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r nobleman; a fortress. The house of every one is to him castle and fortress, as well for his defense againts injury and violence, as for his repose. Coke. Our castle's strength Will laugh a siege to scorn. Shak.

A male person castrated for the purpose of improving his voice for singing; an artificial, or male, soprano. Swift.

Hence: To insnare; to entangle. "To catch him in his words". Mark xii. 13.

hold of Catching bargain (Law), a bargain made with an heir expectant for the purchase of his expectancy at an inadequate price. Bouvier.

ns; -- sometimes with a view to reproof, by eliciting from a person answers which condemn his own conduct. Swift.

he latter its literal translation in the Latin language -- were intended by Aristotle and his followers as an enumeration of all things capable of being named; an enumeration by the summa genera i.e., the most extensive classes into which things could be distributed. J. S. Mill.

The principal church in a diocese, so called because in it the bishop has his official chair (Cathedra) or throne.

on, which was perforned by letting down a mirror into water, for a sick person to look at his face in it. If his countenance appeared distorted and ghastly, it was an ill omen; if fresh and healthy, it was favorable.

dupe; a tool; one who, or that which, is used by another as an instrument to a accomplish his purposes.

pertaining to, a tail; having a tail-like appendage. The male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes. Darwin. Caudal fin (Zoöl.), the terminal fin (or "tail") of a fish.

Sake; interest; advantage. [Obs.] I did it not for his cause. 2 Cor. vii. 12.

Security; guaranty; bail. [R.] The Parliament would yet give his majesty sufficient caution that the war should be prosecuted. Clarendon.

Given as a pledge or as security. He hated Barnevelt, for his getting the cautionary towns out of his hands. Bp. Burnet.

w), let the purchaser beware, i. e., let him examine the article he is buying, and act on his own judgment.

Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See Captious. His depreciatory and caviling criticism. Lewis.

To prance ostentatiously; -- said of a horse or his rider. [Local slang U. S.]

particularly to an officiating priest in the Roman Catholic Church, as distinguished from his assistants.

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

The act, process, or time of celebrating. His memory deserving a particular celebration. Clarendok. Celebration of Mass is equivalent to offering Mass Cath. Dict. To hasten the celebration of their marriage. Sir P. Sidney.

brated; fame; renown; as, the celebrity of Washington. An event of great celebrity in the history of astronomy. Whewell.