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

To talk in a silly manner; to prattle. Johnson.

To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame. [Obs.] Johnson.

A large pear, shaped like a flattened top, used chiefly for cooking. Johnson.

, and to appoint bishops and priests of like race and speaking the same language as the majority of the members of a diocese or congregation. This plan was successfully opposed by the American party in the Church.

mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake.

A slender bony process from the ankle joint of bats, which helps to support the posterior part of the web, in flight.

Fitted with, or wearing, shoes. Johnson.

A plant coif or skullcap. Same as Calotte. B. Jonson.

To bring forth a calf. "Their cow calveth." Job xxi. 10.

The theological tenets or doctrines of John Calvin (a French theologian and reformer of the 16th century) and his followers, or of the so-called calvinistic churches.

Depressed; flattened. [Obs.] Though my nose be cammoused. B. Jonson

luding some of the most common shore crabs of Europe and North America, as the rock crab, Jonah crab, etc. See Crab.

onsumes candles by being up late for study or dissipation. A bookworm, a candlewaster. B. Jonson.

canes; as, the canes of a raspberry. Like light canes, that first rise big and brave. B. Jonson.

enus of carnivorous mammals, of the family Canidæ, including the dogs and wolves. Canis major Etym: [L., larger dog], a constellation to the southeast of Orion, containing Sirius or the Dog Star. -- Canis minor Etym: [L., smaller dog], a constellation to the east of Orion, containing Procyon, a star of the first magni…

nd principal person in the temple was Irene, or Peace; she was placed aloft in a cant. B. Jonson.

cy of its flesh. It visits the United States in autumn; particularly Chesapeake Bay and adjoining waters; -- so named from the markings of the plumage on its back.

place a cap upon the proper part of; as, to cap a post; to cap a gun. The bones next the joint are capped with a smooth cartilaginous substance. Derham.

able of holding a large number; a castle capable of resisting a long assault. Concious of jou and capable of pain. Prior.