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Home Dictionary Name: catcat
Any animal belonging to the natural family Felidae and in particular to the various species of the genera Felis Panthera and Lynx The domestic cat is Felis domestica The European wild cat Felis catus is much larger than the domestic cat In the United States the name wild cat is commonly applied to the bay lynx Lynx rufus The larger felines such as the lion tiger leopard and cougar are often referred to as cats and sometimes as big cats See Wild cat and Tiger cat...
Cat
Cat. (1) A cat is not the subject of larceny at Common Law: for the punishment for stealing a cat, see (English) Larceny Act, 1861, s. 21; for maliciously killing or wounding, see (English) Malicious Damage Act, 1861, s. 41; and for painful experiment on, see (English) Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876 s. 5. See further as to cruelty, ANIMALS.(2) The instrument (cat o' nine tails) with which criminals are flogged in England. [See Whipping.] It consists of nine lashes of whipcord tied on to a wooden handle....
Kilkenny Cat
Kilkenny Cat, mad competition for the sake of earning. 'Complications may arise where inter-union rivalries and kilkenny cat competitions impair peace and solidarity of the working class' [Mumbai Kamghar Sabha v. Abdul Bhai, AIR 1977 SC 1455 (1459), para 9]. Also see Marad Massacre - A National Alarum in Random Reflections, Universal Law Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., p. 55. (Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer)...
Cat eyed
Having eyes like a cat hence able to see in the dark...
Cat harpin
See Cat harping...
Cat o nine tails
a whip used as an instrument of punishment consisting of nine pieces of knotted line or cord fastened to a handle formerly used to flog offenders on the bare back called also the cat It was used in the British Navy to maintain discipline on board sailing ships...
Cats 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...
Cats tail
See Timothy Cat tail Cirrus...
Gib cat
A male cat esp an old one See 1st Gib n...
Kilkenny cats
Two cats fabled in an Irish story to have fought till nothing was left but their tails It is probably a parable of a local contest between Kilkenny and Irishtown which impoverished both towns...
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