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The cry of cats; a harsh, disagreeable noise or cry like the cry of cats. Shak.

The place where provisions are deposited. [Obs.]

Provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food; delicacies; dainties. Shak. Cates for which Apicius could not pay. Shurchill. Choicest cates and the fiagon's best spilth. R. Browning.

Relating to the chair or office of a teacher. [Obs.]

Having a taill; having a termination like a tail.

To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High.

Having celebrity; distinguished; renowned. Celebrated for the politeness of his manners. Macaulay.

Celibate state; celibacy. [Obs.] He . . . preferreth holy celibate before the estate of marrige. Jer. Taylor.

Cellular. Caldwell.

Colorado; -- a nickname alluding to the fact that it was admitted to the Union in the centennial year, 1876.

The office of a centumvir, or of the centumviri.

To make a hundredfold; to repeat a hundred times. [R.] Howell.

Pertaining to, or divided into, centuries or hundreds. [R.] Holland.

Having a head.

An unctuous preparation for external application, of a consistence intermediate between that of an ointment and a plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin.

Covered with wax.

To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action.

A written testimony to the truth of any fact; as, certificate of good behavior.

Impregnated with salts of iron; having a taste like iron; as, chalybeate springs.

f the manor; a gentleman's country seat; also, particularly, a royal residence; as, the chateau of the Louvre; the chateau of the Luxembourg.