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Dictionary

Archived English words only, ordered alphabetically with definitions and pronunciation pages.

c

"C is the third letter of the English alphabet. It is from the Latin letter C which in old Latin represented the sounds of k and g (in go); its original value being the latter. In Anglo-Saxon words or Old English before

cab

"A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels usually a public vehicle." — "The covered part of a locomotive in which the engineer has his station." — "A Hebrew dry measure containing a little over two (2.37)

cabin

"A cottage or small house; a hut." — "A small room; an inclosed place." — "A room in ship for officers or passengers." — "To live in or as in a cabin; to lodge." — "To confine in or as in a cabin."

cabinet

"A hut; a cottage; a small house." — "A small room or retired apartment; a closet." — "A private room in which consultations are held." — "The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet

cable

"A large strong rope or chain of considerable length used to retain a vessel at anchor and for other purposes. It is made of hemp of steel wire or of iron links." — "A rope of steel wire or copper wire usually covere

caesar

"A Roman emperor as being the successor of Augustus Caesar. Hence a kaiser or emperor of Germany or any emperor or powerful ruler. See Kaiser Kesar."

cage

"A box or inclosure wholly or partly of openwork in wood or metal used for confining birds or other animals." — "A place of confinement for malefactors" — "An outer framework of timber inclosing something within it

cake

"A small mass of dough baked; especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as an oatmeal cake; johnnycake." — "A sweetened composition of flour and other ingredients leavened or unleavened baked in a loaf or mass of

cal

"Wolfram an ore of tungsten."

calcium

"An elementary substance; a metal which combined with oxygen forms lime. It is of a pale yellow color tenacious and malleable. It is a member of the alkaline earth group of elements. Atomic weight 40. Symbol Ca."

calculate

"To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute." — "To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the tim

calendar

"An orderly arrangement of the division of time adapted to the purposes of civil life as years months weeks and days; also a register of the year with its divisions; an almanac." — "A tabular statement of the dates of

calif

"Alt. of Califate"

call

"To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as to call a servant." — "To summon to the discharge of a particular duty; to designate for an office or employment especially of a religious character; -- oft

calling

"of Call" — "The act of one who calls; a crying aloud esp. in order to summon or to attact the attention of some one." — "A summoning or convocation as of Parliament." — "A divine summons or invitation; also the

calm

"Freedom from motion agitation or disturbance; a cessation or absence of that which causes motion or disturbance as of winds or waves; tranquility; stillness; quiet; serenity." — "To make calm; to render still or quie

came

"imp. of Come." — "A slender rod of cast lead with or without grooves used in casements and stained-glass windows to hold together the panes or pieces of glass." — "of Come"

camera

"A chamber or instrument having a chamber. Specifically: The camera obscura when used in photography. See Camera and Camera obscura."

camp

"The ground or spot on which tents huts etc. are erected for shelter as for an army or for lumbermen etc." — "A collection of tents huts etc. for shelter commonly arranged in an orderly manner." — "A single hut or

campaign

"An open field; a large open plain without considerable hills. SeeChampaign." — "A connected series of military operations forming a distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field." — "Politi

camping

"of Camp" — "Lodging in a camp." — "A game of football."

campus

"The principal grounds of a college or school between the buildings or within the main inclosure; as the college campus."

can

"an obs. form of began imp. & p. p. of Begin sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]" — "A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids." — "A vessel or case of tinned iron or of sheet metal of various forms but usu