Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: CAX'OU – CED'U-OUS
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CAX'OU, n. [Sp. caxa, caxon.]
A chest of ores of any metal that has been burnt, ground and washed, and is ready to be refined. – Chalmers.
CAY'ENNE, n.
A very pungent pepper, the produce of some species of Capsicum.
CAY'MAN, n.
An animal of the genus Lacerta, found in the West Indies, the alligator.
CA-ZIC', or CA-ZIQUE', n. [cazeek'.]
The title of a king or chief among several tribes of Indians in America.
CEASE, n.
Extinction. [Not in use.] – Shak.
CEASE, v.i. [Fr. cesser; Sp. cesar; Port. cessar; It. cessare; L. cesso.]
- To stop moving, acting or speaking; to leave off; to give over; followed by from before a noun. It is an honor for a man to cease from strife. – Prov. xx.
- To fail; to be wanting. The poor shall never cease out of the land. – Deut. xv.
- To stop; to be at an end; as, the wonder ceases; the storm has ceased.
- To be forgotten. I would make the remembrance of them to cease. – Deut. xxxii.
- To abstain; as, cease from anger. – Ps. xxxvii. To cease from labor, is to rest; to cease from strife, is to be quiet; but in such phrases the sense of cease is not varied.
CEASE, v.t.
To put a stop to; to put an end to. Cease this impious rage. – Milton. [But in this use the phrase is generally elliptical.]
CEAS'ED, pp.
Stopped, ended.
CEASE'LESS, a.
- Without a stop or pause; incessant; continual; without intermission. All these with ceaseless, praise his works behold. – Milton.
- Endless; enduring forever; as, the ceaseless joys of heaven.
CEASE'LESS-LY, adv.
Incessantly; perpetually. – Donne.
CEAS'ING, ppr.
Stopping; ending; desisting; failing.
CEC'CHIN, n.
A coin of Italy and Barbary. [See Zechin.]
CE'CITY, n. [L. cæcitas, from cæcus, blind.]
Blindness. – Brown.
CE'DAR, n. [L. cedrus; Fr. cedre; Sp. and It. cedro; from Gr. κεδρος; Syr. ܟܕܪ; Heb. קדר kadar, to be dark.]
A tree. This name is given to different species of the juniper, and to a species of Pinus. The latter is that which is mentioned in Scripture. It is an evergreen, grows to a great size, and is remarkable for its durability.
CE'DAR-ED, a.
Covered, or furnished with cedars. – Milton.
CE'DAR-LIKE, a.
Resembling a cedar. – B. Jonson.
CE'DARN, a.
Pertaining to the cedar. – Milton.
CEDE, v.t. [Fr. ceder; Sp. and Port. ceder; It. cedere; L. cedo; W. gadu, gadaw; Eng. to quit. See Quit and Conge. This coincides also with the Gr. χαζω, εχαδον.]
- To yield; to surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cede a fortress, a province or country, by treaty. This word is appropriately used to denote the relinquishment of a conquered city, fortress or territory to the former sovereign or proprietor.
- To relinquish and grant; as, to cede all claims to a disputed right or territory. The people must cede to the government some of their natural rights. – Jay.
CED'ED, pp.
Yielded; surrendered; given up.
CE-DIL'LA, n.
A mark used on the French c [thus ç] to show that it is to be sounded like s.
CED'ING, ppr.
Yielding; giving up.
CE'DRAT, n.
A species of citron-tree. – Pallas. Tooke.
CE'DRINE, a.
Belonging to cedar.
CE'DRY, a.
Having the color or properties of cedar. – Evelyn.
CED'U-OUS, a.
Fit to be felled. – Evelyn.