couple \Cou"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coupled} (k?p"'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Coupling} (-l?ng).] [F. coupler, fr. L. copulare. See {Couple}, n., and cf. {Copulate}, {Cobble}, v.] 1. To link or tie, as one thing to another; to connect or fasten together; to join. Huntsman, I charge thee, tender well my hounds, . . . And couple Clowder with the deep-mouthed brach. --Shak. 2. To join in wedlock; to marry. [Colloq.] A parson who couples all our beggars. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Couple \Cou"ple\, v. i. To come together as male and female; to copulate. [Obs.] --Milton. Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cubby \Cub"by\ (k?b"b?), Cubbyhole \Cub"by*hole`\ (-h?l`), n. [See {Cub} a stall.] A snug or confined place.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cupel \Cu"pel\ (k[umac]"p[ecr]l), n. [LL. cupella cup (cf. L. cupella, small cask, dim. of cupa) : cf. F. coupelle. See {Cup}, and cf. {Coblet}.] A shallow porous cup, used in refining precious metals, commonly made of bone ashes (phosphate of lime). [Written also {coppel}.] {Cupel dust}, powder used in purifying metals.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cupel \Cupel"\ (k[usl]p[ecr]l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cupelled} (-p?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cupelling}.] To refine by means of a cupel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cupful \Cup"ful\ (k?p"f?l), n.; pl. {Cupfuls} (-f[?]lz). As much as a cup will hold.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cupola \Cu"po*la\ (k?"p?-l?), n.; pl. {Cupolas} (-l[?]z). [It. cupola, LL. cupula, cuppula (cf. L. cupula little tub). fr. cupa, cuppa, cup; cf. L. cupa tub. So called on account of its resemblance to a cup turned over. See {Cup}, and cf. {Cupule}.] 1. (Arch.) A roof having a rounded form, hemispherical or nearly so; also, a ceiling having the same form. When on a large scale it is usually called {dome}. 2. A small structure standing on the top of a dome; a lantern. 3. A furnace for melting iron or other metals in large quantity, -- used chiefly in foundries and steel works. 4. A revolving shot-proof turret for heavy ordnance. 5. (Anat.) The top of the spire of the cochlea of the ear.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cupule \Cu"pule\ (k?"p?l), n. [See {Cupola}.] 1. (Bot.) A cuplet or little cup, as of the acorn; the husk or bur of the filbert, chestnut, etc. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A sucker or acetabulum.
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From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
COBOL /koh'bol/ n. [COmmon Business-Oriented Language] (Synonymous with {evil}.) A weak, verbose, and flabby language used by {card walloper}s to do boring mindless things on {dinosaur} mainframes. Hackers believe that all COBOL programmers are {suit}s or {code grinder}s, and no self-respecting hacker will ever admit to having learned the language. Its very name is seldom uttered without ritual expressions of disgust or horror. One popular one is Edsger W. Dijkstra's famous observation that "The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offense." (from "Selected Writings on Computing: A Personal Perspective") See also {fear and loathing}, {software rot}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
CIP-L CIP Language. (CIP stands for Computer-aided Intuition-guided Programming.) Wide-spectrum language for incremental program transformation. There are ALGOL-like and Pascal-like variants. ["The Munich Project CIP, v.I: The Wide Spectrum Language CIP-L", LNCS 183, Springer 1984. Version: CIP85].
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
COBOL {COmmon Business Oriented Language}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
CPL Combined Programming Language. U Cambridge and U London. A very complex language, syntactically based on ALGOL 60, with a pure functional subset. Provides the ..where.. form of local definitions. Strongly typed but has a "general" type enabling a weak form of polymorphism. Functions may be defined as either normal or applicative order. Typed array and polymorphic list structures. List selection is through structure matching. Partially implemented on the Titan (Atlas 2) computer at Cambridge. Led to the much simpler BCPL. "The Main Features of CPL", D.W. Barron et al, Computer J 6(2):134-143 (Jul 1963).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
CUPL Cornell University Programming Language. A language for simple mathematics problems, based on {CORC}, with {PL/I}-like {syntax}. ["An Instruction Language for CUPL", R.J. Walker, Cornell U, Jul 1967]. (1994-11-15)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
CYBIL Control Data's system programming language in the 80's. Major parts of CDC systems written in this.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Cabul how little! as nothing. (1.) A town on the eastern border of Asher (Josh. 19:27), probably one of the towns given by Solomon to Hiram; the modern Kabul, some 8 miles east of Accho, on the very borders of Galilee. (2.) A district in the north-west of Galilee, near to Tyre, containing twenty cities given to Hiram by Solomon as a reward for various services rendered to him in building the temple (1 Kings 9:13), and as payment of the six score talents of gold he had borrowed from him. Hiram gave the cities this name because he was not pleased with the gift, the name signifying "good for nothing." Hiram seems afterwards to have restored these cities to Solomon (2 Chr. 8:2).
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Chapel a holy place or sanctuary, occurs only in Amos 7:13, where one of the idol priests calls Bethel "the king's chapel."
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Cabul, displeasing; dirty