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(Zool.) See Oryx. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. cauteleux, LL. cautelosus. See Cautel. ] 1. Caution; prudent; wary. [ Obs. ] “Cautelous, though young.” Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Crafty; deceitful; false. [ Obs. ] Shak.

-- Cau"te*lous*ly, adv. -- Cau"te*lous*ness, n. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ F. matelote, fr. matelot a sailor; properly, a dish such as a sailors prepare. ] 1. A stew, commonly of fish, flavored with wine, and served with a wine sauce containing onions, mushrooms, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. An old dance of sailors, in double time, and somewhat like a hornpipe. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F., ; cf. G. pottloth black lead. ] (Old Chem. & Min.) Molybdenum sulphide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a post, slab, pillar + -graphy: cf. Gr. &unr_; an inscription on a tablet. ] The art of writing or inscribing characters on pillars. [ R. ] Stackhouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; far + E. dynamic. ] Relating to a system for transmitting power to a distance by means of swiftly moving ropes or cables driving grooved pulleys of large diameter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Telugu. D. O. Allen. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Telotrochae [ NL. See Telotrochal. ] (Zool.) An annelid larva having telotrochal bands of cilia. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_; complete + &unr_; wheel, hoop. ] (Zool.) Having both a preoral and a posterior band of cilla; -- applied to the larvae of certain annelids. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; far off + -type. ] An electric telegraph which prints the messages in letters and not in signs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Incautious. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]