Vocabulary : Cat-salt to Catstick

Cat-salt : A sort of salt, finely granulated, formed out of the bittern or leach brine.
Cat's-eye : A variety of quartz or chalcedony, exhibiting opalescent reflections from within, like the eye of a cat. The name is given to other gems affording like effects, esp. the chrysoberyl.
Cat's-foot : A plant (Nepeta Glechoma) of the same genus with catnip; ground ivy.
Cat-silver : Mica.
Catskill period : The closing subdivision of the Devonian age in America. The rocks of this period are well developed in the Catskill mountains, and extend south and west under the Carboniferous formation. See the Diagram under Geology.

Catso : A base fellow; a rogue; a cheat.
Catsos : of Catso
Cat's-paw : A light transitory air which ruffles the surface of the water during a calm, or the ripples made by such a puff of air. ;; A particular hitch or turn in the bight of a rope, into which a tackle may be hooked. ;; A dupe; a tool; one who, or that which, is used by another as an instrument to a accomplish his purposes.
Cat's-tail : See Timothy, Cat-tail, Cirrus.
Catstick : A stick or club employed in the game of ball called cat or tipcat.

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