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Ca*cu"mi*nate (?), v. i. [L.
cacuminatus, p. p. of cacuminare to point, fr.
cacumen point.] To make sharp or pointed.
[Obs.]

Cad (?), n. [Abbrev. fr.
cadet.] 1. A person who stands at the
door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an
idle hanger-on about innyards. [Eng.] Dickens.

2. A lowbred, presuming person; a mean,
vulgar fellow. [Cant] Thackeray.

Ca*das"tral (?), a. [F.] Of or
pertaining to landed property.

Cadastral survey, or
Cadastral map, a survey, map, or plan on a
large scale (Usually &frac1x2500; of the linear measure of the
ground, or twenty-five inches to the mile or about an inch to the
acre) so as to represent the relative positions and dimensions of
objects and estates exactly; -- distinguished from a
topographical map, which exaggerates the dimensions of
houses and the breadth of roads and streams, for the sake of
distinctness. Brande & C.

{ ||Ca*das"tre, Ca*das"ter } (?),
n.


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