Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume CCa·vort" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cavorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Cavorting.] To prance ostentatiously; -- said of a horse or his rider. [Local slang, U. S.] Ca"vy (?), n.; pl. Cavies (?). [NL. cavia, fr. Brazilian cabiai: cf. F. cabiai.] (Zoöl.) A rodent of the genera Cavia and Dolichotis, as the guinea pig (Cavia cobaya). Cavies are natives of South America. -- Water cavy (Zoöl.), The capybara. Caw (kô), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cawed (kôd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cawing.] [Imitative. √22 Cf. Chough.] To cry like a crow, rook, or raven. Rising and cawing at the gun's report. Caw, n. The cry made by the crow, rook, or raven. Cawk (kôk), n. [Prov. E. cauk limestone. A doublet of chalk.] (Min.) An opaque, compact variety of barite, or heavy spar. [Also written cauk.] Cawk"er (?), n. See Calker. Cawk"y, a. Of or pertaining to cawk; like cawk. Cax"on (?), n. A kind of wig. [Obs.] Lamb. Cax"ton (?), n. (Bibliog.) Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer. Hansard. Cay (?), n. See Key, a ledge. Cay·enne (?), n. [From Cayenne, a town and island in French Guiana, South America.] Cayenne pepper. -- Cayenne pepper. (a) (Bot.) A species of Capsicum (C. frutescens) with small and intensely pungent fruit. (b) A very pungent spice made by drying and grinding the fruits or seeds of several species of the genus Capsicum, esp. C. annuum and C. Frutescens; -- called also red pepper. It is used chiefly as a condiment. |