Definition of cat

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Cat (n.) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship.

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Axinite :: Axinite (n.) A borosilicate of alumina, iron, and lime, commonly found in glassy, brown crystals with acute edges..
Nativity :: Nativity (n.) A representation of the positions of the heavenly bodies as the moment of one's birth, supposed to indicate his future destinies; a horoscope..
Equivocal :: Equivocal (a.) (Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:) Having two significations equally applicable; capable of double interpretation; of doubtful meaning; ambiguous; uncertain; as, equivocal words; an equivocal sentence..
Pyrosmalite :: Pyrosmalite (n.) A mineral, usually of a pale brown or of a gray or grayish green color, consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of iron and manganese; -- so called from the odor given off before the blowpipe..
Umbilicated :: Umbilicated (a.) Supported by a stalk at the central point.
Metroscope :: Metroscope (n.) A modification of the stethoscope, for directly auscultating the uterus from the vagina..
Piscatory :: Piscatory (a.) Of or pertaining to fishes or fishing.
So :: So (adv.) In the same manner; as has been stated or suggested; in this or that condition or state; under these circumstances; in this way; -- with reflex reference to something just asserted or implied; used also with the verb to be, as a predicate..
Coordinate :: Coordinate (v. t.) To make coordinate; to put in the same order or rank; as, to coordinate ideas in classification..
Rush-bearing :: Rush-bearing (n.) A kind of rural festival at the dedication of a church, when the parishioners brought rushes to strew the church..
Sparpoil :: Sparpoil (v. t.) To scatter; to spread; to disperse.
Avocative :: Avocative (n.) That which calls aside; a dissuasive.
Presignification :: Presignification (n.) The act of signifying or showing beforehand.
Divaricating :: Divaricating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Divaricat.
Pur :: Pur (n.) The low, murmuring sound made by a cat to express contentment or pleasure..
Cathetometer :: Cathetometer (n.) An instrument for the accurate measurement of small differences of height; esp. of the differences in the height of the upper surfaces of two columns of mercury or other fluid, or of the same column at different times. It consists of a telescopic leveling apparatus (d), which slides up or down a perpendicular metallic standard very finely graduated (bb). The telescope is raised or depressed in order to sight the objects or surfaces, and the differences in vertical height are th
Catenation :: Catenation (n.) Connection of links or union of parts, as in a chain; a regular or connected series. See Concatenation..
Hypothecation :: Hypothecation (n.) The act or contract by which property is hypothecated; a right which a creditor has in or to the property of his debtor, in virtue of which he may cause it to be sold and the price appropriated in payment of his debt. This is a right in the thing, or jus in re..
Significate :: Significate (n.) One of several things signified by a common term.
Uranium :: Uranium (n.) An element of the chromium group, found in certain rare minerals, as pitchblende, uranite, etc., and reduced as a heavy, hard, nickel-white metal which is quite permanent. Its yellow oxide is used to impart to glass a delicate greenish-yellow tint which is accompanied by a strong fluorescence, and its black oxide is used as a pigment in porcelain painting. Symbol U. Atomic weight 239..
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