CATTY
Cat"ty, n. Etym: [Malay kati. See Caddy.]
Defn: An East Indian Weight of 11/3 pounds.
CAUCASIAN
Cau*ca"sian, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the Caucasus, a mountainous region between the Black and Caspian seas.
2. Of or pertaining to the white races of mankind, of whom the people about Mount Caucasus were formerly taken as the type.
CAUCASIAN
Cau*ca"sian, n.
1. A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus, esp. a Circassian or Georgian.
2. A member of any of the white races of mankind.
CAUCUS Cau"cus, n. Etym: [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.]
Defn: 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. 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].