Defn: A kind of coarse serge.
CADMEAN Cad*me"an, a. Etym: [L. Cadmeus, Gr. Cadmus), which name perhaps means lit. a man from the East; cf. Heb. qedem east.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to Cadmus, a fabulous prince of Thebes, who was said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple letters of the alphabet — Cadmean letters. Cadmean victory, a victory that damages the victors as much as the vanquished; probably referring to the battle in which the soldiers who sprang from the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus slew each other.
CADMIA
Cad"mi*a, n. Etym: [L. cadmia calamine, Gr. Calamine.] (Min.)
Defn: An oxide of zinc which collects on the sides of furnaces where zinc is sublimed. Formerly applied to the mineral calamine.
CADMIAN
Cad"mi*an, a. [R.]
Defn: See Cadmean.
CADMIC
Cad"mic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cadmium; as, cadmic sulphide.
CADMIUM
Cad"mi*um, n. Etym: [NL. See Cadmia.] (Chem.)