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speciec of armadillo of the genus Xenurus (X. unicinctus and X. hispidus); the tatouay. [Written also Kabassou.]

lso called sons of Hephæstus (or Vulcan), as being masters of the art of working metals. [Written also Cabeiri.] Liddell & Scott.

Of or pertaining to the Cabiri, or to their mystical worship. [Written also Cabiritic.]

full face, but nothing of the neck; -- said of the head of a beast in armorial bearing. [Written also caboshed.]

The pronghorn antelope. [Also written cabrit, cabret.]

A South American short-tailed monkey (Pithecia (or Brachyurus) melanocephala). [Written also cacajo.]

the type of a series of compounds analogous to the nitrogen compounds called hydrazines. [Written also cacodyle, and kakodyl.]

A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, cacoëthes scribendi, "The itch for writing". Addison.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, cacography; badly written or spelled.

Incorrect or bad writing or spelling. Walpole.

A Scotch errand boy, porter, or messenger. [Written also cady.] Every Scotchman, from the peer to the cadie. Macaulay.

ton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff. [Written also cader.]

A limbless amphibian belonging to the order Cæciliæ or Ophimorpha. See Ophiomorpha. [Written also coecilian.]

A sweet wine from Portugal; -- so called from the district of Carcavelhos. [Written also Calcavellos or Carcavelhos.]

A large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron. [Written also cauldron.] "Caldrons of boiling oil." Prescott.

To enter or write in a calendar; to register. Waterhouse.

The first day of each month in the ancient Roman calendar. [Written also kalends.] The Greek calends, a time that will never come, as the Greeks had no calends.

The tenth avatar or incarnation of the god Vishnu. [Written also Kali.]

e of the cuplike structures inclosing the zooids of certain hydroids. See Campanularian. [Written also calycle. See Calycle.]

rs of Mohammed both as temporal and spiritual rulers, now used by the sultans of Turkey, [Writting also calif.]