(n.) An animal of various species of the genera Felis 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) See Wild cat, and Tiger cat.
(n.) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade.
(n.) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship.
(n.) A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position in is placed.
(n.) An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See Tipcat. (c) A game of ball, called, according to the number of batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc.
(n.) A cat o' nine tails. See below.
(v. t.) To bring to the cathead; as, to cat an anchor. See Anchor.
Example Sentences:
(1) Cantact placing reaction times were measured in cats which were either restrained in a hammock or supported in a conventional way.
(2) The oral nerve endings of the palate, the buccal mucosa and the periodontal ligament of the cat canine were characterized by the presence of a cellular envelope which is the final form of the Henle sheath.
(3) Oral administration in domestic cats causes malignant hepatomas and tumors of the esophagus and kidney.
(4) Midsagittal or parasagittal pontomedullary brainstem incisions were performed in 4 cats.
(5) This unusual insertion could affect the interaction of cat CD4 with class II molecules, or with FIV, a feline homolog of HIV.
(6) We found that, although controlled release delivery of ddC inhibited de novo FeLV-FAIDS replication and delayed onset of viremia when therapy was discontinued (after 3 weeks), an equivalent incidence and level of viremia were established rapidly in both ddC-treated and control cats.
(7) Two lectins, wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) and peanut agglutinin (PNA), were used to compare domains within the interphotoreceptor matrices (IPM) of the cat and monkey, two species where the morphological relationship between the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and photoreceptors is distinctly different.
(8) In Group B, at 1, 2, 4, 9 and 12 months post infection two cats were necropsied.
(9) Additionally, cats excreted the taurine conjugate of hydratropic acid.
(10) It is clear that before general release of a new living feline infectious enteritis vaccine, there must be satisfactory evidence that concurrent infection will not affect the safety of the modified antigen.In cats infected with feline infectious enteritis there appears to be a short period, coinciding with the onset of leucopaenia, during which they are highly infectious.
(11) Electron microscopic observations of the masseter nerve in the aged cats revealed a disruption of the myelin sheaths and a pronounced increase in collagen fibers in the endoneurium and perineurium.
(12) The calcium entry blocker nimodipine was administered to cats following resuscitation from 18 min of cardiac arrest to evaluate its effect on neurologic and neuropathologic outcome in a clinically relevant model of complete cerebral ischemia.
(13) A microdissection of the orbital nerves of the cat was made paying particular attention to the accessory ciliary ganglion.
(14) In cat, DARPP-32-immunoreactive cell bodies identified as Müller cells were demonstrated in the inner nuclear layer (INL) with processes closely surrounding the cell soma of photoreceptors in the outer nuclear layer.
(15) Moreover, 8 of 10 cats in the 10% HAES group showed extravasation of red cells.
(16) In the anesthetized cat, the posterior canal nerve (PCN) was stimulated by electric pulses and synaptic responses were recorded intracellularly in the three antagonistic pairs of extraocular motoneurons.
(17) Pharmacokinetics of 3H-dihydrodigoxin and 3H-digoxin after single intravenous and intraduodenal administration in cats are compared.
(18) This documents the inhibitory role which lithium can play in several examples of animal aggressive behavior including pain-elicited aggression, mouse killing in rats, isolation-induced aggression in mice, p-chlorophenylalanine-induced aggression in rats, and hypothalamically induced aggression in cats.
(19) When PCR products in each of the 12 cats were subjected to a second amplification using the same primer pair (two-step amplification: double PCR), FIV proviral DNA was detected in all of the cats.
(20) Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from 9 dogs and 4 cats, and staphylococcus epidermidis from 7 dogs and 5 cats.
Malkin
Definition:
(n.) Originally, a kitchenmaid; a slattern.
(n.) A mop made of clouts, used by the kitchen servant.
(n.) A scarecrow.
(n.) A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon.
Example Sentences:
(1) Michelle Malkin, a conservative blogger, tweeted that the moderator was wrong to have backed an "Obama lie" over Libya.
(2) Bonnie Malkin The Netherlands: Car trouble At one point on this holiday we visited the Vaalserberg, a place where the borders of Netherlands, Belgium and Germany meet.
(3) Acta 430, 538-547; Malkin & Bearden (1976) FEBS Lett.
(4) This transient has been ascribed to a back-reaction of the two primary reagents of Photosystem II (Malkin, R. and Bearden, A.J.
(5) We propose that these signals are due to bulk chlorophyll oxidation and not, as was previously thought [Knaff & Malkin (1973) Arch.
(6) He comes from the most vulnerable group in America: wealthy old white males.” Nehlen also earned the backing of arch-conservative heroines Sarah Palin, Ann Coulter and Michelle Malkin, as well as Tea Party activists hoping for a repeat of the primary surprise that ousted then House majority leader Eric Cantor.
(7) So Republicans should be thankful for a coinage by the conservative commentator Michelle Malkin, " hate couture ", which refers to the scandalous fact that people in the fashion industry tend to vote Democratic, and that Diane von Furstenberg made a joke at a recent event about how Republicans weren't allowed.
(8) This defeat was painful for the core of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and coach Dan Bylsma that seemed pointed toward a dynasty after winning the 2009 Stanley Cup.
(9) The primary structure and cotranscription of the petCA genes encoding the Rieske-FeS (nuclear encoded in plants) and apocytochrome f proteins has been described previously (Kallas, T., Spiller, S., and Malkin, R. (1988) Proc.
(10) (Some other members of that club: Michelle Malkin, Bill Maher and occasionally Ann Coulter, depending on Bill’s mood.)
(11) Mathematical analysis suggests that if only two forms of Q participate beyond I, then system I action is required for D. If three forms participate, then the system Q --> QH --> Q' (see text) may explain D. The Malkin model (14), in its present form, does not allow D.
(12) Such changes in relaxation time can account for the different quantitative conclusions incorrectly arrived at from measurements made at saturating microwave powers [Bearden & Malkin (1976) Biochem.
(13) The Rieske protein of the ubiquinol-cytochrome c oxidoreductase (bc1 complex or b6f complex) contains a [2Fe-2S] cluster which is thought to be bound to the protein via two nitrogen and two sulfur ligands [Britt, R. D., Sauer, K., Klein, M. P., Knaff, D. B., Kriauciunas, A., Yu, C.-A., Yu, L., & Malkin, R. (1991) Biochemistry 30, 1892-1901; Gurbiel, R. J., Ohnishi, T., Robertson, D. E., Daldal, F., & Hoffman, B. M. (1991) Biochemistry 30, 11579-11584].
(14) Ben Carson and Ted Cruz, appearing along with prominent conservative figures like Mark Levin, Sean Hannity and Michelle Malkin, emphasized their hard-right bona fides.