English English Dictionary

A house on deck, where the cooking is done; -- commonly called the galley.

A car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car.

Navigation along the coast; the details of coast pilotage.

The pronghorn antelope.

An apple-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of nickel, cobalt, and magnesia; -- so named from the Sierra Cabrera, Spain.

A name applied to various species of edible fishes of the genus Serranus, and related genera, inhabiting the Meditarranean, the coast of California, etc. In California, some of them are also called rock bass and kelp salmon.

A curvet; a leap. See Capriole.

A one-horse carriage with two seats and a calash top.

Same as Cabree.

A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc.

Alt. of Cachaemia

The essential principle of cacao; -- now called theobromine.

A South American short-tailed monkey (Pithecia (/ Brachyurus) melanocephala).

A small evergreen tree (Theobroma Cacao) of South America and the West Indies. Its fruit contains an edible pulp, inclosing seeds about the size of an almond, from which cocoa, chocolate, and broma are prepared.

A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood.

The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called spermaceti. See Sperm whale.

A hole in the ground, or hiding place, for concealing and preserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry.

Alt. of Cachectical

Having, or pertaining to, cachexia; as, cachectic remedies; cachectical blood.

An ornamental casing for a flowerpot, of porcelain, metal, paper, etc.