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Catheretic
Catheretic Cath`e*ret"ic, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to bring down or
raze; ? down + ? to take.] (Med.)
A mild kind caustic used to reduce warts and other
excrescences. --Dunglison.
Catherine wheel Rose de Pompadour, Rose du Barry, names succesively given
to a delicate rose color used on S[`e]vres porcelain.
Rose diamond, a diamond, one side of which is flat, and the
other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges
which form a convex face pointed at the top. Cf.
Brilliant, n.
Rose ear. See under Ear.
Rose elder (Bot.), the Guelder-rose.
Rose engine, a machine, or an appendage to a turning lathe,
by which a surface or wood, metal, etc., is engraved with
a variety of curved lines. --Craig.
Rose family (Bot.) the Rosece[ae]. See Rosaceous.
Rose fever (Med.), rose cold.
Rose fly (Zo["o]l.), a rose betle, or rose chafer.
Rose gall (Zo["o]l.), any gall found on rosebushes. See
Bedeguar.
Rose knot, a ribbon, or other pliade band plaited so as to
resemble a rose; a rosette.
Rose lake, Rose madder, a rich tint prepared from lac and
madder precipitated on an earthy basis. --Fairholt.
Rose mallow. (Bot.)
(a) A name of several malvaceous plants of the genus
Hibiscus, with large rose-colored flowers.
(b) the hollyhock.
Rose nail, a nail with a convex, faceted head.
Rose noble, an ancient English gold coin, stamped with the
figure of a rose, first struck in the reign of Edward
III., and current at 6s. 8d. --Sir W. Scott.
Rose of China. (Bot.) See China rose
(b), under China.
Rose of Jericho (Bot.), a Syrian cruciferous plant
(Anastatica Hierochuntica) which rolls up when dry, and
expands again when moistened; -- called also resurrection
plant.
Rose of Sharon (Bot.), an ornamental malvaceous shrub
(Hibiscus Syriacus). In the Bible the name is used for
some flower not yet identified, perhaps a Narcissus, or
possibly the great lotus flower.
Rose oil (Chem.), the yellow essential oil extracted from
various species of rose blossoms, and forming the chief
part of attar of roses.
Rose pink, a pigment of a rose color, made by dyeing chalk
or whiting with a decoction of Brazil wood and alum; also,
the color of the pigment.
Rose quartz (Min.), a variety of quartz which is rose-red.
Rose rash. (Med.) Same as Roseola.
Rose slug (Zo["o]l.), the small green larva of a black
sawfly (Selandria ros[ae]). These larv[ae] feed in
groups on the parenchyma of the leaves of rosebushes, and
are often abundant and very destructive.
Rose window (Arch.), a circular window filled with
ornamental tracery. Called also Catherine wheel, and
marigold window. Cf. wheel window, under Wheel.
Summer rose (Med.), a variety of roseola. See Roseola.
Under the rose [a translation of L. sub rosa], in secret;
privately; in a manner that forbids disclosure; -- the
rose being among the ancients the symbol of secrecy, and
hung up at entertainments as a token that nothing there
said was to be divulged.
Wars of the Roses (Eng. Hist.), feuds between the Houses of
York and Lancaster, the white rose being the badge of the
House of York, and the red rose of the House of Lancaster. Catherine wheelCatherine wheel Cath"er*ine wheel` [So called from St.
Catherine of Alexandria, who is represented with a wheel, in
allusion to her martyrdom.]
1. (Geoth.Arth.) Same as Rose window and Wheel window.
Called also Catherine-wheel window.
2. (Pyrotechny) A revolving piece of fireworks resembling in
form the window of the same name. [Written also Catharine
wheel.] Catherine-wheel windowCatherine wheel Cath"er*ine wheel` [So called from St.
Catherine of Alexandria, who is represented with a wheel, in
allusion to her martyrdom.]
1. (Geoth.Arth.) Same as Rose window and Wheel window.
Called also Catherine-wheel window.
2. (Pyrotechny) A revolving piece of fireworks resembling in
form the window of the same name. [Written also Catharine
wheel.]
Meaning of Cather from wikipedia
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Willa Sibert Cather (/ˈkæðər/; born
Wilella Sibert Cather;
December 7, 1873 –
April 24, 1947) was an
American writer known for her
novels of life on the...
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Cather may
refer to:
Geoffrey Cather (1890–1916),
Victoria Cross recipient Joan
Cather (1882-1967),
British suffragette,
awarded a
Hunger Strike Medal...
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Cather House may
refer to:
Cather Farm, Beloit, Kansas,
listed on the
National Register of
Historic Places (NRHP) in
Kansas George Cather Farmstead, Bladen...
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Geoffrey St.
George Shillington Cather VC (11
October 1890 – 2 July 1916) was a
recipient of the
Victoria Cross, the
highest and most
prestigious award...
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Theodore Physick Cather (May 20, 1889 –
April 9, 1945) was an
American Major League Baseball player who pla****
outfielder from 1912–1915. He
would play...
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Nebraska donated a
bronze sculpture of
Pulitzer Prize-winning
author Willa Cather by
Littleton Alston to the
National Statuary Hall Collection. The statue...
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place near the tracks, the
depot is one of the
sites owned by the
Willa Cather Foundation and
includes a
freight room, agent's office,
waiting room, and...
- In some
Native American and
First Nations cultures, a
dreamcatcher (Ojibwe: ᐊᓴᐱᑫᔒᓐᐦ, romanized: asabikeshiinh, the
inanimate form of the word for 'spider')...
- John
Cather (1814–1888) was an
Irish Anglican priest and teacher.
Cather was born in Tyrone,
educated at
Trinity College, Dublin. He was
Rector of Crossboyne...
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original structure,
which was
restored by the
Willa Cather Foundation (then the
Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial)
after its
donation to them in 1967. The...
