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Incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance. Abney.

The cougar. Applied also, in some parts of the United States, to the lynx.

A soft and moist substance applied externally to some part of the body; a poultice. Dunglison.

That part of a speech, usually the exordium, in which the orator sets forth the subject matter to be discussed.

idely extended change in the surface of the earth, as, an elevation or subsidence of some part of it, effected by internal causes. Whewell.

A plant with the joints of the stem, and sometimes other parts, covered with a viscid secretion to which small insects adhere. The species of Silene are examples of the catchfly.

A word or phrase caught up and repeated for effect; as, the catchword of a political party, etc.

Consisting of, or occuring in, disconnected parts or snatches; changeable; as, a catchy wind.

Connection of links or union of parts, as in a chain; a regular or connected series. See Concatenation. Sir T. Browne.

The part of a voltaic battery by which the electric current leaves substances through which it passes, or the surface at which the electric current passes out of the electrolyte; the negative pole; -- opposed to anode. Faraday. Cathode ray (Phys.), a kind of ray generated at the cathode in a vacuum tube, by the electri…

Universal or general; as, the catholic faith. Men of other countries [came] to bear their part in so great and catholic a war. Southey.

Adherence or conformity to the system of doctrine held by all parts of the orthodox Christian church; the doctrine so held; orthodoxy.

That part of optics which explants the properties and phenomena of reflected light, and particularly that which is reflected from mirrors or polished bodies; --- formerly caled anacamptics.

A particular hitch or turn in the bight of a rope, into which a tackle may be hooked.

A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting. This day learned that the caucus club meets, at certain times, in the g…

Backwards; toward the tail or posterior part.

A part of the amnion, one of the membranes enveloping the fetus, which sometimes is round the head of a child at its birth. It is deemed lucky to be with a caul or membrane over the face. This caul is esteemed an infallible preservative against drowning . . . According to Chysostom, the midwives frequently sold it for…

The lighter, earthy parts of ore, carried off washing.

A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.

The act of searing some morbid part by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application.