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Webster 1913 Edition

Cat

Cat

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Catted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Catting
.]
(Naut.)
To bring to the cathead;
as, to
cat
an anchor
. See
Anchor
.
Totten.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cat

CAT

,
Noun.
1.
A name applied to certain species of carnivorous quadrupeds, of the genus Felis. The domestic cat needs no description. It is a deceitful animal, and when enraged, extremely spiteful. It is kept in houses, chiefly for the purpose of catching rats and mice. The wild cat is much larger than the domestic cat. It is a strong, ferocious animal, living in the forest, and very destructive to poultry and lambs.
The wild cat of Europe is of the same species with the domestic cat; the catamount, of N. America, is much larger and a distinct species.
2.
A ship formed on the Norwegian model, having a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and a deep waist. It is strong built, from four to six hundred tons burthen, and employed in the coal trade.
3.
A strong tackle or combination of pulleys, to hook and draw an anchor perpendicularly up to the cat-head of a ship.
4.
A double tripod having six feet.
Cat of nine tails, an instrument of punishment, consisting of nine pieces of line or cord fastened to a piece of thick rope, and having three knots at intervals, used to flog offenders on board of ships.

Definition 2024

cât

cât

See also: cat, Cat, CAT, and .cat

Romanian

Pronoun

cât ‎(feminine câtă, masculine plural câți, feminine plural câte)

  1. how much

Determiner

cât m, n ‎(feminine singular câtă, masculine plural câți, feminine and neuter plural câte)

  1. how much

Adverb

cât

  1. how much

Noun

cât n ‎(plural câturi)

  1. (arithmetic) quotient

Declension

Etymology

From Latin quantus, influenced by (conflated with) quotus ‎(“of what number, how many”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɨt/

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