CATER
Ca"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Catered; p. pr. & vb. n. Catering.] Etym:
[From Cater, n.]
1. To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions. [He] providently caters for the sparrow. Shak.
2. By extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at theatrical or musical entertainments; — followed by for or to.
CATER
Ca"ter, n. Etym: [F. quatre four.]
Defn: The four of cards or dice.
CATER
Ca"ter, v. t.
Defn: To cut diagonally. [Obs.] Halliwell.
CATERAN
Cat"e*ran, n. Etym: [Gael. ceatharnach. Cf. Kern Irish foot soldier.]
Defn: A Highland robber: a kind of irregular soldier. [Scot.] Sir W.
Scott.
CATER-CORNERED
Ca"ter-cor"nered, a. Etym: [Cf. Cater to cut diagonally.]