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a. (Anat.) [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Of or pertaining to the cæcum, or blind gut. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having the form of a cæcum, or bag with one opening; baglike; as, the cæcal extremity of a duct. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. caecias, Gr. &unr_;. ] A wind from the northeast. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. caecus blind. So named from the supposed blindness of the species, the eyes being very minute. ] (Zool.) A limbless amphibian belonging to the order Cæciliæ or Ophimorpha. See Ophiomorpha. [ Written also cœcilian. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Cæcums, L. Cæca [ L. caecus blind, invisible, concealed. ] (Anat.) (a) A cavity open at one end, as the blind end of a canal or duct. (b) The blind part of the large intestine beyond the entrance of the small intestine; -- called also the blind gut. [ Also spelled cecum. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The cæcum is comparatively small in man, and ends in a slender portion, the vermiform appendix; but in herbivorous mammals it is often as large as the rest of the large intestine. In fishes there are often numerous intestinal cæca. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. caelare to engrave in relief. ] Art of producing metal decorative work other than statuary, as reliefs, intaglios, engraving, chasing, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Geol.) See Cenozoic. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cream-colored limestone for building, found near Caen, France. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] A Roman emperor, as being the successor of Augustus Cæsar. Hence, a kaiser, or emperor of Germany, or any emperor or powerful ruler. See Kaiser, Kesar, Tsar. [ 1913 Webster ]

Marlborough anticipated the day when he would be servilely flattered and courted by Cæsar on one side and by Louis the Great on the other. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]