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   cat sleep
         n 1: sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)
               [syn: {nap}, {catnap}, {cat sleep}, {forty winks}, {short
               sleep}, {snooze}]

English Dictionary: codswallop by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cat's-claw
n
  1. erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida
    Synonym(s): cat's-claw, catclaw, black bead, Pithecellodium unguis-cati
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Catacala
n
  1. moths whose larvae are cutworms: underwings [syn: Catacala, genus Catacala]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cataclinal
adj
  1. of valleys and rivers; running in the direction of the dip in surrounding rock strata
    Antonym(s): anaclinal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cataclysm
n
  1. a sudden violent change in the earth's surface [syn: catastrophe, cataclysm]
  2. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"
    Synonym(s): calamity, catastrophe, disaster, tragedy, cataclysm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cataclysmal
adj
  1. severely destructive; "cataclysmic nuclear war"; "a cataclysmic earthquake"
    Synonym(s): cataclysmal, cataclysmic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cataclysmic
adj
  1. severely destructive; "cataclysmic nuclear war"; "a cataclysmic earthquake"
    Synonym(s): cataclysmal, cataclysmic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
catcall
n
  1. a cry expressing disapproval
v
  1. utter catcalls at
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
catchall
n
  1. an enclosure or receptacle for odds and ends
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
catclaw
n
  1. erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida
    Synonym(s): cat's-claw, catclaw, black bead, Pithecellodium unguis-cati
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
catecholamine
n
  1. any of a group of chemicals including epinephrine and norepinephrine that are produced in the medulla of the adrenal gland
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Catocala nupta
n
  1. moth having dull forewings and red-marked hind wings [syn: red underwing, Catocala nupta]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Catskill Mountains
n
  1. a range of the Appalachians to the west of the Hudson in southeastern New York; includes many popular resort areas
    Synonym(s): Catskills, Catskill Mountains
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Catskills
n
  1. a range of the Appalachians to the west of the Hudson in southeastern New York; includes many popular resort areas
    Synonym(s): Catskills, Catskill Mountains
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cautiously
adv
  1. as if with kid gloves; with caution or prudence or tact; "she ventured cautiously downstairs"; "they handled the incident with kid gloves"
    Synonym(s): cautiously, carefully
    Antonym(s): carelessly, incautiously
  2. in a conservative manner; "we estimated the number of demonstrators conservatively at 200,000."
    Synonym(s): conservatively, cautiously, guardedly
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
CD4 cell
n
  1. T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B cells and killer T cells; helper T cells are infected and killed by the AIDS virus
    Synonym(s): helper T cell, helper cell, CD4 T cell, CD4 cell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
CD4 T cell
n
  1. T cell with CD4 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and secretes lymphokines that stimulate B cells and killer T cells; helper T cells are infected and killed by the AIDS virus
    Synonym(s): helper T cell, helper cell, CD4 T cell, CD4 cell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
CD8 cell
n
  1. T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it
    Synonym(s): killer T cell, killer cell, cytotoxic T cell, CD8 T cell, CD8 cell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
CD8 T cell
n
  1. T cell with CD8 receptor that recognizes antigens on the surface of a virus-infected cell and binds to the infected cell and kill it
    Synonym(s): killer T cell, killer cell, cytotoxic T cell, CD8 T cell, CD8 cell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Chadic language
n
  1. a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa
    Synonym(s): Chad, Chadic, Chadic language
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chaotically
adv
  1. in a wild and confused manner; "the drugged man was talking chaotically"
  2. in a manner suggestive of chaos; "the room was chaotically disorganized"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
city slicker
n
  1. a city dweller with sophisticated manners and clothing
    Synonym(s): city slicker, city boy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coat closet
n
  1. a closet for storing outerwear
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Coats Land
n
  1. a region of western Antarctica along the southeastern shore of the Weddell Sea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
codicil
n
  1. a supplement to a will; a testamentary instrument intended to alter an already executed will
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
codswallop
n
  1. nonsensical talk or writing [syn: folderol, rubbish, tripe, trumpery, trash, wish-wash, applesauce, codswallop]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Cotswold
n
  1. sheep with long wool originating in the Cotswold Hills
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Cotswold Hills
n
  1. a range of low hills in southwestern England [syn: Cotswolds, Cotswold Hills]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Cotswolds
n
  1. a range of low hills in southwestern England [syn: Cotswolds, Cotswold Hills]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cudgel
n
  1. a club that is used as a weapon
v
  1. strike with a cudgel
    Synonym(s): cudgel, fustigate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cut glass
n
  1. glass decorated by cutting or grinding facets
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cuticle
n
  1. the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail
  2. the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates
    Synonym(s): epidermis, cuticle
  3. hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
    Synonym(s): carapace, shell, cuticle, shield
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cuticula
n
  1. the outer body wall of an insect
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cuticular
adj
  1. of or relating to a cuticle or cuticula [syn: cuticular, epidermal, epidermic, dermal]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cytoskeleton
n
  1. a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cytosol
n
  1. the aqueous part of the cytoplasm within which various particles and organelles are suspended
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cataclasm \Cat"a*clasm\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] down + [?] to break.]
      A breaking asunder; disruption.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cataclysm \Cat"a*clysm\, n. [L. cataclysmos, Gr. kataklysmo`s,
      from [?] to dash over, inundate; kata` downward, against +
      [?] to wash or dash over: cf. F. cataclysme.]
      1. An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a
            deluge.
  
      2. (Geol.) Any violent catastrophe, involving sudden and
            extensive changes of the earth's surface.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cataclysmal \Cat`a*clys"mal\, Cataclysmic \Cat`a*clys"mic\, a.
      Of or pertaining to a cataclysm.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cataclysmal \Cat`a*clys"mal\, Cataclysmic \Cat`a*clys"mic\, a.
      Of or pertaining to a cataclysm.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cataclysmist \Cat`a*clys"mist\, n.
      One who believes that the most important geological phenomena
      have been produced by cataclysms.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Catcall \Cat"call`\, n.
      A sound like the cry of a cat, such as is made in playhouses
      to express dissatisfaction with a play; also, a small shrill
      instrument for making such a noise.
  
               Upon the rising of the curtain. I was very much
               surprised with the great consort of catcalls which was
               exhibited.                                             --Addison.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pyrocatechin \Pyr`o*cat"e*chin\, n. [Pyro- + catechu.] (Chem.)
      A white crystalline substance, {C6H4(OH)2}, of the phenol
      series, found in various plants; -- so called because first
      obtained by distillation of gum catechu. Called also
      {catechol}, {oxyphenol}. etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cat-salt \Cat"-salt`\, n.
      A sort of salt, finely granulated, formed out of the bittern
      or leach brine.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mica \Mi"ca\, n. [L. mica crumb, grain, particle; cf. F. mica.]
      (Min.)
      The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly
      perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very
      thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in
      composition, and vary in color from pale brown or yellow to
      green or black. The transparent forms are used in lanterns,
      the doors of stoves, etc., being popularly called
      {isinglass}. Formerly called also {cat-silver}, and
      {glimmer}.
  
      Note: The important species of the mica group are:
               {muscovite}, common or potash mica, pale brown or
               green, often silvery, including {damourite} (also
               called {hydromica}); {biotite}, iron-magnesia mica,
               dark brown, green, or black; {lepidomelane}, iron,
               mica, black; {phlogopite}, magnesia mica, colorless,
               yellow, brown; {lepidolite}, lithia mica, rose-red,
               lilac. Mica (usually muscovite, also biotite) is an
               essential constituent of granite, gneiss, and mica
               slate; {biotite} is common in many eruptive rocks;
               {phlogopite} in crystalline limestone and serpentine.
  
      {Mica diorite} (Min.), an eruptive rock allied to diorite but
            containing mica (biotite) instead of hornblende.
  
      {Mica powder}, a kind of dynamite containing fine scales of
            mica.
  
      {Mica schist}, {Mica slate} (Geol.), a schistose rock,
            consisting of mica and quartz with, usually, some
            feldspar.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cat-silver \Cat"-sil`ver\, n.
      Mica. [Archaic]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mica \Mi"ca\, n. [L. mica crumb, grain, particle; cf. F. mica.]
      (Min.)
      The name of a group of minerals characterized by highly
      perfect cleavage, so that they readily separate into very
      thin leaves, more or less elastic. They differ widely in
      composition, and vary in color from pale brown or yellow to
      green or black. The transparent forms are used in lanterns,
      the doors of stoves, etc., being popularly called
      {isinglass}. Formerly called also {cat-silver}, and
      {glimmer}.
  
      Note: The important species of the mica group are:
               {muscovite}, common or potash mica, pale brown or
               green, often silvery, including {damourite} (also
               called {hydromica}); {biotite}, iron-magnesia mica,
               dark brown, green, or black; {lepidomelane}, iron,
               mica, black; {phlogopite}, magnesia mica, colorless,
               yellow, brown; {lepidolite}, lithia mica, rose-red,
               lilac. Mica (usually muscovite, also biotite) is an
               essential constituent of granite, gneiss, and mica
               slate; {biotite} is common in many eruptive rocks;
               {phlogopite} in crystalline limestone and serpentine.
  
      {Mica diorite} (Min.), an eruptive rock allied to diorite but
            containing mica (biotite) instead of hornblende.
  
      {Mica powder}, a kind of dynamite containing fine scales of
            mica.
  
      {Mica schist}, {Mica slate} (Geol.), a schistose rock,
            consisting of mica and quartz with, usually, some
            feldspar.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cat-silver \Cat"-sil`ver\, n.
      Mica. [Archaic]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Catskill period \Cats"kill pe`ri*od\ (Geol.)
      The closing subdivision of the Devonian age in America. The
      rocks of this period are well developed in the Catskill
      mountains, and extend south and west under the Carboniferous
      formation. See the Diagram under {Geology}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Cauda galli \[d8]Cau"da gal*li\, . [L., tail of a cock.]
      (Paleon.)
      A plume-shaped fossil, supposed to be a seaweed,
      characteristic of the lower Devonian rocks; as, the cauda
      galli grit.
  
      {Cauda galli epoch} (Geol.), an epoch at the begining of the
            Devonian age in eastern America, so named from the
            characteristic gritty sandstone marked with impressions of
            {cauda galli}. See the Diagram under {Geology}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Cauda galli \[d8]Cau"da gal*li\, . [L., tail of a cock.]
      (Paleon.)
      A plume-shaped fossil, supposed to be a seaweed,
      characteristic of the lower Devonian rocks; as, the cauda
      galli grit.
  
      {Cauda galli epoch} (Geol.), an epoch at the begining of the
            Devonian age in eastern America, so named from the
            characteristic gritty sandstone marked with impressions of
            {cauda galli}. See the Diagram under {Geology}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Caudicle \Cau"di*cle\, d8Caudicula \[d8]Cau*dic"u*la\, n. [Dim.
      of L. cauda tail, appendage.] (Bot.)
      A slender, elastic process, to which the masses of pollen in
      orchidaceous plants are attached.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cautiously \Cau"tious*ly\, adv.
      In a cautious manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   C91cilian \C[91]*cil"i*an\ (?; 106), n. [L. caecus blind. So
      named from the supposed blindness of the species, the eyes
      being very minute.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A limbless amphibian belonging to the order {C[91]cili[91]}
      or {Ophimorpha}. See {Ophiomorpha}. [Written also
      {c[d2]cilian}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cd2cilian \C[d2]*cil"i*an\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      See {C[91]cilian}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   C91cilian \C[91]*cil"i*an\ (?; 106), n. [L. caecus blind. So
      named from the supposed blindness of the species, the eyes
      being very minute.] (Zo[94]l.)
      A limbless amphibian belonging to the order {C[91]cili[91]}
      or {Ophimorpha}. See {Ophiomorpha}. [Written also
      {c[d2]cilian}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cd2cilian \C[d2]*cil"i*an\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      See {C[91]cilian}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chaotically \Cha*ot"ic*al*ly\, adv.
      In a chaotic manner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Codical \Cod"i*cal\, a.
      Relating to a codex, or a code.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Codicil \Cod"i*cil\, n. [L. codicillus, dim. of codex: cf. F.
      codicille. See {Code}.] (Law)
      A clause added to a will.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Codicillary \Cod`i*cil"la*ry\, a. [L. codicillaris,
      codicillarius.]
      Of the nature of a codicil.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Coticular \Co*tic"u*lar\ (k?-t?k"?-l?r), a. [L. coticula a small
      touchstone, dim. cos, cotis, whetstone.]
      Pertaining to whetstones; like or suitable for whetstones.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cotswold \Cots"wold`\ (k?ts"w?ld`), n. [Cot a cottage or hut +
      wold an open country.]
      An open country abounding in sheepcotes, as in the Cotswold
      hills, in Gloucestershire, England.
  
      {Cotswold sheep}, a long-wooled breed of sheep, formerly
            common in the counties of Gloucester, Hereford, and
            Worcester, Eng.; -- so called from the Cotswold Hills. The
            breed is now chiefly amalgamated with others.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cotswold \Cots"wold`\ (k?ts"w?ld`), n. [Cot a cottage or hut +
      wold an open country.]
      An open country abounding in sheepcotes, as in the Cotswold
      hills, in Gloucestershire, England.
  
      {Cotswold sheep}, a long-wooled breed of sheep, formerly
            common in the counties of Gloucester, Hereford, and
            Worcester, Eng.; -- so called from the Cotswold Hills. The
            breed is now chiefly amalgamated with others.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Allotment \Al*lot"ment\, n. [Cf. OF. alotement, F. allotement.]
      1. The act of allotting; assignment.
  
      2. That which is allotted; a share, part, or portion granted
            or distributed; that which is assigned by lot, or by the
            act of God; anything set apart for a special use or to a
            distinct party.
  
                     The alloments of God and nature.         --L'Estrange.
  
                     A vineyard and an allotment for olives and herbs.
                                                                              --Broome.
  
      3. (law) The allowance of a specific amount of scrip or of a
            particular thing to a particular person.
  
      {Cottage allotment}, an allotment of a small portion of land
            to a country laborer for garden cultivation. [Eng.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cottage \Cot"tage\ (k?t"t?j; 48), n. [From {Cot} a cottage.]
      A small house; a cot; a hut.
  
      Note: The term was formerly limited to a habitation for the
               poor, but is now applied to any small tasteful
               dwelling; and at places of summer resort, to any
               residence or lodging house of rustic architecture,
               irrespective of size.
  
      {Cottage allotment}. See under {Alloment}. [Eng.]
  
      {Cottage cheese}, the thick part of clabbered milk strained,
            salted, and pressed into a ball.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cottagely \Cot"tage*ly\ (-t?j-l?), a.
      Cottagelike; suitable for a cottage; rustic. [Obs.] --Jer.
      Taylor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cudgel \Cudg"el\ (k?j"?l), n. [OE. kuggel; cf. G. keule club
      (with a round end), kugel ball, or perh. W. cogyl cudgel, or
      D. cudse, kuds, cudgel.]
      A staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff,
      and wielded with one hand; hence, any heavy stick used as a
      weapon.
  
               He getteth him a grievous crabtree cudgel and . . .
               falls to rating of them as if they were dogs. --Bunyan.
  
      {Cudgel play}, a fight or sportive contest with cudgels.
  
      {To cross the cudgels}, to forbear or give up the contest; --
            a phrase borrowed from the practice of cudgel players, who
            lay one cudgel over another when the contest is ended.
  
      {To take up cudgels for}, to engage in a contest in behalf of
            (some one or something).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cudgel \Cudg"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cudgeled} or {Cudgelled}
      (-[?]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cudgeling} or {cudgelling}.]
      To beat with a cudgel.
  
               An he here, I would cudgel him like a dog. --Shak.
  
      {To cudgel one's brains}, to exercise one's wits.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cudgel \Cudg"el\ (k?j"?l), n. [OE. kuggel; cf. G. keule club
      (with a round end), kugel ball, or perh. W. cogyl cudgel, or
      D. cudse, kuds, cudgel.]
      A staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff,
      and wielded with one hand; hence, any heavy stick used as a
      weapon.
  
               He getteth him a grievous crabtree cudgel and . . .
               falls to rating of them as if they were dogs. --Bunyan.
  
      {Cudgel play}, a fight or sportive contest with cudgels.
  
      {To cross the cudgels}, to forbear or give up the contest; --
            a phrase borrowed from the practice of cudgel players, who
            lay one cudgel over another when the contest is ended.
  
      {To take up cudgels for}, to engage in a contest in behalf of
            (some one or something).

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cudgel \Cudg"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cudgeled} or {Cudgelled}
      (-[?]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cudgeling} or {cudgelling}.]
      To beat with a cudgel.
  
               An he here, I would cudgel him like a dog. --Shak.
  
      {To cudgel one's brains}, to exercise one's wits.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cudgeler \Cudg"el*er\ (-?r), n.
      One who beats with a cudgel. [Written also {cudgeller}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cudgel \Cudg"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cudgeled} or {Cudgelled}
      (-[?]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cudgeling} or {cudgelling}.]
      To beat with a cudgel.
  
               An he here, I would cudgel him like a dog. --Shak.
  
      {To cudgel one's brains}, to exercise one's wits.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cudgel \Cudg"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cudgeled} or {Cudgelled}
      (-[?]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cudgeling} or {cudgelling}.]
      To beat with a cudgel.
  
               An he here, I would cudgel him like a dog. --Shak.
  
      {To cudgel one's brains}, to exercise one's wits.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cudgeler \Cudg"el*er\ (-?r), n.
      One who beats with a cudgel. [Written also {cudgeller}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cudgel \Cudg"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cudgeled} or {Cudgelled}
      (-[?]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cudgeling} or {cudgelling}.]
      To beat with a cudgel.
  
               An he here, I would cudgel him like a dog. --Shak.
  
      {To cudgel one's brains}, to exercise one's wits.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Glass \Glass\, n. [OE. glas, gles, AS. gl[91]s; akin to D., G.,
      Dan., & Sw. glas, Icel. glas, gler, Dan. glar; cf. AS.
      gl[91]r amber, L. glaesum. Cf. {Glare}, n., {Glaze}, v. t.]
      1. A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent
            substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture,
            and made by fusing together sand or silica with lime,
            potash, soda, or lead oxide. It is used for window panes
            and mirrors, for articles of table and culinary use, for
            lenses, and various articles of ornament.
  
      Note: Glass is variously colored by the metallic oxides;
               thus, manganese colors it violet; copper (cuprous),
               red, or (cupric) green; cobalt, blue; uranium,
               yellowish green or canary yellow; iron, green or brown;
               gold, purple or red; tin, opaque white; chromium,
               emerald green; antimony, yellow.
  
      2. (Chem.) Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance,
            and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion.
  
      3. Anything made of glass. Especially:
            (a) A looking-glass; a mirror.
            (b) A vessel filled with running sand for measuring time;
                  an hourglass; and hence, the time in which such a
                  vessel is exhausted of its sand.
  
                           She would not live The running of one glass.
                                                                              --Shak.
            (c) A drinking vessel; a tumbler; a goblet; hence, the
                  contents of such a vessel; especially; spirituous
                  liquors; as, he took a glass at dinner.
            (d) An optical glass; a lens; a spyglass; -- in the
                  plural, spectacles; as, a pair of glasses; he wears
                  glasses.
            (e) A weatherglass; a barometer.
  
      Note: Glass is much used adjectively or in combination; as,
               glass maker, or glassmaker; glass making or
               glassmaking; glass blower or glassblower, etc.
  
      {Bohemian glass}, {Cut glass}, etc. See under {Bohemian},
            {Cut}, etc.
  
      {Crown glass}, a variety of glass, used for making the finest
            plate or window glass, and consisting essentially of
            silicate of soda or potash and lime, with no admixture of
            lead; the convex half of an achromatic lens is composed of
            crown glass; -- so called from a crownlike shape given it
            in the process of blowing.
  
      {Crystal glass}, [or] {Flint glass}. See {Flint glass}, in
            the Vocabulary.
  
      {Cylinder glass}, sheet glass made by blowing the glass in
            the form of a cylinder which is then split longitudinally,
            opened out, and flattened.
  
      {Glass of antimony}, a vitreous oxide of antimony mixed with
            sulphide.
  
      {Glass blower}, one whose occupation is to blow and fashion
            glass.
  
      {Glass blowing}, the art of shaping glass, when reduced by
            heat to a viscid state, by inflating it through a tube.
  
      {Glass cloth}, a woven fabric formed of glass fibers.
  
      {Glass coach}, a coach superior to a hackney-coach, hired for
            the day, or any short period, as a private carriage; -- so
            called because originally private carriages alone had
            glass windows. [Eng.] --Smart.
  
                     Glass coaches are [allowed in English parks from
                     which ordinary hacks are excluded], meaning by this
                     term, which is never used in America, hired
                     carriages that do not go on stands.   --J. F.
                                                                              Cooper.
  
      {Glass cutter}.
            (a) One who cuts sheets of glass into sizes for window
                  panes, ets.
            (b) One who shapes the surface of glass by grinding and
                  polishing.
            (c) A tool, usually with a diamond at the point, for
                  cutting glass.
  
      {Glass cutting}.
            (a) The act or process of dividing glass, as sheets of
                  glass into panes with a diamond.
            (b) The act or process of shaping the surface of glass by
                  appylying it to revolving wheels, upon which sand,
                  emery, and, afterwards, polishing powder, are applied;
                  especially of glass which is shaped into facets, tooth
                  ornaments, and the like. Glass having ornamental
                  scrolls, etc., cut upon it, is said to be engraved.
  
      {Glass metal}, the fused material for making glass.
  
      {Glass painting}, the art or process of producing decorative
            effects in glass by painting it with enamel colors and
            combining the pieces together with slender sash bars of
            lead or other metal. In common parlance, glass painting
            and glass staining (see {Glass staining}, below) are used
            indifferently for all colored decorative work in windows,
            and the like.
  
      {Glass paper}, paper faced with pulvirezed glass, and used
            for abrasive purposes.
  
      {Glass silk}, fine threads of glass, wound, when in fusion,
            on rapidly rotating heated cylinders.
  
      {Glass silvering}, the process of transforming plate glass
            into mirrors by coating it with a reflecting surface, a
            deposit of silver, or a mercury amalgam.
  
      {Glass soap}, [or] {Glassmaker's soap}, the black oxide of
            manganese or other substances used by glass makers to take
            away color from the materials for glass.
  
      {Glass staining}, the art or practice of coloring glass in
            its whole substance, or, in the case of certain colors, in
            a superficial film only; also, decorative work in glass.
            Cf. Glass painting.
  
      {Glass tears}. See {Rupert's drop}.
  
      {Glass works}, an establishment where glass is made.
  
      {Heavy glass}, a heavy optical glass, consisting essentially
            of a borosilicate of potash.
  
      {Millefiore glass}. See {Millefiore}.
  
      {Plate glass}, a fine kind of glass, cast in thick plates,
            and flattened by heavy rollers, -- used for mirrors and
            the best windows.
  
      {Pressed glass}, glass articles formed in molds by pressure
            when hot.
  
      {Soluble glass} (Chem.), a silicate of sodium or potassium,
            found in commerce as a white, glassy mass, a stony powder,
            or dissolved as a viscous, sirupy liquid; -- used for
            rendering fabrics incombustible, for hardening artificial
            stone, etc.; -- called also {water glass}.
  
      {Spun glass}, glass drawn into a thread while liquid.
  
      {Toughened glass}, {Tempered glass}, glass finely tempered or
            annealed, by a peculiar method of sudden cooling by
            plunging while hot into oil, melted wax, or paraffine,
            etc.; -- called also, from the name of the inventor of the
            process, {Bastie glass}.
  
      {Water glass}. (Chem.) See {Soluble glass}, above.
  
      {Window glass}, glass in panes suitable for windows.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cut \Cut\ (k[ucr]t), a.
      1. Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument.
  
      2. Formed or shaped as by cutting; carved.
  
      3. Overcome by liquor; tipsy. [Slang]
  
      {Cut and dried}, prepered beforehand; not spontaneous.
  
      {Cut glass}, glass having a surface ground and polished in
            facets or figures.
  
      {Cut nail}, a nail cut by machinery from a rolled plate of
            iron, in distinction from a wrought nail.
  
      {Cut stone}, stone hewn or chiseled to shape after having
            been split from the quarry.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cuticle \Cu"ti*cle\ (k[umac]"t[icr]*k'l), n. [L. cuticula, dim.
      of cutis skin; akin to E. hide skin of an animal.]
      1. (Anat.) The scarfskin or epidermis. See {Skin}.
  
      2. (Bot.) The outermost skin or pellicle of a plant, found
            especially in leaves and young stems.
  
      3. A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Cuticular \Cu*tic"u*lar\ (k[usl]*t[icr]k"[usl]*l[etil]r), a.
      Pertaining to the cuticle, or external coat of the skin;
      epidermal.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Catskill, NY (village, FIPS 13002)
      Location: 42.21477 N, 73.86549 W
      Population (1990): 4690 (2021 housing units)
      Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 1.5 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 12414

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Chatcolet, ID (city, FIPS 13870)
      Location: 47.35413 N, 116.75250 W
      Population (1990): 72 (213 housing units)
      Area: 23.0 sq km (land), 9.7 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Cottage Hills, IL
      Zip code(s): 62018

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Cottekill, NY
      Zip code(s): 12419

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   C with Classes
  
      Short-lived predecessor to C++.
  
      ["Classes: An Abstract Data Type Facility for the C Language",
      B. Stroustrup, CSTR-84 Bell Labs, Apr 1980].   Also in [SIGPLAN
      Notices (Jan 1982)].
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   CCITT HIgh-Level Language
  
      (CHILL) A {real-time} language widely used in
      telecommunications.   CHILL was developed in the 1970s and
      improved in 1984, 1988, 1992, and 1996.   It is used in several
      countries including Germany, Norway, Brasil, and South Korea.
  
      {Cygnus} are developing a compiler based on {gcc}.
  
      {(http://www1.informatik.uni-jena.de/languages/chill/chill.htm)}.
  
      ["An Analytical Description of CHILL, the CCITT High Level
      Language", P. Branquart, LNCS 128, Springer 1982].
  
      ["CHILL User's Manual", ITU, 1986, ISBN 92-61-02601-X.
      ISO-9496 (1988?)].
  
      (1997-01-20)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   CODASYL
  
      {Conference On DAta SYstems Languages}
  
  
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