caitiff
         adj 1: despicably mean and cowardly
         n 1: a cowardly and despicable person

English Dictionary: cutoff	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Catawba n a member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Carolinas slipskin grape; a reddish American table grape the Siouan language spoken by the Catawba
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
chat up v talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women" Synonym(s): chat up, flirt, dally, butterfly, coquet, coquette, romance, philander, mash talk to someone with the aim of persuading him
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
citify v accustom to urban ways; "Immigration will citify the country?"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
city boy n a city dweller with sophisticated manners and clothing Synonym(s): city slicker, city boy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
codify v organize into a code or system, such as a body of law; "Hammurabi codified the laws"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cut off adj detached by cutting; "cut flowers"; "a severed head"; "an old tale of Anne Bolyn walking the castle walls with her poor cut-off head under her arm" Synonym(s): severed, cut off v make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" Synonym(s): interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off cease, stop; "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation" Synonym(s): cut, cut off remove by or as if by cutting; "cut off the ear"; "lop off the dead branch" Synonym(s): cut off, chop off, lop off cut off and stop; "The bicyclist was cut out by the van" Synonym(s): cut off, cut out break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth" Synonym(s): chip, knap, cut off, break off remove surgically; "amputate limbs" Synonym(s): amputate, cut off
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cut up adj cut into pieces v cut to pieces; "Father carved the ham" [syn: carve, {cut up}] destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work" Synonym(s): mutilate, mangle, cut up separate into isolated compartments or categories; "You cannot compartmentalize your life like this!" Synonym(s): compartmentalize, compartmentalise, cut up significantly cut up a manuscript Synonym(s): hack, cut up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cut-up n someone who plays practical jokes on others [syn: prankster, cut-up, trickster, tricker, hoaxer, practical joker]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cutoff n a designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated a route shorter than the usual one Synonym(s): shortcut, cutoff, crosscut a device that terminates the flow in a pipe
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Cydippea n ctenophores having two long pinnate tentacles [syn: Cydippida, order Cydippida, Cydippidea, order Cydippidea, Cydippea, order Cydippea]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Gold of pleasure}. [Name perhaps translated from Sp.             oro-de-alegria.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Camelina},             bearing yellow flowers. {C. sativa} is sometimes             cultivated for the oil of its seeds.          {Gold shell}.             (a) A composition of powdered gold or gold leaf, ground up                   with gum water and spread on shells, for artists' use;                   -- called also {gold paint}.             (b) (Zo[94]l.) A bivalve shell ({Anomia glabra}) of the                   Atlantic coast; -- called also {jingle shell} and                   {silver shell}. See {Anomia}.          {Gold size}, a composition used in applying gold leaf.          {Gold solder}, a kind of solder, often containing twelve             parts of gold, two of silver, and four of copper.          {Gold stick}, the colonel of a regiment of English             lifeguards, who attends his sovereign on state occasions;             -- so called from the gilt rod presented to him by the             sovereign when he receives his commission as colonel of             the regiment. [Eng.]          {Gold thread}.             (a) A thread formed by twisting flatted gold over a thread                   of silk, with a wheel and iron bobbins; spun gold.                   --Ure.             (b) (Bot.) A small evergreen plant ({Coptis trifolia}), so                   called from its fibrous yellow roots. It is common in                   marshy places in the United States.          {Gold tissue}, a tissue fabric interwoven with gold thread.                      {Gold tooling}, the fixing of gold leaf by a hot tool upon             book covers, or the ornamental impression so made.          {Gold washings}, places where gold found in gravel is             separated from lighter material by washing.          {Gold worm}, a glowworm. [Obs.]          {Jeweler's gold}, an alloy containing three parts of gold to             one of copper.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hemp \Hemp\ (h[ecr]mp), n. [OE. hemp, AS. henep, h[91]nep; akin       to D. hennep, OHG. hanaf, G. hanf, Icel. hampr, Dan. hamp,       Sw. hampa, L. cannabis, cannabum, Gr. ka`nnabis, ka`nnabos;       cf. Russ. konoplia, Skr. [cced]a[nsdot]a; all prob. borrowed       from some other language at an early time. Cf. {Cannabine},       {Canvas}.]       1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Cannabis} ({C. sativa}), the             fibrous skin or bark of which is used for making cloth and             cordage. The name is also applied to various other plants             yielding fiber.          2. The fiber of the skin or rind of the plant, prepared for             spinning. The name has also been extended to various             fibers resembling the true hemp.          {African hemp}, {Bowstring hemp}. See under {African}, and             {Bowstring}.          {Bastard hemp}, the Asiatic herb {Datisca cannabina}.          {Canada hemp}, a species of dogbane ({Apocynum cannabinum}),             the fiber of which was used by the Indians.          {Hemp agrimony}, a coarse, composite herb of Europe             ({Eupatorium cannabinum}), much like the American boneset.                      {Hemp nettle}, a plant of the genus {Galeopsis} ({G.             Tetrahit}), belonging to the Mint family.          {Indian hemp}. See under {Indian}, a.          {Manila hemp}, the fiber of {Musa textilis}.          {Sisal hemp}, the fiber of {Agave sisalana}, of Mexico and             Yucatan.          {Sunn hemp}, a fiber obtained from a leguminous plant             ({Crotalaria juncea}).          {Water hemp}, an annual American weed ({Acnida cannabina}),             related to the amaranth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Caitiff \Cai"tiff\, a. [OE. caitif, cheitif, captive, miserable,       OF. caitif, chaitif, captive, mean, wretched, F. ch[82]tif,       fr. L. captivus captive, fr. capere to take, akin to E.       heave. See {Heave}, and cf. {Captive}.]       1. Captive; wretched; unfortunate. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          2. Base; wicked and mean; cowardly; despicable.                         Arnold had sped his caitiff flight.   --W. Irving.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Caitiff \Cai"tiff\, n.       A captive; a prisoner. [Obs.]                   Avarice doth tyrannize over her caitiff and slave.                                                                               --Holland.          2. A wretched or unfortunate man. [Obs.] --Chaucer.          3. A mean, despicable person; one whose character meanness             and wickedness meet.          Note: The deep-felt conviction of men that slavery breaks                down the moral character . . . speaks out with . . .                distinctness in the change of meaning which caitiff has                undergone signifying as it now does, one of a base,                abject disposition, while there was a time when it had                nothing of this in it. --Trench.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Catawba \Ca*taw"ba\, n.       1. A well known light red variety of American grape.          2. A light-colored, sprightly American wine from the Catawba             grape.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Catawbas \Ca*taw"bas\, n. pl.; sing. {Catawba}. (Ethnol.)       An Appalachian tribe of Indians which originally inhabited       the regions near the Catawba river and the head waters of the       Santee.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fox \Fox\, n.; pl. {Foxes}. [AS. fox; akin to D. vos, G. fuchs,       OHG. fuhs, foha, Goth. fa[a3]h[?], Icel. f[?]a fox, fox       fraud; of unknown origin, cf. Skr. puccha tail. Cf. {Vixen}.]       1. (Zo[94]l.) A carnivorous animal of the genus {Vulpes},             family {Canid[91]}, of many species. The European fox ({V.             vulgaris} or {V. vulpes}), the American red fox ({V.             fulvus}), the American gray fox ({V. Virginianus}), and             the arctic, white, or blue, fox ({V. lagopus}) are             well-known species.          Note: The black or silver-gray fox is a variety of the                American red fox, producing a fur of great value; the                cross-gray and woods-gray foxes are other varieties of                the same species, of less value. The common foxes of                Europe and America are very similar; both are                celebrated for their craftiness. They feed on wild                birds, poultry, and various small animals.                            Subtle as the fox for prey.            --Shak.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The European dragonet.          3. (Zo[94]l.) The fox shark or thrasher shark; -- called also             {sea fox}. See {Thrasher shark}, under {Shark}.          4. A sly, cunning fellow. [Colloq.]                         We call a crafty and cruel man a fox. --Beattie.          5. (Naut.) Rope yarn twisted together, and rubbed with tar;             -- used for seizings or mats.          6. A sword; -- so called from the stamp of a fox on the             blade, or perhaps of a wolf taken for a fox. [Obs.]                         Thou diest on point of fox.               --Shak.          7. pl. (Enthnol.) A tribe of Indians which, with the Sacs,             formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin;             -- called also {Outagamies}.          {Fox and geese}.             (a) A boy's game, in which one boy tries to catch others                   as they run one goal to another.             (b) A game with sixteen checkers, or some substitute for                   them, one of which is called the fox, and the rest the                   geese; the fox, whose first position is in the middle                   of the board, endeavors to break through the line of                   the geese, and the geese to pen up the fox.          {Fox bat} (Zo[94]l.), a large fruit bat of the genus             {Pteropus}, of many species, inhabiting Asia, Africa, and             the East Indies, esp. {P. medius} of India. Some of the             species are more than four feet across the outspread             wings. See {Fruit bat}.          {Fox bolt}, a bolt having a split end to receive a fox wedge.                      {Fox brush} (Zo[94]l.), the tail of a fox.          {Fox evil}, a disease in which the hair falls off; alopecy.                      {Fox grape} (Bot.), the name of two species of American             grapes. The northern fox grape ({Vitis Labrusca}) is the             origin of the varieties called {Isabella}, {Concord},             {Hartford}, etc., and the southern fox grape ({Vitis             vulpina}) has produced the {Scuppernong}, and probably the             {Catawba}.          {Fox hunter}.             (a) One who pursues foxes with hounds.             (b) A horse ridden in a fox chase.          {Fox shark} (Zo[94]l.), the thrasher shark. See {Thrasher             shark}, under {Thrasher}.          {Fox sleep}, pretended sleep.          {Fox sparrow} (Zo[94]l.), a large American sparrow             ({Passerella iliaca}); -- so called on account of its             reddish color.          {Fox squirrel} (Zo[94]l.), a large North American squirrel             ({Sciurus niger}, or {S. cinereus}). In the Southern             States the black variety prevails; farther north the             fulvous and gray variety, called the {cat squirrel}, is             more common.          {Fox terrier} (Zo[94]l.), one of a peculiar breed of             terriers, used in hunting to drive foxes from their holes,             and for other purposes. There are rough- and smooth-haired             varieties.          {Fox trot}, a pace like that which is adopted for a few             steps, by a horse, when passing from a walk into a trot,             or a trot into a walk.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Codify \Co"di*fy\ (? [or] ?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.       {Codified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Codifying}.] [Code + -fy: cf. F.       codifier.]       To reduce to a code, as laws.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Expansion \Ex*pan"sion\, n. [L. expansio: cf. F. expansion.]       1. The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of             being expanded; dilation; enlargement.          2. That which is expanded; expanse; extend surface; as, the             expansion of a sheet or of a lake; the expansion was             formed of metal.                         The starred expansion of the skies.   --Beattie.          3. Space through which anything is expanded; also, pure             space.                         Lost in expansion, void and infinite. --Blackmore.          4. (Com.) Enlargement or extension of business transactions;             esp., increase of the circulation of bank notes.          5. (Math.) The developed result of an indicated operation;             as, the expansion of (a + b)^{2} is a^{2} + 2ab + b^{2}.          6. (Steam Engine) The operation of steam in a cylinder after             its communication with the boiler has been cut off, by             which it continues to exert pressure upon the moving             piston.          7. (Nav. Arch.) The enlargement of the ship mathematically             from a model or drawing to the full or building size, in             the process of construction. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.          Note: Expansion is also used adjectively, as in expansion                joint, expansion gear, etc.          {Expansion curve}, a curve the co[94]rdinates of which show             the relation between the pressure and volume of expanding             gas or vapor; esp. (Steam engine), that part of an             indicator diagram which shows the declining pressure of             the steam as it expands in the cylinder.          {Expansion gear} (Steam Engine). a cut-off gear. See Illust.             of {Link motion}.          {Automatic expansion gear} [or] {cut-off}, one that is             regulated by the governor, and varies the supply of steam             to the engine with the demand for power.          {Fixed expansion gear}, [or] {Fixed cut-off}, one that always             operates at the same fixed point of the stroke.          {Expansion joint}, [or] {Expansion coupling} (Mech. &             Engin.), a yielding joint or coupling for so uniting parts             of a machine or structure that expansion, as by heat, is             prevented from causing injurious strains; as by heat, is             prevented from causing injurious strains; as:             (a) A side or set of rollers, at the end of bridge truss,                   to support it but allow end play.             (b) A telescopic joint in a steam pipe, to permit one part                   of the pipe to slide within the other.             (c) A clamp for holding a locomotive frame to the boiler                   while allowing lengthwise motion.          {Expansion valve} (Steam Engine), a cut-off valve, to shut             off steam from the cylinder before the end of each stroke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cut-off \Cut"-off`\ (k[ucr]t"[ocr]f`; 115), n.       1. That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or             road.          2. (Mach.)             (a) The valve gearing or mechanism by which steam is cut                   off from entering the cylinder of a steam engine after                   a definite point in a stroke, so as to allow the                   remainder of the stroke to be made by the expansive                   force of the steam already let in. See {Expansion                   gear}, under {Expansion}.             (b) Any device for stopping or changing a current, as of                   grain or water in a spout.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Expansion \Ex*pan"sion\, n. [L. expansio: cf. F. expansion.]       1. The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of             being expanded; dilation; enlargement.          2. That which is expanded; expanse; extend surface; as, the             expansion of a sheet or of a lake; the expansion was             formed of metal.                         The starred expansion of the skies.   --Beattie.          3. Space through which anything is expanded; also, pure             space.                         Lost in expansion, void and infinite. --Blackmore.          4. (Com.) Enlargement or extension of business transactions;             esp., increase of the circulation of bank notes.          5. (Math.) The developed result of an indicated operation;             as, the expansion of (a + b)^{2} is a^{2} + 2ab + b^{2}.          6. (Steam Engine) The operation of steam in a cylinder after             its communication with the boiler has been cut off, by             which it continues to exert pressure upon the moving             piston.          7. (Nav. Arch.) The enlargement of the ship mathematically             from a model or drawing to the full or building size, in             the process of construction. --Ham. Nav. Encyc.          Note: Expansion is also used adjectively, as in expansion                joint, expansion gear, etc.          {Expansion curve}, a curve the co[94]rdinates of which show             the relation between the pressure and volume of expanding             gas or vapor; esp. (Steam engine), that part of an             indicator diagram which shows the declining pressure of             the steam as it expands in the cylinder.          {Expansion gear} (Steam Engine). a cut-off gear. See Illust.             of {Link motion}.          {Automatic expansion gear} [or] {cut-off}, one that is             regulated by the governor, and varies the supply of steam             to the engine with the demand for power.          {Fixed expansion gear}, [or] {Fixed cut-off}, one that always             operates at the same fixed point of the stroke.          {Expansion joint}, [or] {Expansion coupling} (Mech. &             Engin.), a yielding joint or coupling for so uniting parts             of a machine or structure that expansion, as by heat, is             prevented from causing injurious strains; as by heat, is             prevented from causing injurious strains; as:             (a) A side or set of rollers, at the end of bridge truss,                   to support it but allow end play.             (b) A telescopic joint in a steam pipe, to permit one part                   of the pipe to slide within the other.             (c) A clamp for holding a locomotive frame to the boiler                   while allowing lengthwise motion.          {Expansion valve} (Steam Engine), a cut-off valve, to shut             off steam from the cylinder before the end of each stroke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cut-off \Cut"-off`\ (k[ucr]t"[ocr]f`; 115), n.       1. That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or             road.          2. (Mach.)             (a) The valve gearing or mechanism by which steam is cut                   off from entering the cylinder of a steam engine after                   a definite point in a stroke, so as to allow the                   remainder of the stroke to be made by the expansive                   force of the steam already let in. See {Expansion                   gear}, under {Expansion}.             (b) Any device for stopping or changing a current, as of                   grain or water in a spout.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Catawba, NC (town, FIPS 10980)       Location: 35.70619 N, 81.07577 W       Population (1990): 467 (194 housing units)       Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 28609    Catawba, OH (village, FIPS 12560)       Location: 39.99984 N, 83.62226 W       Population (1990): 268 (101 housing units)       Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)    Catawba, SC       Zip code(s): 29704    Catawba, VA       Zip code(s): 24070    Catawba, WI (village, FIPS 13175)       Location: 45.53585 N, 90.53291 W       Population (1990): 178 (83 housing units)       Area: 11.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 54515
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Chetopa, KS (city, FIPS 12950)       Location: 37.03631 N, 95.09327 W       Population (1990): 1357 (698 housing units)       Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 67336
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
City View, SC (town, FIPS 14455)       Location: 34.86198 N, 82.42684 W       Population (1990): 1490 (640 housing units)       Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Coatopa, AL       Zip code(s): 35470
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Cut Off, LA (CDP, FIPS 18930)       Location: 29.52941 N, 90.33464 W       Population (1990): 5325 (1857 housing units)       Area: 33.2 sq km (land), 0.4 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 70345
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
CDF          Common Data Format.   A library and toolkit for       multi-dimensional data sets.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
CDIF          {CASE Data Interchange Format}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
CDP1802          {RCA 1802}