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Cake: Definition and part of speech

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Cake

  1. v. i. To form into a cake, or mass.
  2. n. A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake.
  3. n. A sweetened composition of flour and other ingredients, leavened or unleavened, baked in a loaf or mass of any size or shape.
  4. n. A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake; as buckwheat cakes.
  5. n. A mass of matter concreted, congealed, or molded into a solid mass of any form, esp. into a form rather flat than high; as, a cake of soap; an ague cake.

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.

Cairn: Definition and part of speech

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Cairn

  1. n. A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.
  2. n. A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.

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.

Cairngormstone: Definition and part of speech

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Cairngormstone

  1. A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, or crystallized quartz, found esp, in the mountain of Cairngorm, in Scotland.

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.

Caisson: Definition and part of speech

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Caisson

  1. n. A sunk panel of ceilings or soffits.
  2. n. A chest to hold ammunition.
  3. n. A four-wheeled carriage for conveying ammunition, consisting of two parts, a body and a limber. In light field batteries there is one caisson to each piece, having two ammunition boxes on the body, and one on the limber.
  4. n. A chest filled with explosive materials, to be laid in the way of an enemy and exploded on his approach.
  5. n. A water-tight box, of timber or iron within which work is carried on in building foundations or structures below the water level.
  6. n. A hollow floating box, usually of iron, which serves to close the entrances of docks and basins.
  7. n. A structure, usually with an air chamber, placed beneath a vessel to lift or float it.

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.