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||Cache`pot" (k&adot;sh`p&osl;"),
n. [F., fr. cacher to hide + pot
a pot.] An ornamental casing for a flowerpot, of porcelain,
metal, paper, etc.

||Cach"et (?), n. [F. fr.
cacher to hide.] A seal, as of a letter.

Lettre de cachet [F.], a sealed letter,
especially a letter or missive emanating from the sovereign; --
much used in France before the Revolution as an arbitrary order
of imprisonment.

{ ||Ca*chex"i*a (?), Ca*chex"y (?) },
n. [L. cachexia, Gr.
kachexi`a; kako`s bad + "e`xis
condition.] A condition of ill health and impairment of
nutrition due to impoverishment of the blood, esp. when caused by
a specific morbid process (as cancer or tubercle).

Cach`in*na"tion
(kăk`&ibreve;n*nā"shŭn), n.
[L. cachinnatio, fr. cachinnare to laugh aloud, cf.
Gr. kacha`zein.] Loud or immoderate laughter; --
often a symptom of hysterical or maniacal affections.


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