n. pl. (Zool.) Various kinds of plant lice or aphids tended by ants for the sake of the honeydew which they secrete; plural of ant cow. See Aphips. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To scatter over. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cover sparsely by scattering (something); to strew. “With flowers bescattered.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A tall erect rush or flag (Typha latifolia) growing widely in fresh and salt marshes, with long, flat, sword-shaped leaves, having clusters of small brown flowers in a dense cylindrical spike at the top of the stem; -- called also bulrush and reed mace. The leaves are frequently used for seating chairs, making mats, etc. See Catkin. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

☞ The lesser cat-tail is Typha angustifolia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. hardy breed of cattle resulting from crossing domestic cattle with the American buffalo; it yields leaner beef than conventional breeds; it is called also beefalo.
Syn. -- beefalo. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Catlike; feline Drummond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ OE. calet, chatel, goods, property, OF. catel, chatel, LL. captale, capitale, goods, property, esp. cattle, fr. L. capitals relating to the head, chief; because in early ages beasts constituted the chief part of a man's property. See Capital, and cf. Chattel. ] Quadrupeds of the Bovine family; sometimes, also, including all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules, asses, and swine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Belted cattle,
Black cattle. See under Belted, Black. --
Cattle guard, a trench under a railroad track and alongside a crossing (as of a public highway). It is intended to prevent cattle from getting upon the track. --
cattle louse (Zool.), any species of louse infecting cattle. There are several species. The Hæmatatopinus eurysternus and Hæmatatopinus vituli are common species which suck blood; Trichodectes scalaris eats the hair. --
Cattle plague, the rinderpest; called also Russian cattle plague. --
Cattle range, or
Cattle run, an open space through which cattle may run or range. [ U. S. ] Bartlett. --
Cattle show, an exhibition of domestic animals with prizes for the encouragement of stock breeding; -- usually accompanied with the exhibition of other agricultural and domestic products and of implements. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a cargo ship for the transport of livestock.
Syn. -- cattle boat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. any orchid of the genus Cattleya characterized by a hood-shaped three-lobed lip enclosing the column; they are among the most popular and most extravagantly beautiful orchids known. Called also cattleya orchid. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Malay katī. See Caddy. ] An East Indian Weight of 11/3 pounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. Having a slanted or oblique direction.
Syn. -- bias, catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner, cater-cornered, diagonal, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered, oblique, skew, skewed, slanted. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ Icel. skattr. ] Tribute. [ R. ] “Seizing scatt and treasure.” Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scattered p. pr. & vb. n. Scattering. ] [ OE. scateren. See Shatter. ] 1. To strew about; to sprinkle around; to throw down loosely; to deposit or place here and there, esp. in an open or sparse order. [ 1913 Webster ]

And some are scattered all the floor about. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why should my muse enlarge on Libyan swains,
Their scattered cottages, and ample plains? Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Teach the glad hours to scatter, as they fly,
Soft quiet, gentle love, and endless joy. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cause to separate in different directions; to reduce from a close or compact to a loose or broken order; to dissipate; to disperse. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scatter and disperse the giddy Goths. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, to frustrate, disappoint, and overthrow; as, to scatter hopes, plans, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To disperse; dissipate; spread; strew. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be dispersed or dissipated; to disperse or separate; as, clouds scatter after a storm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A giddy or thoughtless person; one incapable of concentration or attention. [ Written also scatter-brains. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Giddy; thoughtless. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Dispersed; dissipated; sprinkled, or loosely spread. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Irregular in position; having no regular order; as, scattered leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Scat"tered*ly, adv. -- Scat"tered*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who wastes; a spendthrift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Going or falling in various directions; not united or aggregated; divided among many; as, scattering votes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of strewing about; something scattered. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a scattering manner; dispersedly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Scatter + -ling. ] One who has no fixed habitation or residence; a vagabond. [ Obs. ] “Foreign scatterlings.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. to- + scatter. ] To scatter in pieces; to divide. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]