Helen Fenton

Cactus: Definition and part of speech

by

Cactus

  1. n. Any plant of the order Cactacae, as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus. See Cereus. They usually have leafless stems and branches, often beset with clustered thorns, and are mostly natives of the warmer parts of America.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cachunde: Definition and part of speech

by

Cachunde

  1. n. A pastil or troche, composed of various aromatic and other ingredients, highly celebrated in India as an antidote, and as a stomachic and antispasmodic.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cackerel: Definition and part of speech

by

Cackerel

  1. n. The mendole; a small worthless Mediterranean fish considered poisonous by the ancients. See Mendole.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cackle: Definition and part of speech

by

Cackle

  1. n. Idle talk; silly prattle.
  2. v. i. To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.
  3. v. i. To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle.
  4. v. i. To talk in a silly manner; to prattle.
  5. n. The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.