By¶word· (?), n. [AS.b‹word; b‹, E.by+word.] 1. A common saying; a proverb; a saying that has a general currency.I knew a wise man that had it for a byword.Bacon.2. The object of a contemptuous saying.Thou makest us a byword among the heathen.Ps.x?iv.14By¶work (?), n. Work aside from regular work; subordinate or secondary business.Byz¶ant(?), Byz¶anÏtine (?) n.} [OE. besant, besaunt, F. besant, fr. LL. Byzantius, Byzantinus, fr. Byzantium.] (Numis.) A gold coin, so called from being coined at Byzantium. See Bezant.BiÏzan¶tian (?), a.& n. See Byzantine.ByÏzan¶tine (?), a. Of or pertaining to Byzantium. Ð n. A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. [ Written also Bizantine.]Byzantine church, the Eastern or Greek church, as distinguished from the Western or Roman or Latin church.See under Greek.Ð Byzantine empire, the Eastern Roman or Greek empire from A.D. 364 or A.D. 395 to the capture of Constantinople by the Turks, A.D. 1453. Ð Byzantine historians, historians and writers (Zonaras, Procopius, etc.) who lived in the Byzantine empire. P.Cyc.Ð Byzantine style (Arch.), a style of architecture developed in the Byzantine empire. Its leading forms are the round arch, the dome, the pillar, the circle, and the cross. The capitals of the pillars are the endless variety, and full of invention. The mosque of St.Sophia, Constantinople, and the church of St.Mark, Venice, are prominent examples of Byzantine architecture.
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C. (?) 1. C is the third letter of the English alphabet. It is from the Latin letter C, which in old Laton represend the sounds of k, and g (in go); its original value being the latter. In AngloÐSaxon words, or Old English before the Norman Conques, it always has the sound of k. The Latin C was the same letter as the Greek ?, ?, and came from the Greek alphabet. The Greek got it from the Phoenicians. The English name of C is from the Latin name ce, and was derived, probably, through the French Etymalogically C is related to g, h, k, q, s (and other sibilant sounds). Examples of these relations are in L. acutus, E. acute, aque; E. acrid, eagar; L. cornu, E. horn; E. cat, kitten; E. coy, quiet; L. circare, OF. cerchier, E. search.See Guide to Pronunciation, ?? 221Ð228.2. (Mus.) (a) The keynote of the normal or ½natural¸ scale, which has neither flats nor sharps in its signature; also, the third note of the relative minor scale of the same (b) C after the clef is the mark of common time, in which each measure is a semibreve (four fourths or crotchets); for alla breve time it is written ? (c) The ½C clef,¸ a modification of the letter C, placed on any line of the staff, abows that line to be middle C.3. As a numeral, C stands for Latin centum or 100, CC for 200, etc.C spring, a spring in the from of the letter C.ØCaÏa¶ba (?), n. [Ar. ka'ban, let, a square building, fr. ka'b cude] The small and nearly cubical stone building, toward which all Mohammedans must pray. [Written also kaaba.]µThe Caaba is situated in Messa, a city of Arabia, and contains a famous black stone said to have been brought from heaven. Before the time of Mohammed, the Caaba was an idolatrouse temple, but it has since been the chief sanctuary and object of pilgrimage of the Mohammedan world.Caas (?), n, sing. ? pl. Case [Obs.] Chaucer.Cab (?), n [Abrev. fr. cabriolet.] 1. A kind of close carriage with two or four wheesl, usually a public vehicle. ½A cab came clattering up.¸
Thackeray.µ A cab may have two seats at right to the driver's seat, and a door behind; or one seat parallel to the driver's, with the entrance from the side or front.Hansom cab. See Hansom.2. The covered part of a locomotive, in which the engineer has his station.Knight.Cab (?), n. [Heb. gab, fr. q¾bab to hollow.] A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two (2,37) pints.W.H.Ward. 2 Kings vi. 25.CaÏbal¶ (?), n. [F. cabale cabal, cabala LL. cabala cabala, fr. Heb. qabb¾l?h reception, tradition, mysterious doctrine, fr. q¾bal to take or receive, in Pi‰l qibbel to abopt (a doctrine).] 1. Tradition; occult doctrine. See Cabala [Obs.]Hakewill.2. A secret. [Obs.] ½The measuring of the temple, a cabal found out but lately.¸B.Jonson.3. A number of persons united in some close design, usually to pronote their private views and interests in church or state by intrigue; a secret association composed of a few designing persons; a junto.It so happend, by a whimsical coincidence, thet in 1671 the cabinet consisted of five persons, the initial letters of whose names made up the word cabal; Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley, and Lauderdale.Macaulay.4. The secret artifices or machinations of a few persons united in a close desing; in intrigue.By cursed cabals of women.Dryden.Syn. Ð Junto; intrigue; plot; combination; conspiracy. Ð Cabal, Combination, Faction. An association for some purpose considered to be bad is the idea common to these terms. A combination is an organized union of individuals for mutual support, in urging their demands or resisting the clams of others, and may be good or bad according to circumstances; as, a combiviation of workmen or of employers to effect or to prevent a chang in prices. A cabal is a secret association of a few individuals who seek by cunning practices to abtain affice and power. A faction is a larger body that a cabal, employed for selfish purpoeses in agitating the community and working up an excitement with a view to chenge the existing order of things. ½Selfishness, insubordination, and laxity of morals give rise to combinations, which belong particularly to the lower orders of society. Restlase, jealous, ambitious, and little minds are ever forming cabals. Factions belong especially to free governments, and are raised by busy and turbulent spirits for selfish parposes¸.Crabb.CaÏbal¶, v. i. [int. & p.p. Caballed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Caballing]. [Cf. F. cabaler.] To unite in a small party to promote private views and interests by intrigue; to intrigue; to plot.Caballing still against it with the great.Dryden.Cab¶aÐla (?), n. [LL. See Cabal, n.] 1. A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediaeval Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of humsn existence. It assumed that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means.2. Secret science in general; mystic art; mystery.Cab¶aÏlism (?), n. [Cf. F. cabalisme.]1. The secret science of the cabalists.2. A superstitious devotion to the mysteries of the religion which one professes. [R]Emerson.Cab¶aÏlist (?), n. [Cf.F. cabaliste.] One versed in the cabala, or the mysteries of Jewish traditions. ½Studions cabalists.¸Swift.Cab·aÏlis¶tic (?), Cab·aÐlis¶ticÐal (?)} a. Of or pertaining to the cabala; containing or conveying an occult meaning; mysic.The Heptarchus is a cabalistic of the first chapter of Genesia.
Hallam.Caba·aÏlis¶ticÏalÏly, adv. In a cabalistic manner.Cab¶aÏlize (?), v.i. [Cf.F. cabaliser.] To use cabalistic language. [R]
Dr.H.More.CaÏbal¶ler (?), n. One who cabals.A close caballer and togueÐvaliant lord.Dryden.Cab¶alÏlineÿ(?), a. [L.caballinus, fr. caballus a nag. Cf. Cavalier.] Of or pertaining to a horse. Ðn. Caballine aloes.Caballine aloes, an inferior and impure kind of aloes formerly used in veterinary practice; Ð called also horse aloes. Ð Caballine spring, the fountsain of Hippocrene, on Mount Helicon; Ð fabled to have been formed by a stoke from the foot of the winged horse Pegasus.Cab¶aÏret (?), n. [F.] A tavern; a house where liquors are retailed. [Obs. as an English word.]ØCaÏbas¶ (?), n. [F.] A flat basket or for figs, etc.; Hence, a lady's flat workbasket, reticule, or hand bag; Ð often written caba.C.Bront‚.ØCaÏbas¶sonÿ(?), n. (Zo”l.) A speciec of armadillo of the genus Xenurus (X. unicinctusand X. hispidus); the tatouay. [Written also Kabassou.]Cab¶bage (?), n. [OE. cabage, fr. F. cabus headed (of cabbages), chou cobus headed cabbage, cabbage head; cf. It. capuccio a little head, cappuccio cowl, hood, cabbage, fr. capo head, L. caput, or fr. It. cappa cape. See Chiff, Cape.] (Bot.) 1. An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head of leaves. The caulifliwer, Brussels sprouts, etc., are sonaetimes classed as cabbages.2. The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See Cabbage free, below.3. The cabbage palmetto. See below.Cabbage aphis (Zo”l.), a green plantÐlouse (Aphis brassic?) which lives upon the leaves of the cabbage. Ð Cabbage Beetle (Zo”l.), a small, striped fleaÐbeetle (Phyllotreta viltat) which lives, in the larval state, on the roots, and when adult, on the leaves, of cabbage and other cruciferous plants. Ð Cabbage butterfly (Zo”l.), a white butterbly (Pieris rap? of both Europe and America, and the Allied P. oleracea, a native American species) which, in the larval state, devours the leaves of the cabbage and the turnip. See Cabbage worm, below. Ð Cabbage Fly (Zo”l.), a small twoÐwinged fly (Anthomyia brassic?), which feeds, in the larval or maggot state roots of the cabbage, often doing much damage to the crop. Ð Cabbage head, the compact head formed by the leaves of a cabbage; Ð contemptuously or humorously, and colloquially, a very stupid and silly person; a numskull. Ð Cabbage palmetto, a spesies of palm tree (Cabal Palmetto) found along the coast from North Carolina to Florida. Ð Cabbage rose (Bot.), a spesies of rose (Rosa centifolia) haveng large and heavy blossoms. Ð Cabbage tree, Cabbage palm, a name given to palms having a terminal bud called a cabbag, as the Sabal Palmetto of the United States, and the Euterpe oleracea and Oreodoxa oleracea of the West Indies. Ð Cabbage worm (Zo”l.), the larva of several species of moths and butterfies, which attacks cabbages. The most common is usully the larva of a white butterfly. See Cabbage Butterfly, above. The cabbage cutworms, which eat off the stalks oryoung plants during the night, are the larv‘ of several species of moths, of the genus Agrotis. See Cutworm. Ð Sea cabbage.( Bot.) (a) Sea kale (b). The original Plant (Brassica oleracea), from which the cabbage, cauliflower, , broccoli, etc., have been derived by cultivation. Ð ThousandÐheadeu cabbage. See Brussels sprouts.Cab¶age, v.i. To from a head like that the cabbage; as, to make lettuce cabbage.Johnson.Cab¶bage, v.i. [imp. & p.p Cabbaged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cabbagingÿ3.] [F.cabasser, fr. OF. cabas theft; cf. F. cabas basket, and OF. cabuser to cheat.] To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer.Your tailor … cabbages whole yards of cloth.Arbuthnot.Cab¶bage, n. Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.Cab¶bler (?), n. One who works at cabbling.Cab¶bling (?), n. (Metal) The process of breaking up the flat measses into which wrought iron is first hammered, in order that the pieces may be reheated and wrought into bar iron.ØCaÏbe¶?aÿ?, CaÏbesse¶ÿ(?), n. [Pg. cabe?a, F. cabesse.] The finest king of silk received from India.ØCa¶ber (?), n. [Gael] A pole or beam used in Scottish games for tossing as a trial of strength.Cab·eÏzon¶ÿ(?), n. [Sp., properly, big head. Cf. Cavesson.] (Zo”l.) A California fist (Hemilepidotus spinosus), allied to the sculpin.Cab¶lÏat (?), n. [Native South American name.] (Zo”l.) The capybara. See Capybara.Cab¶in (?), n. [OF. caban, fr. W. caban booth, cabin, dim. of cab cot, tent; or fr. F. cabane, cabine, LL. cabanna, perh. from the Celtic.] 1. A cottage or small house; a hum.Swift.A hunting cabin in the west.E.Everett.2. A small room; an inclosed plase.So long in secret cabin there he heldHer captive.Spenser.3. A room in ship for officers or passengers.Cabin boy, a boy whose duty is wait on the officers and passengers in the cabin of a ship.Cab¶in v. i. [Imp. &p. p. Cabined (Ð?nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cabining.] To live in, or as in, a cabin; to lodge.I'll make you … cabin in a cave.Shak.Cab¶in, v. t. To confine in, or as in, a cabin.I am cabined, cribbed, confined, dound inTo saucy doubts and fears.Shak.Cab¶iÏnetÿ3, n. [F., dim. of cabine or cabane. See Cabin, n.] 1. A hut; a cottage; a small house. [Obs.]Hearken a while from thy green cabinet,The rural song of careful Colinet.Spenser.2. A small room, or retired apartment; a closet.3. A private room in which consultations are held.Philip passed some hours every day in his father's cabinet.Prescott.4. The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council.µ In England, the cabinet or cabinet council consista of those privy coucilors who actually transact the immediate business of the government. Mozley & W. Ð In the United States, the cabinet is composed of the heads of the executive departaments of the government, namely, the Secretary of State, of the Treasury, of War, of the Navy, of the Interior, and of Agiculture, the PostmasterÐgeneral ,and the AttorneyÐgeneral.5. (a) A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence: (b) A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an ‚tagŠre or closed with doors. See Etagere.6. Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the colleotion itself.Cabinet council. (a) Same as Cabinet, n., 4 (of which bode it was formerly the full title). (b) A meting of the cabinet. Ð Cabinet councilor, a member of a cabinet council. Ð Cabinet photograph, a photograph of a size smaller than an imperial, though larger than a carie de visite. Ð Cabinet picture, a small and generally highly finished picture, suitable for a small room and for close inspection.Cab¶iÏnet, a. Suitable for a cabinet; small.Yt [Varnhagen von Ense] is a walking cabinet edition of Goethe.For. Quar. Rev.Cab¶iÏnet, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cabineted; p. pr. & vb. n. Cabineting.] To inclose [R.]Hewyt.Cab¶iÏnetÏmak·erÿ(?), n. One whose occupation is to make cabinets or other choice articles of household furniture, as tables, bedsteads, bureaus, etc.Cab¶iÏnetÏmak·ing, n. The art or occupation of making the finer articles of household furniture.Cab¶iÏnetÏmork· (?), n. The art or occupation of working upon wooden furniture requiring nice workmanship; also, such furniture.Cab·iÏre¶anÿ3, n. One of the Cabiri.ØCabÏbi¶riÿ(?), n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. ????????.] (Myth) Certain deities originally worshiped with mystical rites by the Pelasgians in Lemnos and Samothrace and afterwards throughout Greece; Ð also called sons of eph‘stus (or Vulcan), as begin masters of the art ofworking metals. [Written also Cabeiri.]Liddell & Scott.CaÏbir¶iÏanÿ(?), a. Same as Cabidic.CaÏbir¶icÿ3, a. [Cf. F. Cabirique] Of or pertaining to the Cabiri, or to their mystical worship. [Written also Cabiritic.]Ca¶bleÿ3, n. [F. Cƒble,m LL. capulum, caplum, a rope, fr. L. capere to take; cf. D., Dan., & G. rabel, from the French. See Capable.] 1. A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vesel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links.2. A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting, or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphiccable.3. (Arch) A nolding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; Ð called also cable molding.Bower cable, the cable belonging to the bower anchor. Ð Cable road, a railway on which the cars are moved by a continuously running endless rope operated by a stationary motor. Ð Cable¶s length, the length of a ship's cable. Cables in the merchant service vary in length from 100 to 140 fathoms or; but as a maritime measure, a cable's length is either 120 fathoms (720 feet), or about 100 fathoms (600 feet, an approximation to one tenth of a nautical mile). Ð Cable tier. (a) That part of a vessel where the cables are stowed. (b) A coll of a cable. Ð Street cable, the cable belonging to the sheet anchor. Ð Stream cable, a hawser or rope, smaller than the bower cables, to moor a ship in a plase sheltered from wind and heavy seas. Ð Submarina cable .See Telegraph. Ð To pay out the cable. To vear out the cable, to slacken it, that it may run out of the ship; to let more cable run out of the hawse hole. Ð To serve the cable, to bind it round with ropes, canvas, etc., to prevent its being, worn or galled in the hawse, et. Ð To slip the cable, to let go the end on board and let it all run out and go overboard, as when there is not time to weigh anchor. Hence, in sailor's use, to die.
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