Caxton
(Cax"ton) n. (Bibliog.) Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer. Hansard.
Cay
(Cay) n. See Key, a ledge.
Cayenne
(Cay*enne) n. [From Cayenne, a town and island in French Guiana, South America.] Cayenne
pepper.
Cayenne pepper.
(a) (Bot.) A species of Capsicum (C. frutescens) with small and intensely pungent
fruit. (b) A very pungent spice made by drying and grinding the fruits or seeds of several species of
the genus Capsicum, esp. C. annuum and C. Frutescens; — called also red pepper. It is used chiefly
as a condiment.
Cayman
(Cay"man) n. [From the language of Guiana: cf. Sp. caiman.] (Zoöl.) The south America alligator.
See Alligator. [Sometimes written caiman.]
Cayugas
(Ca*yu"gas) n. pl.; sing. Cayuga. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting western
New-York, forming part of the confederacy called the Five Nations.
Cayuse
(Cay*use") n. An Indian pony. [Northw. U. S.]
Cazique
(Ca*zique", Ca*zic") n. [Sp. Cacique, fr. the language of Hayti.] A chief or petty king among
some tribes of Indians in America.
Cease
(Cease) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ceased ; p. pr. & vb. n. Ceasing.] [OE. cessen, cesen, F. cesser,
fr. L. cessare, v. intemsive fr. cedere to withdraw. See Cede , and cf. Cessation.]
1. To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased. "To cease from
strife." Prov. xx. 3.
2. To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.
The poor shall never cease out of the land.
Deut. xv. 11.
Syn. — To intermit; desist; stop; abstain; quit; discontinue; refrain; leave off; pause; end.
Cease
(Cease), v. t. To put a stop to; to bring to an end.
But he, her fears to cease
Sent down the meek-eyed peace.
Milton.
Cease, then, this impious rage.
Milton
Cease
(Cease), n. Extinction. [Obs.] Shak.
Ceaseless
(Cease"less), a. Without pause or end; incessant.
Ceaseless
(Cease"less), adv. Without intermission or end.
Cecidomyia
(||Cec`i*do*my"i*a) n. [Nl., fr. Gr. khki`s, a gall nut + myi^a a fly.] (Zoöl.) A genus of small
dipterous files, including several very injurious species, as the Hessian fly. See Hessian fly.
Cecity
(Ce"ci*ty) n. [L. caecitas, fr. caecus blind: cf. F. cécité.] Blindness. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Cecutiency
(Ce*cu"tien*cy) n. [L. caecutire to be blind, fr. caecus blind.] Partial blindness, or a tendency
to blindness. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
Cedar
(Ce"dar) n. [AS. ceder, fr. L. cedrus, Gr. ke`dros.] (Bot.) The name of several evergreen
trees. The wood is remarkable for its durability and fragrant odor.