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   cadaver
         n 1: the dead body of a human being; "the cadaver was intended
               for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the
               discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he
               threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the
               turf that wraps their clay" [syn: {cadaver}, {corpse},
               {stiff}, {clay}, {remains}]

English Dictionary: cadaver by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cadaveric
adj
  1. of or relating to a cadaver or corpse; "we had long anticipated his cadaverous end"
    Synonym(s): cadaverous, cadaveric
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cadaverine
n
  1. a colorless toxic ptomaine with an unpleasant odor formed during the putrefaction of animal tissue
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cadaverous
adj
  1. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration"
    Synonym(s): bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
  2. of or relating to a cadaver or corpse; "we had long anticipated his cadaverous end"
    Synonym(s): cadaverous, cadaveric
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cat bear
n
  1. reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas
    Synonym(s): lesser panda, red panda, panda, bear cat, cat bear, Ailurus fulgens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cat burglar
n
  1. a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house
    Synonym(s): housebreaker, cat burglar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cataphoresis
n
  1. the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode
    Synonym(s): electrophoresis, cataphoresis, dielectrolysis, ionophoresis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cataphoretic
adj
  1. of or relating to electrophoresis [syn: electrophoretic, cataphoretic]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cataphract
n
  1. armor that protects the wearer's whole body [syn: {body armor}, body armour, suit of armor, suit of armour, coat of mail, cataphract]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Catapres
n
  1. an antihypertensive (trade name Catapres) that can be administered orally or via transdermal patches
    Synonym(s): clonidine, Catapres
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
catbird
n
  1. any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females
    Synonym(s): bowerbird, catbird
  2. North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing
    Synonym(s): catbird, grey catbird, gray catbird, Dumetella carolinensis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
catbrier
n
  1. a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries
    Synonym(s): bullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, horse brier, horse-brier, brier, briar, Smilax rotundifolia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
CD burner
n
  1. recording equipment for making compact disks [syn: compact-disk burner, CD burner]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Chateaubriand
n
  1. French statesman and writer; considered a precursor of the romantic movement in France (1768-1848)
    Synonym(s): Chateaubriand, Francois Rene Chateaubriand, Vicomte de Chateaubriand
  2. a very thick center cut of beef tenderloin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
City of Bridges
n
  1. a city in northwestern Belgium that is connected by canal to the North Sea; in the 13th century it was a leading member of the Hanseatic League; the old city (known as the City of Bridges) is a popular tourist attraction
    Synonym(s): Bruges, City of Bridges
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
City of Brotherly Love
n
  1. the largest city in Pennsylvania; located in the southeastern part of the state on the Delaware river; site of Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed; site of the University of Pennsylvania
    Synonym(s): Philadelphia, City of Brotherly Love
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
city-born
adj
  1. being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person
    Synonym(s): citified, cityfied, city-bred, city- born
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
city-bred
adj
  1. being or having the customs or manners or dress of a city person
    Synonym(s): citified, cityfied, city-bred, city- born
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coat of arms
n
  1. the official symbols of a family, state, etc. [syn: {coat of arms}, arms, blazon, blazonry]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coyote brush
n
  1. widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle
    Synonym(s): coyote brush, coyote bush, chaparral broom, kidney wort, Baccharis pilularis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cudbear
n
  1. a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens [syn: orchil, archil, cudbear]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cut of pork
n
  1. cut of meat from a hog or pig
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cut price
n
  1. a price below the standard price [syn: bargain rate, cheapness, cut rate, cut price]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cut-price
adj
  1. costing less than standard price; "buying bargain-priced clothes for the children"; "cut-rate goods"
    Synonym(s): bargain-priced, cut-rate, cut-price
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cutpurse
n
  1. a thief who steals from the pockets or purses of others in public places
    Synonym(s): pickpocket, cutpurse, dip
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Cosmos \[d8]Cos"mos\, n. (Bot.)
      A genus of composite plants closely related to {Bidens},
      usually with very showy flowers, some with yellow, others
      with red, scarlet, purple, white, or lilac rays. They are
      natives of the warmer parts of America, and many species are
      cultivated. {Cosmos bipinnatus} and {C. diversifolius} are
      among the best-known species; {C. caudatus}, of the West
      Indies, is widely naturalized.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cadaveric \Ca*dav"er*ic\, a.
      Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a corpse, or the changes
      produced by death; cadaverous; as, cadaveric rigidity.
      --Dunglison.
  
      {Cadaveric alkaloid}, an alkaloid generated by the processes
            of decomposition in dead animal bodies, and thought by
            some to be the cause of the poisonous effects produced by
            the bodies. See {Ptomaine}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cadaveric \Ca*dav"er*ic\, a.
      Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a corpse, or the changes
      produced by death; cadaverous; as, cadaveric rigidity.
      --Dunglison.
  
      {Cadaveric alkaloid}, an alkaloid generated by the processes
            of decomposition in dead animal bodies, and thought by
            some to be the cause of the poisonous effects produced by
            the bodies. See {Ptomaine}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cadaverine \Ca*dav"er*ine\, n. Also -in \-in\ . [From
      {Cadaver}.] (Chem.)
      A sirupy, nontoxic ptomaine, {C5H14N2} (chemically
      pentamethylene diamine), formed in putrefaction of flesh,
      etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cadaverous \Ca*dav"er*ous\, a. [L. cadaverosus.]
      1. Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale;
            ghastly; as, a cadaverous look.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead
            body. [bd]The scent cadaverous.[b8] -- {Ca*dav"er*ous*ly},
            adv. -- {Ca*dav"er*ous*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cadaverous \Ca*dav"er*ous\, a. [L. cadaverosus.]
      1. Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale;
            ghastly; as, a cadaverous look.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead
            body. [bd]The scent cadaverous.[b8] -- {Ca*dav"er*ous*ly},
            adv. -- {Ca*dav"er*ous*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cadaverous \Ca*dav"er*ous\, a. [L. cadaverosus.]
      1. Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale;
            ghastly; as, a cadaverous look.
  
      2. Of or pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead
            body. [bd]The scent cadaverous.[b8] -- {Ca*dav"er*ous*ly},
            adv. -- {Ca*dav"er*ous*ness}, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Brier \Bri"er\, Briar \Bri"ar\, n. [OE. brere, brer, AS.
      br[c7]r, br[91]r; cf. Ir. briar prickle, thorn, brier, pin,
      Gael. preas bush, brier, W. prys, prysg.]
      1. A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles;
            especially, species of {Rosa}, {Rubus}, and {Smilax}.
  
      2. Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.
  
                     The thorns and briers of reproof.      --Cowper.
  
      {Brier root}, the root of the southern {Smilax laurifolia}
            and {S. Walteri}; -- used for tobacco pipes.
  
      {Cat brier}, {Green brier}, several species of Smilax ({S.
            rotundifolia}, etc.)
  
      {Sweet brier} ({Rosa rubiginosa}). See {Sweetbrier}.
  
      {Yellow brier}, the {Rosa Eglantina}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Green \Green\, a. [Compar. {Greener}; superl. {Greenest.}] [OE.
      grene, AS. gr?ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr?ni, OHG. gruoni,
      G. gr?n, Dan. & Sw. gr?n, Icel. gr?nn; fr. the root of E.
      grow. See {Grow.}]
      1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing;
            resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is
            between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.
  
      2. Having a sickly color; wan.
  
                     To look so green and pale.                  --Shak.
  
      3. Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent;
            as, a green manhood; a green wound.
  
                     As valid against such an old and beneficent
                     government as against . . . the greenest usurpation.
                                                                              --Burke.
  
      4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green
            fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
  
      5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.]
  
                     We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L.
                                                                              Watts.
  
      6. Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained;
            awkward; as, green in years or judgment.
  
                     I might be angry with the officious zeal which
                     supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my
                     gray hairs.                                       --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as,
            green wood, timber, etc. --Shak.
  
      {Green brier} (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz
            rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick
            leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the
            United States; -- called also {cat brier}.
  
      {Green con} (Zo[94]l.), the pollock.
  
      {Green crab} (Zo[94]l.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus
            menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally
            named {joe-rocker}.
  
      {Green crop}, a crop used for food while in a growing or
            unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root
            crop, etc.
  
      {Green diallage}. (Min.)
            (a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene.
            (b) Smaragdite.
  
      {Green dragon} (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant
            ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}), resembling the Indian turnip;
            -- called also {dragon root}.
  
      {Green earth} (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in
            cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used
            as a pigment by artists; -- called also {mountain green}.
           
  
      {Green ebony}.
            (a) A south American tree ({Jacaranda ovalifolia}), having
                  a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid
                  work, and in dyeing.
            (b) The West Indian green ebony. See {Ebony}.
  
      {Green fire} (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a
            green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium
            chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate),
            to which the color of the flame is due.
  
      {Green fly} (Zo[94]l.), any green species of plant lice or
            aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants.
  
      {Green gage}, (Bot.) See {Greengage}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Green gland} (Zo[94]l.), one of a pair of large green glands
            in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have
            their outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[91].
  
      {Green hand}, a novice. [Colloq.]
  
      {Green heart} (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in
            the West Indies and in South America, used for
            shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and
            Guiana is the {Nectandra Rodi[d2]i}, that of Martinique is
            the {Colubrina ferruginosa}.
  
      {Green iron ore} (Min.) dufrenite.
  
      {Green laver} (Bot.), an edible seaweed ({Ulva latissima});
            -- called also {green sloke}.
  
      {Green lead ore} (Min.), pyromorphite.
  
      {Green linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the greenfinch.
  
      {Green looper} (Zo[94]l.), the cankerworm.
  
      {Green marble} (Min.), serpentine.
  
      {Green mineral}, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment.
            See {Greengill}.
  
      {Green monkey} (Zo[94]l.) a West African long-tailed monkey
            ({Cercopithecus callitrichus}), very commonly tamed, and
            trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West
            Indies early in the last century, and has become very
            abundant there.
  
      {Green salt of Magnus} (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline
            salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides
            of platinum.
  
      {Green sand} (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while
            slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made.
  
      {Green sea} (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a
            vessel's deck.
  
      {Green sickness} (Med.), chlorosis.
  
      {Green snake} (Zo[94]l.), one of two harmless American snakes
            ({Cyclophis vernalis}, and {C. [91]stivus}). They are
            bright green in color.
  
      {Green turtle} (Zo[94]l.), an edible marine turtle. See
            {Turtle}.
  
      {Green vitriol}.
            (a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline
                  substance, very extensively used in the preparation of
                  inks, dyes, mordants, etc.
            (b) (Min.) Same as {copperas}, {melanterite} and {sulphate
                  of iron}.
  
      {Green ware}, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not
            yet baked.
  
      {Green woodpecker} (Zo[94]l.), a common European woodpecker
            ({Picus viridis}); -- called also {yaffle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Brier \Bri"er\, Briar \Bri"ar\, n. [OE. brere, brer, AS.
      br[c7]r, br[91]r; cf. Ir. briar prickle, thorn, brier, pin,
      Gael. preas bush, brier, W. prys, prysg.]
      1. A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles;
            especially, species of {Rosa}, {Rubus}, and {Smilax}.
  
      2. Fig.: Anything sharp or unpleasant to the feelings.
  
                     The thorns and briers of reproof.      --Cowper.
  
      {Brier root}, the root of the southern {Smilax laurifolia}
            and {S. Walteri}; -- used for tobacco pipes.
  
      {Cat brier}, {Green brier}, several species of Smilax ({S.
            rotundifolia}, etc.)
  
      {Sweet brier} ({Rosa rubiginosa}). See {Sweetbrier}.
  
      {Yellow brier}, the {Rosa Eglantina}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Green \Green\, a. [Compar. {Greener}; superl. {Greenest.}] [OE.
      grene, AS. gr?ne; akin to D. groen, OS. gr?ni, OHG. gruoni,
      G. gr?n, Dan. & Sw. gr?n, Icel. gr?nn; fr. the root of E.
      grow. See {Grow.}]
      1. Having the color of grass when fresh and growing;
            resembling that color of the solar spectrum which is
            between the yellow and the blue; verdant; emerald.
  
      2. Having a sickly color; wan.
  
                     To look so green and pale.                  --Shak.
  
      3. Full of life aud vigor; fresh and vigorous; new; recent;
            as, a green manhood; a green wound.
  
                     As valid against such an old and beneficent
                     government as against . . . the greenest usurpation.
                                                                              --Burke.
  
      4. Not ripe; immature; not fully grown or ripened; as, green
            fruit, corn, vegetables, etc.
  
      5. Not roasted; half raw. [R.]
  
                     We say the meat is green when half roasted. --L.
                                                                              Watts.
  
      6. Immature in age or experience; young; raw; not trained;
            awkward; as, green in years or judgment.
  
                     I might be angry with the officious zeal which
                     supposes that its green conceptions can instruct my
                     gray hairs.                                       --Sir W.
                                                                              Scott.
  
      7. Not seasoned; not dry; containing its natural juices; as,
            green wood, timber, etc. --Shak.
  
      {Green brier} (Bot.), a thorny climbing shrub ({Emilaz
            rotundifolia}) having a yellowish green stem and thick
            leaves, with small clusters of flowers, common in the
            United States; -- called also {cat brier}.
  
      {Green con} (Zo[94]l.), the pollock.
  
      {Green crab} (Zo[94]l.), an edible, shore crab ({Carcinus
            menas}) of Europe and America; -- in New England locally
            named {joe-rocker}.
  
      {Green crop}, a crop used for food while in a growing or
            unripe state, as distingushed from a grain crop, root
            crop, etc.
  
      {Green diallage}. (Min.)
            (a) Diallage, a variety of pyroxene.
            (b) Smaragdite.
  
      {Green dragon} (Bot.), a North American herbaceous plant
            ({Aris[91]ma Dracontium}), resembling the Indian turnip;
            -- called also {dragon root}.
  
      {Green earth} (Min.), a variety of glauconite, found in
            cavities in amygdaloid and other eruptive rock, and used
            as a pigment by artists; -- called also {mountain green}.
           
  
      {Green ebony}.
            (a) A south American tree ({Jacaranda ovalifolia}), having
                  a greenish wood, used for rulers, turned and inlaid
                  work, and in dyeing.
            (b) The West Indian green ebony. See {Ebony}.
  
      {Green fire} (Pyrotech.), a composition which burns with a
            green flame. It consists of sulphur and potassium
            chlorate, with some salt of barium (usually the nitrate),
            to which the color of the flame is due.
  
      {Green fly} (Zo[94]l.), any green species of plant lice or
            aphids, esp. those that infest greenhouse plants.
  
      {Green gage}, (Bot.) See {Greengage}, in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Green gland} (Zo[94]l.), one of a pair of large green glands
            in Crustacea, supposed to serve as kidneys. They have
            their outlets at the bases of the larger antenn[91].
  
      {Green hand}, a novice. [Colloq.]
  
      {Green heart} (Bot.), the wood of a lauraceous tree found in
            the West Indies and in South America, used for
            shipbuilding or turnery. The green heart of Jamaica and
            Guiana is the {Nectandra Rodi[d2]i}, that of Martinique is
            the {Colubrina ferruginosa}.
  
      {Green iron ore} (Min.) dufrenite.
  
      {Green laver} (Bot.), an edible seaweed ({Ulva latissima});
            -- called also {green sloke}.
  
      {Green lead ore} (Min.), pyromorphite.
  
      {Green linnet} (Zo[94]l.), the greenfinch.
  
      {Green looper} (Zo[94]l.), the cankerworm.
  
      {Green marble} (Min.), serpentine.
  
      {Green mineral}, a carbonate of copper, used as a pigment.
            See {Greengill}.
  
      {Green monkey} (Zo[94]l.) a West African long-tailed monkey
            ({Cercopithecus callitrichus}), very commonly tamed, and
            trained to perform tricks. It was introduced into the West
            Indies early in the last century, and has become very
            abundant there.
  
      {Green salt of Magnus} (Old Chem.), a dark green crystalline
            salt, consisting of ammonia united with certain chlorides
            of platinum.
  
      {Green sand} (Founding) molding sand used for a mold while
            slightly damp, and not dried before the cast is made.
  
      {Green sea} (Naut.), a wave that breaks in a solid mass on a
            vessel's deck.
  
      {Green sickness} (Med.), chlorosis.
  
      {Green snake} (Zo[94]l.), one of two harmless American snakes
            ({Cyclophis vernalis}, and {C. [91]stivus}). They are
            bright green in color.
  
      {Green turtle} (Zo[94]l.), an edible marine turtle. See
            {Turtle}.
  
      {Green vitriol}.
            (a) (Chem.) Sulphate of iron; a light green crystalline
                  substance, very extensively used in the preparation of
                  inks, dyes, mordants, etc.
            (b) (Min.) Same as {copperas}, {melanterite} and {sulphate
                  of iron}.
  
      {Green ware}, articles of pottery molded and shaped, but not
            yet baked.
  
      {Green woodpecker} (Zo[94]l.), a common European woodpecker
            ({Picus viridis}); -- called also {yaffle}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cataphract \Cat"a*phract\, n. [L. cataphractes, Gr. [?], fr. [?]
      covered, fr. [?] to cover; kata` down, wholly + [?] to
      inclose.]
      1. (Mil. Antiq.) Defensive armor used for the whole body and
            often for the horse, also, esp. the linked mail or scale
            armor of some eastern nations.
  
      2. A horseman covered with a cataphract.
  
                     Archers and slingers, cataphracts, and spears.
                                                                              --Milton.
  
      3. (Zo[94]l.) The armor or plate covering some fishes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cataphracted \Cat"a*phract`ed\, a. (Zo[94]l.)
      Covered with a cataphract, or armor of plates, scales, etc.;
      or with that which corresponds to this, as horny or bony
      plates, hard, callous skin, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cataphractic \Cat`a*phrac"tic\, a.
      Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cataphract.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Catbird \Cat"bird\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      An American bird ({Galeoscoptes Carolinensis}), allied to the
      mocking bird, and like it capable of imitating the notes of
      other birds, but less perfectly. Its note resembles at times
      the mewing of a cat.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Catopron \Ca*top"ron\, n. [Obs.]
      See {Catopter}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ch91tiferous \Ch[91]*tif"er*ous\, a. [Gr. [?] hair + -ferous.]
      (Zo[94]l.)
      Bearing set[91].

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chetvert \Chet"vert\ (ch[ecr]t"v[etil]rt), n. [Russ. chetverte.]
      A measure of grain equal to 0.7218 of an imperial quarter, or
      5.95 Winchester bushels. [Russia]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Codifier \Co"di*fi`er\ (? [or] ?), n.
      One who codifies.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cudbear \Cud"bear`\ (k?d"b?r`), n. [Also {cudbeard}, corrupted
      fr. the name of Dr. Cuthbert Gordon, a Scotchman, who first
      brought it into notice.]
      1. A powder of a violet red color, difficult to moisten with
            water, used for making violet or purple dye. It is
            prepared from certain species of lichen, especially
            {Lecanora tartarea}. --Ure.
  
      2. (Bot.) A lichen ({Lecanora tartarea}), from which the
            powder is obtained.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cudbear \Cud"bear`\ (k?d"b?r`), n. [Also {cudbeard}, corrupted
      fr. the name of Dr. Cuthbert Gordon, a Scotchman, who first
      brought it into notice.]
      1. A powder of a violet red color, difficult to moisten with
            water, used for making violet or purple dye. It is
            prepared from certain species of lichen, especially
            {Lecanora tartarea}. --Ure.
  
      2. (Bot.) A lichen ({Lecanora tartarea}), from which the
            powder is obtained.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cutpurse \Cut"purse`\ (k[ucr]t"p[ucir]rs`), n.
      One who cuts purses for the sake of stealing them or their
      contents (an act common when men wore purses fastened by a
      string to their girdles); one who steals from the person; a
      pickpocket
  
               To have an open ear, a quick eye, and a nimble hand, is
               necessary for a cutpurse.                        --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cyathiform \Cy*ath"i*form\ (s?-?th"?-f?rm), a. [L. cyathus a cup
      (Gr, ky`aqos) -form:cf. F. cyathiforme.]
      In the form of a cup, a little widened at the top.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Caddo Parish, LA (parish, FIPS 17)
      Location: 32.57918 N, 93.87992 W
      Population (1990): 248253 (107615 housing units)
      Area: 2284.7 sq km (land), 142.2 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Chadbourn, NC (town, FIPS 11640)
      Location: 34.32187 N, 78.82725 W
      Population (1990): 2005 (873 housing units)
      Area: 5.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 28431

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Cuthbert, GA (city, FIPS 21072)
      Location: 31.77056 N, 84.79360 W
      Population (1990): 3730 (1426 housing units)
      Area: 7.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 31740

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   cutover
  
      /cut-ov*/ Switching from an old
      ({hardware} and/or {software}) system to a replacement system,
      covering the overlap from when the new system is {live} until
      the old system has been {shut down}.
  
      (1997-07-09)
  
  
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