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| | | | | | | cat's-claw | (n) erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida, Syn. black bead, catclaw, Pithecellodium unguis-cati | cat's cradle | (n) a game played with string looped over the fingers | cat's-ear | (n) any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears | cat's-ear | (n) European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears, Syn. gosmore, Hypochaeris radicata, capeweed, California dandelion | cat's eye | (n) any of various gems (as chrysoberyl or chalcedony) that reflect light when cut in a rounded shape | cat's foot | (n) low-growing perennial herb having leaves with whitish down and clusters of small white flowers, Syn. Antennaria dioica, pussytoes, cat's feet | cat's-paw | (n) a hitch in the middle of rope that has two eyes into which tackle can be hooked | cat's-tail | (n) tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa, Syn. reedmace, nailrod, bullrush, reed mace, Typha latifolia, bulrush |
| Cat's-eye | n. (Min.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ] | Cat's-foot | n. (Bot.) A plant (Nepeta Glechoma) of the same genus with catnip; ground ivy. [ 1913 Webster ] | Cat's-paw | n. 1. (Naut.) (a) A light transitory air which ruffles the surface of the water during a calm, or the ripples made by such a puff of air. (b) A particular hitch or turn in the bight of a rope, into which a tackle may be hooked. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A dupe; a tool; one who, or that which, is used by another as an instrument to a accomplish his purposes. [ 1913 Webster ] ☞ In this sense the term refers to the fable of the monkey using the cat's paw to draw the roasting chestnuts out of the fire. [ 1913 Webster ] | Cat's-tail | n. See Timothy, Cat-tail, Cirrus. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| キャッツアイ | [kyattsuai] (n) (1) (See 猫目石) cat's-eye (semiprecious stone); (2) cat's-eye (light-reflecting road stud); (P) [Add to Longdo] | 綾糸 | [あやいと, ayaito] (n) colored thread; coloured thread; thread of cat's cradle; heddle thread [Add to Longdo] | 綾取り;あや取り;綾取(io) | [あやとり, ayatori] (n) (uk) cat's cradle [Add to Longdo] | 鬼の居ぬ間に洗濯 | [おにのいぬまにせんたく, oninoinumanisentaku] (exp) when the cat's away, the mice will play (lit [Add to Longdo] | 先棒 | [さきぼう, sakibou] (n) (1) front palanquin bearer; (2) flunky; cat's-paw; tool [Add to Longdo] | 走狗 | [そうく, souku] (n) hound; hunting dog; running dog; dupe; tool of another person; cat's-paw [Add to Longdo] | 豚菜 | [ぶたな;ブタナ, butana ; butana] (n) cat's-ear (Hypochoeris radicata); false dandelion [Add to Longdo] | 猫額 | [びょうがく;ねこびたい, byougaku ; nekobitai] (n) (See 猫の額) (as small as a) cat's forehead [Add to Longdo] | 猫目石;猫眼石 | [ねこめいし, nekomeishi] (n) cat's-eye (semiprecious stone) [Add to Longdo] | 風蝶草 | [ふうちょうそう, fuuchousou] (n) cat's whiskers (Cleome gynandra) [Add to Longdo] |
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