CPage 89
- English Word Catarrhal Definition Pertaining to, produced by, or attending, catarrh; of the nature of catarrh.
- English Word Catarrhine Definition One of the Catarrhina, a division of Quadrumana, including the Old World monkeys and apes which have the nostrils close together and turned downward. See Monkey.
- English Word Catarrhous Definition Catarrhal.
- English Word Catastaltic Definition Checking evacuations through astringent or styptic qualities.
- English Word Catastasis Definition That part of a speech, usually the exordium, in which the orator sets forth the subject matter to be discussed.
- English Word Catastasis Definition The state, or condition of anything; constitution; habit of body.
- English Word Catasterism Definition A placing among the stars; a catalogue of stars.
- English Word Catastrophe Definition An event producing a subversion of the order or system of things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or disastrous nature; hence, sudden calamity; great misfortune.
- English Word Catastrophe Definition The final event in a romance or a dramatic piece; a denouement, as a death in a tragedy, or a marriage in a comedy.
- English Word Catastrophe Definition A violent and widely extended change in the surface of the earth, as, an elevation or subsidence of some part of it, effected by internal causes.
- English Word Catastrophic Definition Of a pertaining to a catastrophe.
- English Word Catastrophism Definition The doctrine that the geological changes in the earth's crust have been caused by the sudden action of violent physical causes; -- opposed to the doctrine of uniformism.
- English Word Catastrophist Definition One who holds the theory or catastrophism.
- English Word Catawba Definition A well known light red variety of American grape.
- English Word Catawba Definition A light-colored, sprightly American wine from the Catawba grape.
- English Word Catawbas Definition An Appalachian tribe of Indians which originally inhabited the regions near the Catawba river and the head waters of the Santee.
- English Word Catbird Definition An American bird (Galeoscoptes Carolinensis), allied to the mocking bird, and like it capable of imitating the notes of other birds, but less perfectly. Its note resembles at times the mewing of a cat.
- English Word Catboat Definition A small sailboat, with a single mast placed as far forward as possible, carring a sail extended by a gaff and long boom. See Illustration in Appendix.
- English Word Catcall Definition 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.
- English Word Catch Definition To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.
- English Word Catch Definition To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief.
- English Word Catch Definition To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish.
- English Word Catch Definition Hence: To insnare; to entangle.
- English Word Catch Definition To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody.
- English Word Catch Definition To communicate to; to fasten upon; as, the fire caught the adjoining building.
- English Word Catch Definition To engage and attach; to please; to charm.
- English Word Catch Definition To get possession of; to attain.
- English Word Catch Definition To take or receive; esp. to take by sympathy, contagion, infection, or exposure; as, to catch the spirit of an occasion; to catch the measles or smallpox; to catch cold; the house caught fire.
- English Word Catch Definition To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing.
- English Word Catch Definition To reach in time; to come up with; as, to catch a train.