n. 1. the French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to Acadia, or Nova Scotia. “Acadian farmers.” Longfellow. -- n. A native of Acadie. [ 1913 Webster ]

Acadian epoch (Geol.), an epoch at the beginning of the American paleozoic time, and including the oldest American rocks known to be fossiliferous. See Geology. --
Acadian owl (Zool.), a small North American owl (Nyctule Acadica); the saw-whet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From the city Accad. See Gen. x. 10. ] Pertaining to a race supposed to have lived in Babylonia before the Assyrian conquest. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Ac*ca"di*an, n., Ac"cad n. Sayce. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Arcadia, Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. A mountainous and picturesque district of Greece, in the heart of the Peloponnesus, whose people were distinguished for contentment and rural happiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: Any region or scene of simple pleasure and untroubled quiet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where the cow is, there is Arcadia. J. Burroughs. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. Arcadius, Arcadicus, fr. Arcadia: cf. F. Arcadien, Arcadique. ] 1. Of or pertaining to Arcadia; pastoral; ideally rural; as, Arcadian simplicity or scenery. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken by Arcadians. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. A Scotch errand boy, porter, or messenger. [ Written also cady. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Every Scotchman, from the peer to the cadie. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Turk. See Alcalde. ] An inferior magistrate or judge among the Muslims, usually the judge of a town or village. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ar. qā&dsdot_;ī judge + al'sker the army, Per. leshker. ] A chief judge in the Turkish empire, so named originally because his jurisdiction extended to the cases of soldiers, who are now tried only by their own officers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. from Cadillac, a French town. ] A large pear, shaped like a flattened top, used chiefly for cooking. Johnson.

2. [ From Cadillac, the high-end expensive line of automobiles made by General Motors, often thought of as the best American-made automobile. ] The best; -- metaphorical, from the automobile. Often used in the phrase “the Cadillac of . . . ” [ PJC ]

n. [ F. ] A kind of coarse serge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a family of insects comprising the cicadas.
Syn. -- family Cicadidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A writer of a book divided into decades; as, Livy was a decadist. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Muscadel. ] 1. (Bot.) A name given to several very different kinds of grapes, but in America used chiefly for the scuppernong, or southern fox grape, which is said to be the parent stock of the Catawba. See Grapevine. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A fragrant and delicious pear. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) See Muscardin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Northern muscadine (Bot.), a derivative of the northern fox grape, and scarcely an improvement upon it. --
Royal muscadine (Bot.), a European grape of great value. Its berries are large, round, and of a pale amber color. Called also golden chasselas. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Orcades the Orkney Islands. ] Of or pertaining to the Orkney Islands. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Peccadillos [ Sp. pecadillo, dim. of pecado a sin, fr. L. peccatum. See Peccant. ] A slight trespass or offense; a petty crime; a trifling fault. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OF. piccagilles the several divisions of pieces fastened together about the brim of the collar of a doublet, a dim. fr. Sp. picado, p. p. of picar to prick. See Pike. ] A high, stiff collar for the neck; also, a hem or band about the skirt of a garment, -- worn by men in the 17th century. [ 1913 Webster ]