Cat-harpin
any of a number of short ropes or rods for gathering in shrouds near their tops.
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- Cathead
a projecting timber or metal beam to which an anchor is hoisted and secured. Historical Examples Sube was still gazing at the banknote when cathead came out of the house. Sube Cane Edward Bellamy Partridge “They’re in the pantry,” said Sube as he started to follow cathead down the stairs. Sube Cane Edward Bellamy Partridge […]
- Cathect
to invest emotion or feeling in (an idea, object, or another person).
- Catheter
a flexible or rigid hollow tube employed to drain fluids from body cavities or to distend body passages, especially one for passing into the bladder through the urethra to draw off urine or into the heart through a leg vein or arm vein for diagnostic examination. Historical Examples The catheter is now gently withdrawn until […]
- Cathexis
the investment of emotional significance in an activity, object, or idea. the charge of psychic energy so invested. Contemporary Examples Drooling over such luxury was supposed to result in a cathexis of the Ralph Lauren label. The Year of Fashion Photography Philip Gefter September 30, 2009 noun (pl) -thexes (-ˈθɛksiːz) (psychoanal) concentration of psychic energy […]
- Cathouse
brothel; whorehouse. Historical Examples Went out of here to die, get drunk, go back to work in a cathouse or pushing dope—I don’t care. The Trial of Callista Blake Edgar Pangborn noun (US & Canadian) a slang word for brothel noun A cheap lodging house; flophouse (1915+ Hoboes) A brothel: New Orleans was proud and […]