Carnivora
Carniv'ora (lat. Neut. Pl., From Ea•°, Flesh + Curare, To Devour). An Order Of Mam Mals, More Or Less Efficiently Adapted For Preda Ceous Life, And Including Most Of The Forms Popu Larly Known As Beasts Of Prey. Not All Animals Carnivorous In Diet Are Carnivore In Structure, For The ...
Carnot
Carnot, Lazaity. Nu•oft.vs Li.trguerite I 753- 1823) . A French Strategist And Mathe Matician. Lle Was 1)411•11 At Nolay, And Became. In 1791, A Member Of The Leccislative Assembly From Pas-de-calais, In The Convention He Voted Fin' The Death Of Louis Nv1. Ile Was Elected To The ('oniniittee Of Public. ...
Carnot_2
Carnot, Enancols Sad! (1837-94). President Of The French Republic From 1887 To 1s9-1. Lie Was The Son Of Lazar(' Llippolyte Car Not, And Was Born At. Limoges, August 11, 1837. Ile Received A Scientific Edueation, Became Atm Engineer, And Advanced Rapidly In His Profession, Acquiring A Considerable Reputation As The ...
Carob
Car'ob, Am:alum:a. Or Locusr-talli Ear From Ar. Kl(tr1 Ab. Bean Pods) Icrrrufomln Si Hi Tm ). A Tree Of The Natural Order Lego Minosx, A Native Of The Countries Around The Sea, In Size And Manner Of Growth Much Resembling The Apple-tree, But With Abrupt Ly Pinnate. Dark, Evergreen Leaves. ...
Carol 0e
Carol (0e. •od,. From Bret. Koroll, Dance. Gael. Canal, Melody. From Car, Bar Of Music, Ir. (-he, A Tiirn, Ultimately, Perhaps, Connected With 11% C(//'/*. Cart. Lat. Currun, Cart). In The Stricter A Popular Religious Swig Intended To Form Part Of The Rejoicings Connected With The Great" Christian Festivals. The ...
Caroline Amelia
Caroline. Amelia Er.tzvuern Queen Of (ieorge Iv. Of England. She Was The Second Daughter Of Charles \villiam Fer Dinand. Duke Of Brunswick-wolfenbiittel. And Princess Augusta Of Britain. Sister Of George She Was Born On May 17. 1768. And On April 8. 1795, Was Married To The Prince Of Wales, Who, ...
Caroline Islands
Caroline Islands. A Group Of Small And Widely Scattered Islands In The Pa•itie Ocean, Extending From The Equator To About Latitude 10' N. And Front About Halgitude To About 164° E. (map: Australasia. 1 21. They Number About 525. Including Reefs And Uninhabited Rocks, And Their Area Is Estimated At ...
Carolingians
Car'olin'gians (fr. Carlorinyiens, Med. Lat. Carolingi, From 01-1g. Karling, Descendant Of Karl, Particularly Charles Martel). The Sec Ond Dynasty Of Frankish Kings. The Origin Of The Family Is Traced To Saint Arnulf, Bishop Of Metz, Who Died In 641. His Son. Ansegisel, Mar Ried A Daughter Of Pepin (q.v.). Of ...
Carotid Artery
Carotid Artery (fr. Earotide, Lat. Camas, Gk. Kaporrts, Karotis, Carotid, From Ncipos, Karos, Deep Sleep). The Great Artery Which On Each Side Distributes Blood To The Different Parts Of The Head. Each Carotid Artery Consists Of The Primitive Or Common Carotid, Which, At The Upper Margin Of The Larynx, Separates ...
Carouge
Carouge, Ith'r7i7zle. A Town Of Switzer Land, Situated About One Mile South Of Geneva, On The Left Hank Of The Arve (map: Switzerland, A 2). It Is Regularly Built, Is Surrounded By Villas, Orchards, And Meadows, And Has A Hand Some Church. There Are Manufactures Of Thread, Clay Pipes, Leather, ...
Carpathian Mountains
Carpa'thian Mountains. A Moun Tain System Of Central Europe. Extending In The Form Of A. Broad Arc Along Nearly The Entire Boundary Of I-lung:try East Of The Danube 'hungary. It 2). The Arc, Opening To The South West, Embraces The Plain Of Hungary And The Elevated Basin Of Transylvania (siebenlairgen), ...
Carpenter
Carpenter, Nvillia.n Benjamin (1813 S5). An English Physiologist, Born At Exeter. Soon After His Graduation In Edinburgh, In 1839, He Published His Principles Of General And Ram Paratire Physiology, Afterward-, Divided Into The Principles Of Nanparatire Physiology And 7'11c Principles Of General Physiology. These Worke, Together With The Principles Of ...
Carpenter Bee
Carpenter Bee. A Solitary Bee That Excavates Its Nest In Solid Wood, In It Dead Twig, Or In The Pith-hollow Of Various Plants; It Repre Sents In The United States Various Species Of Ceratinidae And Xylocopidie. The Former Are Smooth, Active, Ily-like Little Bees, Usually Metal Lic Blue Or Green, ...
Carpet Of
Carpet ( Of. Carpite, Lt. Cal-pita, A Coarse Cloth, Med. Lat. Earpeta, Carpita. From Lat. Car Pyre, To Pluck). A Cloth Or Other Woven Fabric Used To Cover A Floor. Woven Carpets Were First Used In The East. Where The Enstom Of Sitting Cross-legged On The Floor Still Renders Them ...
Carracci
Carracci, Kiir-rivelii% Or Caracci. A Family Of Bolognese Painters. Founders Of The Bolognese School (q.v.1, The Chief Representa Iveti, Lodovico. Agostino, And A Nni1sale, Worked And Taught Together: Their Style Is Simi Lar, And They May Therefore Be Treated Together. Lodo•ico, The Eldest, Was Born In Bologna, April 21, The ...
Carrageen
Carrageen. K:ir'ra-gn (so Called Front ('arragheen In Ireland), ('amtataf3en Sea. Moss, Or Inisn Aloss. A Seaweed, Or Rather Several Species Of Seaweed, Used Both Medicinally And As An Article Of Food. The Use Of Weeds Appears To Have Been Originally Confined To The Peasantry Of The Coasts Of Ireland. They ...
Carriage Of
Carriage (of. Cartage, From Curler. To Carry, From Lat. Mots, Ear. From Ir. Car). A Wheeled Of Any Kind.. The Word Is E(on Wonky Used In A More Restricted Sense To Apply To Vehicles For Carrying Persons As Distinguished From Those For Carrying Freight In This Article, However, The Term ...
Carrickfergus
Carrickfergus, K5r`iik•fwgiis ( R., Rock Of Fergus, Named After Fergus A Seaport Town Of Ireland, On Belfast Lough, 10 Miles North-northeast Of Belfast (alap: Ireland, 2). Though Within The County Of Antrim. It Forms Of Itself The County Of The Town Of Carrick Fergus, About 25 Square Miles In Extent. ...
Carrier
Carrier, Ka'rytt', Jean Baptiste (17511. 94). A Member Of The French National Con Vention, Born At The Village Of Yolet, In Uppet Auvergne. He Was Proeurator Of The Precinct Of Aurillae When The Revolution Began. In 1792 He Represented Cantal In The Convention, When Lie Soon Became One Of The ...
Carrot
Carrot (fr. Carot[t]c, Lat. Carota, Prob Ably From Gk. Sapcur6v, Karoton, Carrot), Flatt Ens. A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Umbelliferfe. They Are Mostly Natives Of Eu Rope. The Common Carrot (daucus Carota) Is A Biennial Plant. The Wild Form Is A Bad Weed. It Has A Slender, ...
Carrousel
Carrousel, Ke'rua'ser (fr., A Tilting Match, From It. Carosello, Tournamm Ent. For Garo Sato, From Garoso, Quarrelsome, Gars, Strife, From Guerra, War. Mtg. Leera; Connected By Popular Etymology With It. Carriecllo, Little Car, Diminu Tive Of Corm. Car). Originally, A Species Of Knightly Exercise, Which, Even Down To The Beginning ...
Carstares
Carstares, Kili'stfirz, Or Carstairs, Willtam ( 1649-1715). A Scottish Statesman And Divine, Born At Cathcart, Near Glasgow, February Ii, 1649. Lie Was The Son Of The Rev. John Car Stares, An Extreme Covenanter, And Was Tutored By Sinclair, Minister Of Ormiston, East Lothian. Ile Distinguished Himself At Edinburgh Universi Ty ...
Cart As
Cart (as. Crag, Kartr, From Welsh Cart, Ir., Gael. Cairt, Earl. Diminutive Of Cart-, Ear). A Two-wheeled Vehicle, Usually Without Top Or Springs, Designed, In Most Cases, To Carry Heavy Loads And To Be Drawn By Inle Horse. The Cart Is Doubtless The Oldest, As It Is The Simplest, Form ...
Cartagena
Car'tage'na, Sp. Pron. Kiieta-nii'ml. An Important Seaport And One Of The Chief Naval Stations Of Spain, In The Province Of Alnrehl, Situated On A Bay Of The •.7 Inih•-: Sonth-southeast Of :1\ (slap: Spain, E 41. It Is Built Partly 1111 The .lope Of A Hill And Partly In A ...
Carteret
Car'teret, Sir ( ?-1680). An English Royalist, Governor Of The 'island Of Jer Sey And One Of The Original Lord Proprietors Of The Province Of New Jersey In America. He Early Went To Sea And By 1633 Had Risen To The Rank Of Captain In The English Navy. In 1639 ...
Carteret_2
Carteret, .loth, Earl Granville (1600 1763). A British Orator And Statesman, Born April 22. 1690. His Father, First Baron Carteret Of Ha Woes, Died In 1695, And He Succeeded To The Peerage At Five Years Of Age. Ile Was Edu Cated At Westminster School And Christ Chum Oxford: In 1706 ...
Carthage
Car'thage (lat. Carthago, Gk. Kapxtio/fw, Karcht'don). The Greatest City Of Antiquity On The North Coast Of Africa, Situated In Aboutlatitude 30° 50' N. And Longitude 10° 20' E., Near The Modern Tunis, On A Peninsula Extending Into A Small Bay Of The Mediterranean Sea. It Was Founded, According To Legend, ...
Carthusians
Carthu'sians. A Monastic Order Which Owes Its Origin To Saint Brim) (q.v.), Who Re Tired In 1086, With Six Companions. To The Soli Tmle Of La Chartreuse (whence The Name). Near Grenoble, Where They Built Hermitages, Wore Rude Garments. And Lived Upon Vegetibles And Coarse Bread. The Fifth Prior, Guigo ...
Cartilage
Cartilage (fr.. From Lat. Cartilago, Gristle). A Firm Elastic Substance, Of A Pearly Whiteness, Presenting To The Unaided Eye A Uni Form And Homogeneous Appearance. Cartilages May Be Divided Into The Tem Pore Ry, The Pernio Went, And The Arcidental. The Temporary Carti Lages Are Substitutes For Bone In The ...
Cartoon
Cartoon' (fr. Carton, From Lat. Earls, Paper). A Design On Strong Paper, Of The Full Size Of A Work To Be Afterwards Executed In Fresco, Oil. Tapestry. Ie. Or Stained Gia,r, The Object Of The Artist In Preparing A Cartoon Is To Adjust The Drawing And Coin Poition Of His ...
Cartridge
Cartridge (corrupted From Cartouchr). The Witch> Or A Portion Of The Charge Fur A Fire Arm Put Np In A Hag Or Ease. A Cartridge For Small Arms Consists Of A Brass Cartrilbre-ease Filled With Powder And Fitted With A Primer And Laving Its Open End Closed By The Bullet. ...
Carving
Carving (t)e. B_rringe, From Kerren, To Carve. As. Ccorfan, Icel. Kyrfa, Ger. Kerbcn. Ulti Mately Connected Nv ';irigetv, Yraphein. To Write, Originally To Cut ). A Subordinate Branch Of Sculpture, Usually Performed On Ivory Or Wood. Ivory Was The Favorite Material For This Purpose In The East From An Early ...
Caryatides
Caryatides, Kiir'l-iitti-dc.z (lat., Gk. Re Pearts, Karyatis, Woman Of Caryte). A Name Given To Female Figures, In Greek Architecture, When Applied Instead Of Columns To Support A Roof. The Account Of The Origin Of The Name Given By The Roman Architect Vitruvius Is, That The Inhabitants Of Ca•y:e, A City ...
Caryophyllacrze
Car'yophylla'crze (xeo-lat. Nom. Pl., From ('aryophyllus, From Gk. Kapvov, Karyon, Nut Otaxov, Phyllon, Leaf). An Order Of Dicotyle Donous Plants, Containing About 60 Genera And 1300 Species, Mostly Herbaceous Plants, A Few Half Shrubby. The Steins Are Often Tumid At The Articulations: The Leaves Always Opposite And Entire. Often Uniting ...
Casa Grande
Casa Grande, Griin'a (sp., Great House). A Ruined Structure Of Prehistoric Origin In The Valley Of The Gila River, Near Florence. Arizona, About 15 Miles Southeast Of Casa Grande Station (named From The Ruin) On The Southern Pacific Railway. It May Have Heen Seen By White Nice Connected With The ...
Casanova De Seingalt
Casanova De Seingalt, De S:ix'gal', Giovanni .ltcovo (1725-1803?). An Italian Adventurer, Born In Venice. His Father, An Actor, Came Of A Noble Family; His Mother Was The Beautiful Daughter Of A Shoemaker. Lle Wag Brought Up By His Grandmother, And Eduested For The Priesthood. Expelled In Disgrace From The Seminary ...
Casaubon
Casau'bon, Pr. Pron. Krl'z.than', Isaac (1559-1(;14). A Distinguished French Classicist And Theologian, Who With Joseph Sfcaliger And Justus Lipsius (q.v.) Formed The Famous Triumvirate Of Sixteenth Century Classical Scholars. Casaubon Was Born In Geneva, Febru Ary 18, 1559. At The Age Of 23 Lie Was Appointed Professor Of Greek In ...
Cascade Range
Cascade Range. A Range Of Mountains In The Western United States And Canada Form Ing A Northward Continuation Of The Sierra Ne Vada Range (map: Washington, C 6). It Begins In Northern California Near The Oregon Boundary And Extends Across The Latter State And Wash Ington Into British Columbia, Where ...
Casco Bay
Cas'co Bay. A Bay On The Southwest Coact Of Maine, About 20 Miles In Width At Its Mouth, From Bahl Ilead On The East To Cape Elizabeth On The West. And About 12 Miles Inland (map: Maine. C Si. The Hay Contains Hundreds Of Small Islands. Most Of Which Are ...
Caserta
Caserta, Kfl-sivtii. An Episcopal City In South Italy. Capital Of The Province Of Caserta. And A Military Centre (map: Italy. J (i). It Is 21 Miles North Of Naples, Of Which It Might Be Called The Versailles Or The Potsdam. The An Cient Town (caserta Vecchia), Founded In The Eighth ...
Cash Registers
Cash-registers Are A Form Of Calculating Ma Chine In General Use In Retail Stores, Whose Chief Functions Are To Make A Record Of Money Received From Sales Of Merchandise In A Retail Store, As The Money Is Placed In The Cash-drawer, And To Add Automatically This Sum To The Total ...
Cashew
Cashew (1ta-shnt?) Nut (ger. Acajou Miss, Sp, Canon. From 'hind. Kajfi, Kiinja). The Fruit. Of A Tree. .inaca•dium Ocridentalc. Of The Order Anaeardineerr. This Is A Spreading Tree. 21) To 40 Feet In Height. And Is A Native Of The Tropical Puts Of Both Hemispheres. Perhaps Being Primarily Of American ...
Casimir
Casimir, Kils'i-mer, Properly Kaztmtertz. The Name Of A Number Of Polish Princes And Kings.—castmia I., The Restorer, King Of Poland 11034-58). Was The Son Of The Polish King Aliecis Las 11., And A German Princess, Rixa, Who Ruled During ('asimir's Minority. She Excited Opposi Tion And The Young Prince Was ...
Casimir Perier
Casimir-perier, Pa'rytt', Jean Pall Pierre ( ). President Of The French Republic In I894 And 1895. He Was Born In November S, 1847. His Father. Auguste Casimir-porier, Was Of The Interior In The Administration Of 'i'hiers, And His Grand Father Was Premier Under Louis Philippe. Jean Paul Casimir P6rier Was ...
Caspian Sea
Cas'pian Sea (translation Of Lat. More Raspinin, (7:k. Kaaria Ocixacro-a, Kuspia Thatasxa, Kciartov Racoios, Fashion Priagos). A Tideless Inland Sea Ur Salt Lake Lying On The Boundary Between Europe And Asia, And Bordered On The North By The Russian Provinces Of Astrakhan And Fralsk, On The East By Uralsk And ...
Cassander
Cassan'der (gk. Edo-o-avapos, Kassandros) (c.354-297 N.c.). King Of 'macedonia, The Son Of Antipater. His First Appearance In History Is In B.c. 323, When He Was Sent To Alexander In Baby Lon To Defend Antipater Against The False Accu Sations Of His Enemies. On This Occasion He Incurred The Displeasure Of ...
Cassation
Cassation (fr.,from Lat. Eassarc, To Annul, From Cassus, Empty), Court Or. The Supreme Judicial Tribunal Of France. In French Law The Act Of Annulling The Decision Of A Court Is Called Cassation, And The Function Of Eassation, As Re Gards The Judgments Of All The Other Courts, Is Assigned To ...
Cassel
Cassel. Kiis'sel. Until 1s66 The Capital Of The Former Electorate Of Hesse. Now The Capital Of The Prussian Province Of Hesse-nassau. Pleas Antly Situated On Both Sides Of The Fulda, Here Navigable, In Latitude 51° 19' N. And Longitude 9° 29' E., About 35 Miles Southwest Of Gottin Gen (map: ...
Cassia
Cassia, Kiislea (1-at., From Gk. Saceia, Ea Via, Kassia, Kasia, Cassia. From Heb. Getsi'oth, Cas Sia. From (oalmy, To Cut). A Name Given By The Ancients To A Kind Of Fragrant Medicinal Bark. Cassia Is Also The Botanical Name Of A Genus Of Plants Of The Natural Order Leguminosve, Contain ...
Cassino
Cassino. A Game At Cards Played By Two Or More Persons. Four Cards Are Dealt To Each Player, And Four Are Turned Face Up On The Table. After The Hands Are Played, The Greatest Number Of Earls Counts The Holder Three, The Greatest Number Of Spades One, Big Casino (the ...
Cassius Longinus
Cassius Longi'nus. Galus. One Of Crsar's Assassins. At The Breaking Out Of The Civil War, Though A Tribune Of The Plebs, He Sided With Pompcius And The Aristocratic Fac Tion Against Cesar. He Was Taken Prisoner By The Latter, Who Pardoned Him. And Even Made Him One Of His Legal ...
Cassowary
Cassowary (fr. Easoar, Sp. Casoario, Ea Soba R, Dutch Easuaar, Front Malay B:assvcy'arisl. A Family (casuariithe) Of Ratite Birds Allied To The Ostrich. Bat Distinctively Characterized By Still Greater Shortness Of Wing. It A Bony Crest, By Pendent Wattles On The Naked Neck, And By Three Toes On Each Foot, ...
Castanets
Castanets (fr. Eastaynette, From Lat. Cast.inen. Chestnut. So Called From The Shape). A Musical Instrument Of Percussion, Usually In The Form Of Two Hollow Nutshells, Which Are Tied Together By A Band Fastened On The Thumb, And Struck By The Fingers To Produce A Rattling Sound In Keeping With The ...
Caste
Caste, Kast. In A General Sense, An Heredi Tary Division Or Arrangement Of Society On The Basis Of Occupation Or Other Arbitrary Condition; Specifically, A Class Or Grade So Established, Pa• Ticularly Among The Hindus. The Word Is Not Native To India, Where The Distinctions Are Best Developed, And Where ...
Castile
Castile, Ka-sti•l' (sp. Castillo, From Cos Tato, Castle, From Lat. Cost..•mini, Fort, On Account Of The Numerous Castles Erected On The Fron Tiers). A Former Kingdom Of Spain, Occupying An Area Of About 53,500 Square Miles In The Central Part Of The Peninsula (about One-fourth Of The Kingdom), And Divided ...
Castor Oil
Castor Oil (so Called From Its Fancied Resemblance To Castoremn). A Fixed Oil Obtained From The Seeds Of /wein Us Roni 01 11 Nis (linntn Which Is Cultivated In India. In Extracting The Oil, The Seeds Are First Bruised Between Rol Lers. And Then Pressed In Hempen Bags Under A ...
Castor Oil Plant
Castor-oil Plant, Casron-bean, Patm Christi, Picin Us Cum 10 Lin Is. A Member Of The Order Enpliorbincea.. And A Native Of Tropical Asia And Africa Which Has Beeome Natural I;:ed In Most Tropical And Subtropical Coun Tries. And Which Is Cultivated Also In Temperate Climates. In The Warmer Climates It ...
Castor And Pollux
Castor And Pollux (gk. Kdarup, Kas 14r, And Rome('toic,potydrukr.$). Twin Gods Of Greece And Rome, Known Under The Of Dioscuri (lat., From Gk. Atoceovpot, Dioskouroi, From Attic, Dios, Of Zeus + Kappoc, Kouros, Youth)—i.e, Children Of Zeus And Leda, Wife Of Tyndareus, To Whom The God Came In The Form ...
Castration
Castration (fr., Lat. From Cast Rare, To Emasculate: Skt. Knife). The Removal Of The Essential Organs Of Generation In Animals. In Males Castration Consists In Tak Ing Away The Testicles. In Females, Castration Or Spaying Consists In Removing The Ovaries. The Purpose Of Castration Is. Generally. To Make Domestic Animals ...
Casuarina
Casuarina, K5zwa-a-ri'nit (neo-lat., From Casuorinx, Cassowary, From Dutch Kasuaar, Ma Lay Kassuiraris. So Called From The Resemblance Of The Brdnches To The Feathers Of The Bird). A Genus Of The Order The Trees Of This Genus Are Almost Exclusively Australian. However. Casuarina Equisclifolia Is Found In The South Sea Islands, ...
Casuistry
Casuistry, Kfizln-is-tri (from Casuist. Fr. Casuistc. From Lat. Rases, Instance). The Science Which Guides The Human Conscience In The Fulfill Ment Of Its Duties. As Doubts Occur, Either As To The Retlity Or Extent Or Urgency Of The Laws By Which It Is Governed, 'eases' Come Up Which Have To ...
Caswell
Caswell, Rien..km) (1729-s9). A Patriot Soldier Of The American Revolution, And The First Governor Of The State Of North Carolina. He Was Born In Maryland, Emigrated To North Carolina In 1746, Studied And Practiced Law, And :soon Became Prominent In Colonial Politics. He Was A Member Of The Colonial Assembly ...
Cat As
Cat (as. Catt, Ger. Kat;:e, Fr. Chat, Of. Cat, It. Gatto, Tip., Portng. Gato, Welsh Cath, Corn. Oath, Ir., Gael. Cat, Ochurch Slay. Koteli, Truss. Catto, Cat, Lat. Catus, Cub; Borrowed In Finn. Katti, Turk. Qadi, Ar. Quit. Katas; Of Uncertain Origin). The Cats Are Typi Cal Teluroid Carnivores, Constituting ...
Catacombs
Catacombs. The Catacombs Tell Us Sub Stantially All That We Know Of Early Christian Art, And A Large Part Of What We Know Of The Life Of That Time. The Term Is Of Uncertain Deri And Is Used To Designate A Network Of Subterranean Chambers And Galleries Excavated In The ...
Catalan Language And Liter
Catalan Language And Liter Ature. One Of The Group Of Romance Lan Guages (q.v.). It Is Spoken To-day By Upward Of 3,500.000 People: (1) In The Eastern Portion Of The Pyrenees And Along The Coast Of The Spanish Peninsula, Including The Whole Of The French Department Of Pyami-es Orientales, And ...
Catalepsy
Catalepsy (lat., From Gk. Kan12.lpfac, Hatalt7psis, Seizure, From Rare, Hate, Down -1- ?lp. Pitmen', Lambanein, To Take). A Eondition Of Par Tial Or Complete Unconsciousness, In Which The Patient Voluntarily Assumes, Or May Be Caused To Assume, Au Attitude Which He Retains For Several Minutes. It Occurs In Hysteria (q.v.), ...
Cataloguing
Cataloguing. The Work Of Making Cata Logues And Bibliographies, Both Of Which Deal With Entire Books As Units. The Cataloguing Of Books And Literary Material Preserved In Libraries Is A Matter Of Great Importance. A Large Library Contains A Million Or More Different Items. Of Which May Be Wanted Quickly ...
Catalonia
Cat'alo'nia (sp. Ratalutia, Fr. Catalogne, :med. Lat. For From Gothus. Goth Atanua. Alan), An Old Prov Ince And Principality Of Spain, Occupying The Northeastern Corner Of The Kingdom, And Bound Ed By France On The North (with The Pyrenees On The Border) And The :mediterranean On The East And Southeast ...
Catalpa
Catalpa (amer. 'indian). A Genus Of Trees Of The Order Bignonia•ele. Catalpa Big Honioides Is A Native Of The Southern Portion Of The United States, And Is Cultivated There And In The Cities Of The Northern States As An Orna Mental Shade-tree. It May He Known By The Silver -gray ...
Catalytic Action
Cat'alyt'ic Action (fr. Catalytiqu•, From (;k. Kara? I'771:6c Y Ila)s. Dissolving, From Kar(i, Brio, Down -i- To Loose). A Term Applied In Chemistry To The Action Of One Substance Upon A Second. Whereby The Latter Is Subjected To Elialige Or Decomposition. While The Former, Or Acting Substance, Reiu:lins Un Altered. ...
Catamaran
Catamaran' (fr. Catamaron, Hind. Kat Maran, :\lalayalam Kettamarain. Logs Bound To Gether. From Ketta, Binding, From Kal'1:a. To Hind Maram, Timber). In Its Original Form, A Craft Consisting Of Three Logs—the Middle One Being Longest—lashed Together. It Was Used By The Na Tives Of The Coromandel Coast. Particularly Mad Ras: ...
Catania
Catania, K:1-iii'm-ft (gk. Knnitqi, Kntane, Lat. Catnna). An Episcopal City And Seaport En The East Coast Of Sicily. At The Southeast Base Of Mount Etna, 59 Miles South-southwest Of Messina And 5 Miles West-northwest Of Syra Cuse (map: Italy. K 10). It Is The Capital Of The Province Of Catania, ...
Cataract
Cataract (fr. Cataracts, Lat. Cataracts, From Gk. Karanuikrsc, Katarrhaktes, Waterfall, From Sara, Kata, Down -i-- Rlu'gnynai, To Break; Or Less Probably From Eimiaaciv,arasscin, To Dash In Pieces). An Opaque Condition Of The Lens Of The Eye Or Of Its Capsule. It Is Readily Distinguished From Opacities Of The Cornea, Or ...
Catechism
Catechism (fr. Catechisme, Lat. Eatechis Mus, From Gk. Hartixigew, Kaffehizein, To Cate Chise, From Karueir, Kaffchcin, To Instruct Orally, From Kar6, Kata, Down + Frhcia, To Sound, From ;ail, Sound). System Of Teaching By Means Of Question And Answer, Employed For Popular Instruction In The Truths And Duties Of The ...
Catechumens
Catechumens, Kat'ii-kii'menz (fr. Cate Chunu'ne, Lat. Catechumcnus, Gk. Sarualperoc, Katichoumenos, From Fiailath", Kaffehein, To In Struct Orally). The Appellation Commonly Given, In The Early Ages Of The Christian Church, To Those Converted Jews And Heathens Who Had Not Yet Received Baptism, But Were Undergoing A Course Of Training And Instruction ...
Categories Of Classification
Categories Of Classification. The Number Of Known Species Of Living Animals Is Perhaps 350.000, To Which Must Be Added Over 50.000 Fos Sil Described Species. Making Over 400.000 In All. To Contain All These Forms It Is Necessary To Pro Vide A Complicated System Of Categories Of Vary Ing Ranks. ...
Category
Category ( Fr. Categoric, Lat. Categoria, From Gk. Sartryonia, Katcgoria, Category, Charge, From Katily0pee•iv, /cu( To Accuse, From Kani, Kaki, Down + Ayoptivv, Agoreuein, To De Claim, From (iyopa, Agora, Assembly, From Ilyttr, Age In, To Lead). A Philosophical Term In Use Since The Time Of Aristotle. Aristotle Used It ...
Catfish
Catfish (so Called From The Purring Sound When The Fish Is Taken From The Water). One Of A Group Of Physostomons (soft-rayed) Fishes Of Both Salt And Fresh Waters, Comprising The Order Nentatognathi And The Family Silurithe And Its Allies. Fishes Of This Order," Writes Dr. I). S. Jordan, "agree ...
Catgut
Catgut (probably A Corruption, By Popular Confusion With Kit, Cat, Of Kit, Fiddle, Apparently From As. Cytere, From Lat. Cithara, Gk. Ktocipa, Hamra, Guitar, And Gut, Ger. (lotte, Gutter, From .\s. Fp•otan, Got. Giutan, Ger. Geissen, Bat. Fun Dcre, Gk. ;•at, Chain, To Pour). A Substance Employed In The Manufacture ...
Catharine
Cath'arine (fr. Catherine, Lat. Catha Rine, Gk. Katiapivy, Katharinp From &ala, Aatharos. Pure). The Name Of Six Saints Of The Roman Catholic Church. The Simple Designa Tion Of Saint Catharine, However, Is Given To A Virgin Said To Have Been Of Royal Descent In Alexandria. Who, Publicly Confessing Christianity At ...
Catharine Of Aragon 1485 1536
Catharine Of Ar'agon ( 1485-1536 ) . Queen Of England. The First Wife Of Henry And Fourth Daughter Of Ferdinand And Isabella, King. And Queen Of Aragon And Castile. She Was Born In December. 11s5. Slte Occupies A Promi Nent Place In English History, Not For What She Herself Was, ...
Cathartic
Cathartic (fr. Eathartique, From Gk. Kattaprom:, Hat Hart Ikus, Purgative, From Sattapuf, Katharos, Clean). A Name Originally Applied To Any Medicine That Was Supposed To Purify The System From 'disease Material' (materies Morbi), Which Was Generally Presumed By The Ancients To Exist In All Cases Of Fever And Acute Disease ...
Cathedral
Cathedral (from Gk. Kaoloptt, Kathcdra, A Seat). This Word Was Used Of The Actual Throne Of The Bishop In The Apse Of His Church. Hence The Episcopal Church Was Called A Cathedral Church —tecicsia Eatbcdralis: The Residence Of The Bishop Was A Cathedral City, And A Formal Decision Of The ...
Catholic Apostolic Church
Catholic Apostolic Church. The Proper Designation Of A Body Of Christialls Who Object To Any Designation Which Implies See Tariansm, And Therefore To Their Common Desig Nation Irvingites, Which Is Given To Them From Their Connection With Rev. Edward Irving (q.v.). In The Winter Of Is'29-30, Irving. Then A Minister ...
Catholic Epistles
Catholic Epistles. A Group Of Seven Letters In The New Testament (james, 1., 11. L'eter, Jude, 1., It.. I11. John) Which Have Been Designated By This Name, As Denoting The Com Prehensive Circle Of The Readers Addressed In Distinetion From The Individual Churches And Persons Addressed In The Letters By ...