1000000030

A U

c.~

r EDO, in rOlnlllerCe, a Ponugu& long meafure,

e9\1a1 lO

7r~!6',

Enl:liOl iuches.

CAVE1TO, In arclllleéhlle, a hollow membrr, or

rounJ coucave muuldinn. containing a quaorant of

circle, anJ hnving a qUlle cuntr.lry

drdl

lO lhat of a

'1"" ler ruund: il is uCeo as an (,rn.,llent in curnices.

CAVEZON, in lhe nlenage, a

Cort

of noCe·

b.nd

, eilher

(lf irou, kalher, or IVood, fonwimes flal, and al olher

lillle~

hollow or llVinco, e!'pl upon lhe nofe of a horCe,

lOIVriug il, aud [o forlVard lhe [uppling and breaklng

of lhe horre.

C.-\

1.'\ .

DA \'

11.,

a [)'nonime o[ the mus porcellious, or

C;uinea.pig. See Mus.

CAVI LLON, a towo of Provence in

ranee, filu ated

on lhe rirer Durance, aboat fifleen miles [outh of

Avibnon: E. long.

5°,

and

lat.

43°

¡O'.

biOlop's fee, and fubjeél lo lhe pope.

CAUKINC . orCAULK ISG

of ajhip,

isdrivingoakum ,

01' the like, inlo aJl lhe [eams of the planks of a Olip,

tOpre,'ent leaking, and keep OUl the water.

CAUL KISG'lROSS, are iron chirrcls [or that purpo[e.

SOO1e of theCe iroos are broaJ. [eme round, and o·

thers grooved. Afler the [eams are l\oppcd . \Vilh

oakum, it is done over with amixture of lallow, pitch,

and l¿r, as low as the Ihip draws water.

C.~U L,

in aOllomy. See p.

266.

col.

2 .

CAU LlfLOWERS, in gnrJeoing, a much ell6emed

fpee:es of eabbage.

CauliRowers have o[ late years beeo [o mueh im·

prored io Britain, as to exceed in goodoe[s and mag–

nitude any produced in

mon

parts of Europe; and, by

the (kili o[ lhe gardener, are eontinued for fe,'eral

monlhs tor,clher, but the moll commoo [ea[on for

them is in May, June, and July.

CAUUS, in botany. Sec p.

col.

aod Plate

LVII. fig.

t48.

CA USALTY, among metaphyficians, the aélioo 0r

power of acaufe in produciog its elfeél.

CA uSA LTY, amor.g miners. denotes the lighter, fui–

phureous, eanhy pam of ores, carried olf in lhe ope–

ralion of \Vaflliug.

This, in the mines, they thro\V in heaps upon banks,

whieh, in fix or feven years, they find it worth their

\Vhile tO work over again.

CAUSE, thAt from Vlhenee any thing proceeds, or by

I'inueof which aoy thing is clone: it IlAnds oppo[ed to

elfeél. We get the icleas of caufeand elfee from OU,

obfervalion of the viciffilude of things, while \Ve per–

eeire fome qualilies or [ubllances begin tOexill, and

Ihal they receive their exillence from the uue applica–

tion and operalioo of other beings. That which pro–

duces, is the cau[e; and lhat \Vhieh is produced, the

tlf~él:

thus, Ruidity in wax is lhe erreél of a cenain

de~ree

uf heat, wh,ch \Ve ob[e,ve

be connantly pro·

duccd by the application of fuch hea!.

Firjl

ua,

that \Vhieh aéls or ilfdf, and of its owo

proper power or vinue: Cod is the ooly firn caufe iD

this fenfe.

Secon'

CA us

are lho[e which derive the power and

faculty of aélion from n firn caufe.

Effichn/

are the agents employed io the pro–

duélion of any thing.

A U

Ma/(ria'

CAU SF.S, the [ubjeéls whmoA the, agen!!

wlllk; or lhematcrials whereof lheIhiog is produceO.

Fil/."

l'S

Sare Ihe mmivcs

inducin~

an _gent

·10

,él ;

or the ddign and plJ(po[e for whieh the lhing was

done.

Ph)jica'

CAl'SE, that whieh produces

[enfible corpo–

real eA'cél ; as Ihe fun is lhe phyficalcaure of light.

Mor.'

C'USE, Ih. t IVhich produces a rtal erre,,!, but

in things immaterial; as repentance is the c:¡tife of

forgil'ene[s.

1I10ral eaufe is alfo defintd, lhat whieh

determines us, though not neceflilrlly, to

~o,

or nOl to

do, any thing; as advice, intrealies, colltll1anus, me–

naces,

&c.

is to be obferved, that, in this [en

Ce,

a moral

cau[e is only applicable to a free inlrlligent agent: it

is al[o ob[ervable, thal lhe I.lter ootion of a ohyfical

as well as a Oloral cauCe is the moll jun, C:.dC, and

diflin,'!.

CAUSE, among civiliaos, the [anie lVith a(lion. See

ACl'ION.

CAUSTICS, in phyfic, an appellation given to medi–

cines of

hot and fierya na ture, that, beio: applied,

confllme, and, as it \Vere, buro tite textu,e of the

pam, like hot iroo.

•

Caullics are genmlly dividcd into four [om, the

commoo lIronger cauOic, the common nulJer caullic,

the anlimonial caullic, and the lun", caunie.

The IIrollger cauflic is prepared by boiling to a

fuunh .pan rny quanlity of the lees of almond-foap,

adding lime Ihar has been kept in a veOd pretty clofe

Ilopt for [everal months; the lill1e is to be added till

all the liquor is

~b[orbed,

and thewholc reduced to a

palie, "hich is 10 be kept io a ven;:1" ellllopt.

The commoo mil.!er caullic

i~ prepar~d

by taking e–

qual partS o[ foft foap and freOI quick-Jllne, and Olix–

ing themat the timeof ufing.

The antimonial caullic is prepared thus:

T Ake

antimon)' one pound, of corrofive Iilblimate tlVO pounds;

and bciog reduced feparately into pOIVder, mix theo¡

\Vell, aod diJWI them in a retort \Vith a wide oe_k, in

a gcntle heat of fand; let what a[cends into the neuk

of the retOrt be expo[ed tO the air, that it may run in–

liquor.

The method of preparing the lunar caunic is as fol- .

101V. : Difl'oh'e pure film by a [and-heat, in about

IlVice its weight of aqua-fortis; then dry away the hu–

midlty with a gentle lire, aflerlVards melt it in a

ecu–

cible, that il may be pour<d into proper moulds, care–

fully avoiding over-much heat,

len

the matter {hould

grolV roo thick.

CAUSTIC CURVE, in the higher geometry, a curve form–

ed by lhe concour[e or cOlncidence of the rays of light

reOc(led from fome olhercurve.

CAU ST ICGLAS SES. See BURSING-GLASSES. .

CAUSTlCUM

ANTII~ OSIA L ~ ,

in lhe LoodooDifpen–

fatory, the [ame wuh the oil of antiniony.

CAUSUS, or llURNISG-FEVER, a Ipecies of cootinual

fever, accompanicd with

rem~rkable

inllamnmion of

the blood.

CAUTERIZATION, Ihe aprlication of cattteries

any

par!

of the body.

CAUTERY,