L.
calx lime, hence, to pave with
limestone (cf. E.
chalk), or from L.
calceus shoe,
from
calx heel, hence, to shoe, pave, or wear by
treading.]
A way or road raised above the natural level of
the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy
ground.But that broad causeway will direct your
way.
Dryden.
The other way Satan went down
The causey to Hell-gate.
Milton.
{ Cause"wayed (?), Cau"seyed (?). }
a. Having a raised way (causeway or
causey); paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté.
Cau*sid"i*cal (?), a. [L.
causidicakis; causa a cause in law + dicare
to say.] Pertaining to an advocate, or to the maintenance
and defense of suits.
{ Caus"tic (?), Caus"tic*al (?), }
a. [L. caustucs, Ge. &?;, fr. &?; to
burn. Cf. Calm, Ink.] 1.
Capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating away
its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive;
searing.
2. Severe; satirical; sharp; as, a
caustic remark.
Caustic curve (Optics),
a curve
to which the ray of light, reflected or refracted by another
curve, are tangents, the reflecting or refracting curve and the
luminous point being in one plane.
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