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   Camelidae
         n 1: camels and llamas and vicunas [syn: {Camelidae}, {family
               Camelidae}]

English Dictionary: chammy leather by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Camelot
n
  1. (Arthurian legend) the capital of King Arthur's kingdom; according to the legend, truth and goodness and beauty reigned there
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
camlet
n
  1. a garment made of camlet fabric
  2. a fabric of Asian origin; originally made of silk and camel's hair
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cannulate
v
  1. introduce a cannula or tube into; "Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck"
    Synonym(s): cannulate, cannulize, cannulise, intubate, canulate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cannulation
n
  1. the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ
    Synonym(s): cannulation, canulation, cannulization, cannulisation, canulization, canulisation, intubation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
canulate
v
  1. introduce a cannula or tube into; "Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck"
    Synonym(s): cannulate, cannulize, cannulise, intubate, canulate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
canulation
n
  1. the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ
    Synonym(s): cannulation, canulation, cannulization, cannulisation, canulization, canulisation, intubation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chain letter
n
  1. a letter that is sent successively to several people
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chammy leather
n
  1. a soft suede leather formerly from the skin of the chamois antelope but now from sheepskin
    Synonym(s): chamois, chamois leather, chammy, chammy leather, shammy, shammy leather
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Channel Tunnel
n
  1. the railroad tunnel between France and England under the English Channel
    Synonym(s): chunnel, Channel Tunnel
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cum laude
adv
  1. with honor; "he graduated cum laude"
adj
  1. with honor; with academic distinction; "a cum laude graduate"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cumulate
v
  1. collect or gather; "Journals are accumulating in my office"; "The work keeps piling up"
    Synonym(s): accumulate, cumulate, conglomerate, pile up, gather, amass
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cumulation
n
  1. a collection of objects laid on top of each other [syn: pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cumulative
adj
  1. increasing by successive addition; "the benefits are cumulative"; "the eventual accumulative effect of these substances"
    Synonym(s): accumulative, cumulative
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cumulative preferred
n
  1. preferred stock whose dividends if omitted accumulate until paid out
    Synonym(s): cumulative preferred, cumulative preferred stock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cumulative preferred stock
n
  1. preferred stock whose dividends if omitted accumulate until paid out
    Synonym(s): cumulative preferred, cumulative preferred stock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cumulative vote
n
  1. an election in which each person has as many votes as there are positions to be filled and they can all be cast for one candidate or can be distributed in any manner
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cumulatively
adv
  1. in a cumulative manner; "mind has become self-reproducing through man's capacity to transmit experience and its products cumulatively"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Crocodile \Croc"o*dile\ (kr?k"?-d?l; 277), n. [L. crocodilus,
      Gr. [?][?][?][?][?]: cf. F. crocodile. Cf. {Cookatrice}.]
      1. (Zo[94]l.) A large reptile of the genus {Crocodilus}, of
            several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or
            eighteen feet, and inhabit the large rivers of Africa,
            Asia, and America. The eggs, laid in the sand, are hatched
            by the sun's heat. The best known species is that of the
            Nile ({C. vulgaris}, or {C. Niloticus}). The Florida
            crocodile ({C. Americanus}) is much less common than the
            alligator and has longer jaws. The name is also sometimes
            applied to the species of other related genera, as the
            gavial and the alligator.
  
      2. (Logic) A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have
            been first used by a crocodile.
  
      {Crocodile bird} (Zo[94]l.), an African plover ({Pluvianus
            [91]gypticus}) which alights upon the crocodile and
            devours its insect parasites, even entering its open mouth
            (according to reliable writers) in pursuit of files, etc.;
            -- called also {Nile bird}. It is the {trochilos} of
            ancient writers.
  
      {Crocodile tears}, false or affected tears; hypocritical
            sorrow; -- derived from the fiction of old travelers, that
            crocodiles shed tears over their prey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Camellia \Ca*mel"li*a\, n. [NL.; -- named after Kamel, a Jesuit
      who is said to have brought it from the East.] (Bot.)
      An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves
      and showy flowers. {Camellia Japonica} is much cultivated for
      ornament, and {C. Sassanqua} and {C. oleifera} are grown in
      China for the oil which is pressed from their seeds. The tea
      plant is now referred to this genus under the name of
      {Camellia Thea}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Camelot \Came"lot\, n.
      See {Camelet}. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Camlet \Cam"let\, n. [F. camelot (akin to Sp. camelote,
      chamelote, It. cambellbito, ciambellotto, LL. camelotum,
      camelinum, fr. Ar. khamlat camlet, fr. kaml pile, plush. The
      word was early confused with camel, camel's hair also being
      used in making it. Cf. {Calamanco}]
      A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly
      of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton. [Sometimes
      written {camelot} and {camblet}.]
  
      Note: They have been made plain and twilled, of single warp
               and weft, of double warp, and sometimes with double
               weft also, with thicker yarn. --Beck (Draper's Dict. )

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Camelot \Came"lot\, n.
      See {Camelet}. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Camlet \Cam"let\, n. [F. camelot (akin to Sp. camelote,
      chamelote, It. cambellbito, ciambellotto, LL. camelotum,
      camelinum, fr. Ar. khamlat camlet, fr. kaml pile, plush. The
      word was early confused with camel, camel's hair also being
      used in making it. Cf. {Calamanco}]
      A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly
      of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton. [Sometimes
      written {camelot} and {camblet}.]
  
      Note: They have been made plain and twilled, of single warp
               and weft, of double warp, and sometimes with double
               weft also, with thicker yarn. --Beck (Draper's Dict. )

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Camlet \Cam"let\, n. [F. camelot (akin to Sp. camelote,
      chamelote, It. cambellbito, ciambellotto, LL. camelotum,
      camelinum, fr. Ar. khamlat camlet, fr. kaml pile, plush. The
      word was early confused with camel, camel's hair also being
      used in making it. Cf. {Calamanco}]
      A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly
      of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton. [Sometimes
      written {camelot} and {camblet}.]
  
      Note: They have been made plain and twilled, of single warp
               and weft, of double warp, and sometimes with double
               weft also, with thicker yarn. --Beck (Draper's Dict. )

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Camleted \Cam"let*ed\, a.
      Wavy or undulating like camlet; veined. --Sir T. Herbert.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cannulated \Can"nu*la`ted\, a.
      Hollow; affording a passage through its interior length for
      wire, thread, etc.; as, a cannulated (suture) needle.
      [Written also {canulated}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cannulated \Can"nu*la`ted\, a.
      Hollow; affording a passage through its interior length for
      wire, thread, etc.; as, a cannulated (suture) needle.
      [Written also {canulated}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Canula \Can"u*la\, n., Canular \Can"u*lar\, a., Canulated
   \Can"u*la`ted\, a.
      See {Cannula}, {Cannular}, and {Cannulated}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cannulated \Can"nu*la`ted\, a.
      Hollow; affording a passage through its interior length for
      wire, thread, etc.; as, a cannulated (suture) needle.
      [Written also {canulated}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Canula \Can"u*la\, n., Canular \Can"u*lar\, a., Canulated
   \Can"u*la`ted\, a.
      See {Cannula}, {Cannular}, and {Cannulated}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chain \Chain\, n. [F. cha[8c]ne, fr. L. catena. Cf. {Catenate}.]
      1. A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected,
            or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as
            of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and
            transmission of mechanical power, etc.
  
                     [They] put a chain of gold about his neck. --Dan. v.
                                                                              29.
  
      2. That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a
            bond; as, the chains of habit.
  
                     Driven down To chains of darkness and the undying
                     worm.                                                --Milton.
  
      3. A series of things linked together; or a series of things
            connected and following each other in succession; as, a
            chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas.
  
      4. (Surv.) An instrument which consists of links and is used
            in measuring land.
  
      Note: One commonly in use is Gunter's chain, which consists
               of one hundred links, each link being seven inches and
               ninety-two one hundredths in length; making up the
               total length of rods, or sixty-six, feet; hence, a
               measure of that length; hence, also, a unit for land
               measure equal to four rods square, or one tenth of an
               acre.
  
      5. pl. (Naut.) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to
            bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the
            channels.
  
      6. (Weaving) The warp threads of a web. --Knight.
  
      {Chain belt} (Mach.), a belt made of a chain; -- used for
            transmitting power.
  
      {Chain boat}, a boat fitted up for recovering lost cables,
            anchors, etc.
  
      {Chain bolt}
            (a) (Naut.) The bolt at the lower end of the chain plate,
                  which fastens it to the vessel's side.
            (b) A bolt with a chain attached for drawing it out of
                  position.
  
      {Chain bond}. See {Chain timber}.
  
      {Chain bridge}, a bridge supported by chain cables; a
            suspension bridge.
  
      {Chain cable}, a cable made of iron links.
  
      {Chain coral} (Zo[94]l.), a fossil coral of the genus
            {Halysites}, common in the middle and upper Silurian
            rocks. The tubular corallites are united side by side in
            groups, looking in an end view like links of a chain. When
            perfect, the calicles show twelve septa.
  
      {Chain coupling}.
            (a) A shackle for uniting lengths of chain, or connecting
                  a chain with an object.
            (b) (Railroad) Supplementary coupling together of cars
                  with a chain.
  
      {Chain gang}, a gang of convicts chained together.
  
      {Chain hook} (Naut.), a hook, used for dragging cables about
            the deck.
  
      {Chain mail}, flexible, defensive armor of hammered metal
            links wrought into the form of a garment.
  
      {Chain molding} (Arch.), a form of molding in imitation of a
            chain, used in the Normal style.
  
      {Chain pier}, a pier suspended by chain.
  
      {Chain pipe} (Naut.), an opening in the deck, lined with
            iron, through which the cable is passed into the lockers
            or tiers.
  
      {Chain plate} (Shipbuilding), one of the iron plates or
            bands, on a vessel's side, to which the standing rigging
            is fastened.
  
      {Chain pulley}, a pulley with depressions in the periphery of
            its wheel, or projections from it, made to fit the links
            of a chain.
  
      {Chain pumps}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Chain rule} (Arith.), a theorem for solving numerical
            problems by composition of ratios, or compound proportion,
            by which, when several ratios of equality are given, the
            consequent of each being the same as the antecedent of the
            next, the relation between the first antecedent and the
            last consequent is discovered.
  
      {Chain shot} (Mil.), two cannon balls united by a shot chain,
            formerly used in naval warfare on account of their
            destructive effect on a ship's rigging.
  
      {Chain stitch}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Chain timber}. (Arch.) See {Bond timber}, under {Bond}.
  
      {Chain wales}. (Naut.) Same as {Channels}.
  
      {Chain wheel}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Closed chain}, {Open chain} (Chem.), terms applied to the
            chemical structure of compounds whose rational formul[91]
            are written respectively in the form of a closed ring (see
            {Benzene nucleus}, under {Benzene}), or in an open
            extended form.
  
      {Endless chain}, a chain whose ends have been united by a
            link.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chainlet \Chain"let\, n.
      A small chain. --Sir W. Scott.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chamlet \Cham"let\, n.
      See {Camlet}. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Channel \Chan"nel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Channeled}, or
      {Channelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Channeling}, or
      {Channelling}.]
      1. To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels
            in; to groove.
  
                     No more shall trenching war channel her fields.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. To course through or over, as in a channel. --Cowper.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Channel \Chan"nel\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Channeled}, or
      {Channelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Channeling}, or
      {Channelling}.]
      1. To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels
            in; to groove.
  
                     No more shall trenching war channel her fields.
                                                                              --Shak.
  
      2. To course through or over, as in a channel. --Cowper.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quinaldine \Quin*al"dine\, n. [Quinoline + aldehyde + aniline.]
      (Chem.)
      A colorless liquid of a slightly pungent odor, {C9H6N.CH3},
      first obtained as a condensation product of aldehyde and
      aniline, and regarded as a derivative of quinoline; -- called
      also {methyl quinoline}. [Written also {chinaldine}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chinaldine \Chin*al"dine\, n. [NL. chinium quinine + aldehyde.]
      (Chem.)
      See {Quinaldine}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Quinaldine \Quin*al"dine\, n. [Quinoline + aldehyde + aniline.]
      (Chem.)
      A colorless liquid of a slightly pungent odor, {C9H6N.CH3},
      first obtained as a condensation product of aldehyde and
      aniline, and regarded as a derivative of quinoline; -- called
      also {methyl quinoline}. [Written also {chinaldine}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chinaldine \Chin*al"dine\, n. [NL. chinium quinine + aldehyde.]
      (Chem.)
      See {Quinaldine}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tobacco \To*bac"co\, n. [Sp. tabaco, fr. the Indian tabaco the
      tube or pipe in which the Indians or Caribbees smoked this
      plant. Some derive the word from Tabaco, a province of
      Yucatan, where it was said to be first found by the
      Spaniards; others from the island of Tobago, one of the
      Caribbees. But these derivations are very doubtful.]
      1. (Bot.) An American plant ({Nicotiana Tabacum}) of the
            Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and
            as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and
            cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an
            acrid taste.
  
      Note: The name is extended to other species of the genus, and
               to some unrelated plants, as Indian tobacco ({Nicotiana
               rustica}, and also {Lobelia inflata}), mountain tobacco
               ({Arnica montana}), and Shiraz tobacco ({Nicotiana
               Persica}).
  
      2. The leaves of the plant prepared for smoking, chewing,
            etc., by being dried, cured, and manufactured in various
            ways.
  
      {Tobacco box} (Zo[94]l.), the common American skate.
  
      {Tobacco camphor}. (Chem.) See {Nicotianine}.
  
      {Tobacco man}, a tobacconist. [R.]
  
      {Tobacco pipe}.
            (a) A pipe used for smoking, made of baked clay, wood, or
                  other material.
            (b) (Bot.) Same as {Indian pipe}, under {Indian}.
  
      {Tobacco-pipe clay} (Min.), a species of clay used in making
            tobacco pipes; -- called also {cimolite}.
  
      {Tobacco-pipe fish}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pipemouth}.
  
      {Tobacco stopper}, a small plug for pressing down the tobacco
            in a pipe as it is smoked.
  
      {Tobacco worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a large hawk moth
            ({Sphinx, [or] Phlegethontius, Carolina}). It is dark
            green, with seven oblique white stripes bordered above
            with dark brown on each side of the body. It feeds upon
            the leaves of tobacco and tomato plants, and is often very
            injurious to the tobacco crop. See Illust. of {Hawk moth}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cimolite \Cim"o*lite\, n. [Gr. [?] (sc. [?]) Cimolian earth, fr.
      [?], L. Cimolus, an island of the Cyclades.] (Min.)
      A soft, earthy, clayey mineral, of whitish or grayish color.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tobacco \To*bac"co\, n. [Sp. tabaco, fr. the Indian tabaco the
      tube or pipe in which the Indians or Caribbees smoked this
      plant. Some derive the word from Tabaco, a province of
      Yucatan, where it was said to be first found by the
      Spaniards; others from the island of Tobago, one of the
      Caribbees. But these derivations are very doubtful.]
      1. (Bot.) An American plant ({Nicotiana Tabacum}) of the
            Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and
            as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and
            cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an
            acrid taste.
  
      Note: The name is extended to other species of the genus, and
               to some unrelated plants, as Indian tobacco ({Nicotiana
               rustica}, and also {Lobelia inflata}), mountain tobacco
               ({Arnica montana}), and Shiraz tobacco ({Nicotiana
               Persica}).
  
      2. The leaves of the plant prepared for smoking, chewing,
            etc., by being dried, cured, and manufactured in various
            ways.
  
      {Tobacco box} (Zo[94]l.), the common American skate.
  
      {Tobacco camphor}. (Chem.) See {Nicotianine}.
  
      {Tobacco man}, a tobacconist. [R.]
  
      {Tobacco pipe}.
            (a) A pipe used for smoking, made of baked clay, wood, or
                  other material.
            (b) (Bot.) Same as {Indian pipe}, under {Indian}.
  
      {Tobacco-pipe clay} (Min.), a species of clay used in making
            tobacco pipes; -- called also {cimolite}.
  
      {Tobacco-pipe fish}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pipemouth}.
  
      {Tobacco stopper}, a small plug for pressing down the tobacco
            in a pipe as it is smoked.
  
      {Tobacco worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a large hawk moth
            ({Sphinx, [or] Phlegethontius, Carolina}). It is dark
            green, with seven oblique white stripes bordered above
            with dark brown on each side of the body. It feeds upon
            the leaves of tobacco and tomato plants, and is often very
            injurious to the tobacco crop. See Illust. of {Hawk moth}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cimolite \Cim"o*lite\, n. [Gr. [?] (sc. [?]) Cimolian earth, fr.
      [?], L. Cimolus, an island of the Cyclades.] (Min.)
      A soft, earthy, clayey mineral, of whitish or grayish color.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cumulate \Cu"mu*late\ (k?"m?-l?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Cumulated} (-l?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cumulating}
      (-l?`t?ng).] [L. cumulatus, p. p. of cumulare to heap up, fr.
      cumulus a heap. See {Cumber}.]
      To gather or throw into a heap; to heap together; to
      accumulate.
  
               Shoals of shells, bedded and cumulated heap upon heap.
                                                                              --Woodward.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cumulate \Cu"mu*late\ (k?"m?-l?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Cumulated} (-l?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cumulating}
      (-l?`t?ng).] [L. cumulatus, p. p. of cumulare to heap up, fr.
      cumulus a heap. See {Cumber}.]
      To gather or throw into a heap; to heap together; to
      accumulate.
  
               Shoals of shells, bedded and cumulated heap upon heap.
                                                                              --Woodward.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cumulate \Cu"mu*late\ (k?"m?-l?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
      {Cumulated} (-l?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cumulating}
      (-l?`t?ng).] [L. cumulatus, p. p. of cumulare to heap up, fr.
      cumulus a heap. See {Cumber}.]
      To gather or throw into a heap; to heap together; to
      accumulate.
  
               Shoals of shells, bedded and cumulated heap upon heap.
                                                                              --Woodward.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cumulation \Cu`mu*la"tion\ (k?`m?-l?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F.
      cumulation.]
      The act of heaping together; a heap. See {Accumulation}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cumulatist \Cu"mu*la*tist\ (k?"m?-l?-t?st), n.
      One who accumulates; one who collects. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cumulative \Cu"mu*la*tive\ (k?"m?-l?-t?v), a. [Cf. F.
      cumulatif.]
      1. Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass; aggregated.
            [bd]As for knowledge which man receiveth by teaching, it
            is cumulative, not original.[b8] --Bacon
  
      2. Augmenting, gaining, or giving force, by successive
            additions; as, a cumulative argument, i. e., one whose
            force increases as the statement proceeds.
  
                     The argument . . . is in very truth not logical and
                     single, but moral and cumulative.      --Trench.
  
      3. (Law)
            (a) Tending to prove the same point to which other
                  evidence has been offered; -- said of evidence.
            (b) Given by same testator to the same legatee; -- said of
                  a legacy. --Bouvier. --Wharton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Cumulative action} (Med.), that action of certain drugs, by
            virtue of which they produce, when administered in small
            doses repeated at considerable intervals, the same effect
            as if given in a single large dose.
  
      {Cumulative poison}, a poison the action of which is
            cumulative.
  
      {Cumulative vote} [or] {system of voting} (Politics), that
            system which allows to each voter as many votes as there
            are persons to be voted for, and permits him to accumulate
            these votes upon one person, or to distribute them among
            the candidates as he pleases.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Cumulative action} (Med.), that action of certain drugs, by
            virtue of which they produce, when administered in small
            doses repeated at considerable intervals, the same effect
            as if given in a single large dose.
  
      {Cumulative poison}, a poison the action of which is
            cumulative.
  
      {Cumulative vote} [or] {system of voting} (Politics), that
            system which allows to each voter as many votes as there
            are persons to be voted for, and permits him to accumulate
            these votes upon one person, or to distribute them among
            the candidates as he pleases.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Vote \Vote\, n. [L. votum a vow, wish, will, fr. vovere, votum,
      to vow: cf. F. vote. See {Vow}.]
      1. An ardent wish or desire; a vow; a prayer. [Obs.]
            --Massinger.
  
      2. A wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or a body of
            persons, expressed in some received and authorized way;
            the expression of a wish, desire, will, preference, or
            choice, in regard to any measure proposed, in which the
            person voting has an interest in common with others,
            either in electing a person to office, or in passing laws,
            rules, regulations, etc.; suffrage.
  
      3. That by means of which will or preference is expressed in
            elections, or in deciding propositions; voice; a ballot; a
            ticket; as, a written vote.
  
                     The freeman casting with unpurchased hand The vote
                     that shakes the turrets of the land.   --Holmes.
  
      4. Expression of judgment or will by a majority; legal
            decision by some expression of the minds of a number; as,
            the vote was unanimous; a vote of confidence.
  
      5. Votes, collectively; as, the Tory vote; the labor vote.
  
      {Casting vote}, {Cumulative vote}, etc. See under {Casting},
            {Cumulative}, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
  
  
      {Cumulative action} (Med.), that action of certain drugs, by
            virtue of which they produce, when administered in small
            doses repeated at considerable intervals, the same effect
            as if given in a single large dose.
  
      {Cumulative poison}, a poison the action of which is
            cumulative.
  
      {Cumulative vote} [or] {system of voting} (Politics), that
            system which allows to each voter as many votes as there
            are persons to be voted for, and permits him to accumulate
            these votes upon one person, or to distribute them among
            the candidates as he pleases.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cyamelide \Cy*am"e*lide\ (s[isl]*[acr]m"[esl]*l[icr]d or
      -l[imac]d; 104), n. (Chem.)
      A white amorphous substance, regarded as a polymeric
      modification of isocyanic acid.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Cannelton, IN (city, FIPS 10108)
      Location: 37.91015 N, 86.73677 W
      Population (1990): 1786 (794 housing units)
      Area: 3.8 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Camelot Library
  
     
  
      ["The Camelot Library", J. Bloch, in "Guide to the Camelot
      Distributed Transaction Facility: Release I", A.Z. Spector et
      al eds, CMU 1988, pp. 29-62].
  
      [What is it?]
  
      (1995-04-19)
  
  
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