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||Ca*cique" (?), n. [Sp.] See
Cazique.

Cack (kăk), v. i. [OE.
cakken, fr. L. cacare; akin to Gr.
kakka^n, and to OIr. cacc dung; cf. AS.
cac.] To ease the body by stool; to go to
stool. Pope.

Cack"er*el (?), n. [OF. caquerel
cagarel (Cotgr.), from the root of E. cack.]
(Zoöl.) The mendole; a small worthless
Mediterranean fish considered poisonous by the ancients. See
Mendole.

Cac"kle (?), v. i. [imp. &
p. p. Cackled (-k'ld); p. pr. & vb.
n. Cackling (?).] [OE. cakelen; cf. LG.
kakeln, D. kakelen, G. gackeln,
gackern; all of imitative origin. Cf. Gagle,
Cake to cackle.] 1. To make a sharp,
broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.

When every goose is cackling.

Shak.

2. To laugh with a broken noise, like the
cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle.


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