cau

n. 1. A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus, esp. a Circassian or Georgian. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A member of any of the white races of mankind. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to the Caucasus, a mountainous region between the Black and Caspian seas. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the white races of mankind, of whom the people about Mount Caucasus were formerly taken as the type. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. belonging to the caucasian racial group.
Syn. -- caucasian. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. (Geog.) a large region between the Black and Caspian seas.
Syn. -- Caucasia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Geog.) the mountain range located between the Black and Caspian seas. [ PJC ]

n. [ Etymology uncertain. Mr. J. H. Trumbull finds the origin of caucus in the N. A. Indian word cawcawwassough or caú cau-as'u one who urges or pushes on, a promoter. See citation for an early use of the word caucus. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

This day learned that the caucus club meets, at certain times, in the garret of Tom Dawes, the adjutant of the Boston regiment. John Adams's Diary [ Feb. , 1763 ]. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Caucused p. pr. & vb. n. Caucusing. ] To hold, or meet in, a caucus or caucuses. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ L. cauda tail + ad to. ] (Zool.) Backwards; toward the tail or posterior part. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., tail of a cock. ] (Paleon.) A plume-shaped fossil, supposed to be a seaweed, characteristic of the lower Devonian rocks; as, the cauda galli grit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cauda galli epoch (Geol.), an epoch at the begining of the Devonian age in eastern America, so named from the characteristic gritty sandstone marked with impressions of Cauda galli. See the Diagram under Geology. [ 1913 Webster ]