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  • cedar
    [W3 different genus] n. 1. a tree, Juniperus barbadensis: 1905 (Shattuck 203). 2. a tree, Casuarina litorea. = CHRISTMAS TREE 2 (Black)
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  • caya
    see KAYA.
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  • cay, key
    /kiy/ [Car.; from Sp. cayo from Lucayo cayo W3; cf. Arawakan cairi island (Albury 1975: 5), Island Carib acráera idem
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  • cave-hole
    [of OED cave a hollow place opening more or less horizontally under the ground] n. a very deep hole: 1832
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  • cave earth, cave dirt
    [euphemism; cf. OED cave-earth a layer of earth forming the old floor of a cave before the deposition of stalagmite
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  • cave-bat
    n. the bat, a flying mammal, as opposed to BAT moth: I won't go in them big cave-hole 'cause I scared
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  • cat-wash
     [from a cat's manner of washing itself] n. a bath with a washcloth without a tub or shower. = COWBOY,
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  • catty-corner
     [US dial. idem ADD; W3 "variant of catercorner from cater rhomboid, from Fr. quatre four"] adv. diagonally opposite: catty-corner from
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  • cat-tongue
      n. a plant, Priva lappulacea, used medicinally: 1920 (Britton 367). 1905 One of the plants, which is boiled and
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  • cattles
      [OED cattle livestock (→ 1741) .. . usually bovine ... ordinary plural] n. pl. heads of cattle or other
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