Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to a cataract or waterfall; giving rise to a fall of water.
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So, of course, when the hunter arrived he was, white as marble, from mane to tail and hoofs; his very eyes were of a cheap china colour, suggestive of cataractine blindness.
The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou; Being the Account of a Voyage to the Region North of Aylemer Lake Ernest Thompson Seton 1903
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