Defn: A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone.It has eight scepters or staves radiating from a common center.Called also escarbuncle.
CARBUNCLEDCar"bun*cled, a.
1. Set with carbuncles. He has deserves it [armor], were it carbuncled Like holy Phabus' car. Shak.
2. Affected with a carbuncle or carbuncles; marked with red sores; pimpled and blotched. "A carbuncled face." Brome.
CARBUNCULARCar*bun"cu*lar, a.
Defn: Belonging to a carbuncle; resembling a carbuncle; red; inflamed.
CARBUNCULATIONCar*bun`cu*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. carbunculatio.]
Defn: The blasting of the young buds of trees or plants, by excessive heat or caold. Harris.
CARBURETCar"bu*ret, n. Etym: [From Carbon.] (Chem.)
Defn: A carbide. See Carbide [Archaic]
CARBURET Car"bu*ret, v. t. [imp & p. p. Carbureted or Carburetted (p. pr. & vb. n. Carbureting or Carburetting.]
Defn: To combine or to impregnate with carbon, as by passing through or over a liquid hydrocarbon; to carbonize or carburize. By carbureting the gas you may use poorer coal. Knight.
CARBURETANTCar"bu*ret`ant, n.
Defn: Any volatile liquid used in charging illuminating gases.
CARBURETEDCar"bu*ret`ed, a.
1. (Chem.)
Defn: Combined with carbon in the manner of a carburet or carbide.
2. Saturated or impregnated with some volatile carbon compound; as, water gas is carbureted to increase its illuminating power. [Written also carburetted.] Carbureted hydrogen gas, any one of several gaseous compounds of carbon and hydrogen, some of with make up illuminating gas. — Light carbureted hydrogen, marsh gas, CH4; fire damp.
CARBURETORCar"bu*ret`or, n. (Chem.)
Defn: An apparatus in which coal gas, hydrogen, or air is passed through or over a volatile hydrocarbon, in order to confer or increase illuminating power. [Written also carburettor.]
CARBURETOR; CARBURETTORCar"bu*ret`or, Car"bu*ret`tor, n.
Defn: One that carburets; specif., an apparatus in which air or gas is carbureted, as by passing it through a light petroleum oil. The carburetor for a gasoline engine is usually either a surface carburetor, or a float, float-feed, or spray, carburetor. In the former air is charged by being passed over the surface of gasoline. In the latter a fine spray of gasoline is drawn from an atomizing nozzle by a current of air induced by the suction of the engine piston, the supply of gasoline being regulated by a float which actuates a needle valve controlling the outlet of the feed pipe. Alcohol and other volatile inflammable liquids may be used instead of gasoline.
CARBURIZATIONCar"bu*ri*za`tion, n. (Chem.)
Defn: The act, process, or result of carburizing.
CARBURIZECar"bu*rize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carburized; p. pr. & vb. N.Carburizing.] (Chem.)
Defn: To combine wtih carbon or a carbon compound; — said esp. of a process for conferring a higher degree of illuminating power on combustible gases by mingling them with a vapor of valatile hydrocarbons.
CARCAJOUCar"ca*jou, n. Etym: [Probably a Canadian French corruption of anIndian name of the wolverene.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The wolverence; — also applied, but erroneously, to the Canada lynx, and sometimes to the American badger. See Wolverene.
CARCANET Car"ca*net, n. Etym: [Dim. fr. F. carcan the iron collar or chain of a criminal, a chain of preciousstones, LL. carcannum, fr. Armor. kerchen bosom, neck, kechen collar, fr. kelch circle; or Icel. kverk troat, OHG, querca throat.]
Defn: A jeweled chain, necklace, or collar. [Also written carkenet and carcant.] Shak.
CARCASECar"case, n.
Defn: See Carcass.
CARCASS Car"cass, n.; pl. Carcasses. [Written also carcase.] Etym: [F. carcasse, fr. It. carcassa, fr. L. caro flesh + capsa chest, box, case. Cf. Carnal, Case a sheath.]
1. A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast. He turned to see the carcass of the lion. Judges xiv. 8. This kept thousands in the town whose carcasses went into the great pits by cartloads. De Foe.
2. The living body; — now commonly used in contempt or ridicule. "To pamper his own carcass." South. Lovely her face; was ne'er so fair a creature. For earthly carcass had a heavenly feature. Oldham.
3. The abandoned and decaying remains of some bulky and once comely thing, as a ship; the skeleton, or the uncovered or unfinished frame, of a thing. A rotten carcass of a boat. Shak.
4. (Mil.)
Defn: A hollow case or shell, filled with combustibles, to be thrown from a mortar or howitzer, to set fire to buldings, ships, etc. A discharge of carcasses and bombshells. W. Iving.
CARCAVELHOSCar`ca*vel"hos, n.
Defn: A sweet wine. See Calcavella.
CARCELAGE Car"ce*lage, n. Etym: [LL. carcelladium, carceragium, fr. L. carcer prison.]
Defn: Prison fees. [Obs.]
CARCEL LAMPCar"cel lamp`. Etym: [Named after Carcel, the inventor.]
Defn: A French mechanical lamp, for lighthouses, in which a superbundance of oil is pumped to the wick tube by clockwork.
CARCERALCar"cer*al, a. Etym: [L. carceralis, fr. carcer prison.]
Defn: Belonging a prison. [R.] Foxe.
CARCINOLOGICALCar`ci*no*log"ic*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to carcinology.
CARCINOLOGYCar`ci*nol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The depertment of zoölogy which treats of the Crustacea (lobsters, crabs, etc.); — called also malacostracology and crustaceology.
CARCINOMACar`ci*no"ma, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. -oma.] (Med.)
Defn: A cancer. By some medical writers, the term is applied to an indolent tumor. See Cancer. Dunglison.
CARCINOMATOUSCar`ci*nom"a*tous, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to carcinoma.
CARCINOSYSCar`ci*no"sys, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr.
Defn: The affection of the system with cancer.
CARDCard, n. Etym: [F. carte, fr. L. charta paper, Gr. Chart.]
1. A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game played with cards. Our first cards were to Carabas House. Thackeray.
2. A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, or the like; as, to put a card in the newspapers. Also, a printed programme, and (fig.), an attraction or inducement; as, this will be a good card for the last day of the fair.
3. A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass. All the quartere that they know I' the shipman's card. Shak.
4. (Weaving)
Defn: A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See Jacquard.
5. An indicator card. See under Indicator. Business card, a card on which is printed an advertisement or business address. — Card basket (a) A basket to hold visiting cards left by callers. (b) A basket made of cardboard. — Card catalogue. See Catalogue. — Card rack, a rack or frame for holding and displaying business or visiting card. — Card table, a table for use inplaying cards, esp. one having a leaf which folds over. — On the cards, likely to happen; foretold and expected but not yet brought to pass; — a phrase of fortune tellers that has come into common use; also, according to the programme. — Playing card, cards used in playing games; specifically, the cards cards used playing which and other games of chance, and having each pack divided onto four kinds or suits called hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades. The full or whist pack contains fifty-two cards. — To have the cards in one's own hands, to have the winning cards; to have the means of success in an undertaking. — To play one's cards well, to make no errors; to act shrewdly. — To play snow one's cards, to expose one's plants to rivals or foes. — To speak by the card, to speak from information and definitely, not by guess as in telling a ship's bearing by the compass card. — Visiting card, a small card bearing the name, and sometimes the address, of the person presenting it.
CARDCard, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Carded; p. pr. & vb. n. Carding.]
Defn: To play at cards; to game. Johnson.
CARD Card, n. Etym: [F. carde teasel, the head of a thistle, card, from L. carduus, cardus, thistle, fr. carere to card.]
1. An instrument for disentangling and arranging the fibers of cotton, wool, flax, etc.; or for cleaning and smoothing the hair of animals; — usually consisting of bent wire teeth set closely in rows in a thick piece of leather fastened to a back.
2. A roll or sliver of fiber (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine. Card clothing, strips of wire-toothed card used for covering the cylinders of carding machines.
CARDCard, v. t.
1. To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding; as, to card wool; to card a horse. These card the short comb the longer flakes. Dyer.
2. To clean or clear, as if by using a card. [Obs.] This book [must] be carded and purged. T. Shelton.
3. To mix or mingle, as with an inferior or weaker article. [Obs.] You card your beer, if you guests being to be drunk. — half small, half strong. Greene.
Note: In the manufacture of wool, cotton, etc., the process of carding disentangles and collects together all the fibers, of whatever length, and thus differs from combing, in which the longer fibers only are collected, while the short straple is combed away. See Combing.
CARDAMINECar"da*mine, n. Etym: [L. cardamina, Gr. cardamine.] (Bot.)
Defn: A genus of cruciferous plants, containing the lady's-smock, cuckooflower, bitter cress, meadow cress, etc.
CARDAMOMCar"da*mom, n. Etym: [L. cardamonun, Gr.
1. The aromatic fruit, or capsule with its seeds, of several plants of the Ginger family growing in the East Indies and elsewhere, and much used as a condiment, and in medicine.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: A plant which prduces cardamoms, esp. Elettaria Cardamomum and several of Amommum.
CARDBOARDCard"board, n.
Defn: A stiff compact pasteboard of various qualities, for making cards, etc., often having a polished surface.
CARDCASECard"case`, n.
Defn: A case for visiting cards.
CARDECUCar"de*cu, n. Etym: [Corrupt, from F. quart d'écu.]
Defn: A quarter of a crown. [Obs.]The bunch of them were not worth a cardecu. Sir W. Scott.
CARDERCard"er, n.
Defn: One who, or that which cards wool flax, etc. Shak.
CARDIA Car"di*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) (a) The heart. (b) The anterior or cardiac orifice of the stomach, where the esophagus enters it.
CARDIACCar"di*ac, a. Etym: [L. cardiacus, Gr. , fr. cardiaque.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to, resembling, or hear the heart; as, the cardiac arteries; the cardiac, or left, end of the stomach.
2. (Med.)
Defn: Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant. Cardiac passion (Med.) cardialgia; heartburn. [Archaic] — Cardiac wheel. (Mach.) See Heart wheel.
CARDIACCar"di*ac n. (Med.)
Defn: A medicine which excites action in the stomach; a cardial.
CARDIACALCar*di"a*cal, a.
Defn: Cardiac.
CARDIACLECar"di*a*cle, n.
Defn: A pain about the heart. [Obs.] Chaucer.
CARDIAGRAPHCar"di*a*graph, n.
Defn: See Cardiograph.
CARDIALGLA; CARDIALGY Car`di*al"gl*a, Car"di*al`gy, n. Etym: [NL. cardialgia, fr. Gr. cardialgie.] (Med.)
Defn: A burning or gnawing pain, or feeling of distress, referred to the region of the heart, accompanied with cardisc palpitation; heartburn. It is usually a symptom of indigestion.
CARDIGAN JACKET Car"di*gan jack`et. Etym: [From the Earl of Cardigan, who was famous in the Crimean campaign of 1854-55.]
Defn: A warm jacket of knit worsted with or without sleeves.
CARDINAL Car"di*nal, a. Etym: [L. cardinalis, fr. cardo the hing of a door, that on which a thing turns or depends: cf. F. cardinal.]
Defn: Of fundamental importance; preëminet; superior; chief; principal. The cardinal intersections of the zodiac. Sir T. Browne. Impudence is now a cardinal virtue. Drayton. But cardinal sins, and hollow hearts, I fear ye. Shak. Cardinal numbers, the numbers one, two, three, etc., in distinction from first, second, third, etc., which are called ordinal numbers. — Cardinal points (a) (Geol.) The four principal points of the compass, or intersections of the horizon with the meridian and the prime vertical circle, north, south east, and west. (b) (Astrol.) The rising and setting of the sun, the zenith and nadir. — Cardinal signs (Astron.) Aries, Lidra, Cancer, and Capricorn. — Cardinal teeth (Zoöl.), the central teeth of bivalve shell. See Bivalve. — Cardinal veins (Anat.), the veins in vertebrate embryos, which run each side of the vertebral column and returm the blood to the heart. They remain through life in some fishes. — Cardinal virtues, preëminent virtues; among the ancients, prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude. — Cardinal winds, winds which blow from the cardinal points due north, south, east, or west.
CARDINAL Car"di*nal, n. Etym: [F. carinal, It. cardinale, LL. cardimalis (ecclesiæ Romanæ). See Cardinal, a.]
Defn: 1. (R.C.Ch.) One of the ecclesiastical prince who constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college. The clerics of the supreme Chair are called Cardinals, as undoubtedly adhering more nearly to the hinge by which all things are moved. Pope Leo IX.
Note: The cardinals are appointed by the pope. Since the time of Sixtus V., their number can never exceed seventy (six of episcopal rank, fifty priests, fourteen deacons), and the number of cardinal priests and deacons is seldom full. When the papel chair is vacant a pope is elected by the college of cardinals from among themselves. The cardinals take procedence of all dignitaries except the pope. The principal parts of a cardinal's costume are a red cassock, a rochet, a short purple mantle, and a red hat with a small crown and broad, brim, with cards and tessels of a special pattern hanging from it.
2. A woman's short cloak with a hood. Where's your cardinal! Make haste. Lloyd.
3. Mulled red wine. Hotten.
Cardinal bird, or Cardinal grosbeak (Zoöl.), an American song bird (Cardinalis cardinalis, or C. Virginianus), of the family Fringillidæ, or finches having a bright red plumage, and a high, pointed crest on its head. The males have loud and musical notes resembling those of a fife. Other related species are also called cardinal birds. — Cardinal flower (Bot.), an herbaceous plant (Lobelia cardinalis) bearing brilliant red flowers of much beauty. — Cardinal red, color like that of a cardinal's cassock, hat, etc.; a bright red, darket than scarlet, and between scarlet and crimson.
CARDINALATECar"di*nal*ate, n. Etym: [Cf. F. cardinalat, LL. cardinalatus.]
Defn: The office, rank, or dignity of a cardinal.
CARDINALIZECar"di*nal*ize, v. t.
Defn: To exalt to the office of a cardinal. Sheldon.
CARDINALSHIPCar"di*nal*ship, n.
Defn: The condition, dignity, of office of a cardinal
CARDINGCard"ing, a.
1. The act or process of preparing staple for spinning, etc., bycarding it. See the Note under Card, v. t.
2. A roll of wool or other fiber as it comes from the carding machine. Carding engine, Carding machine, a machine for carding cotton, wool, or other fiber, by subjecting it to the action of cylinders, or drum covered with wire-toothed cards, revoling nearly in contact with each other, at different rates of speed, or in opposite directions, The staple issues in soft sheets, or in slender rolls called sivers.
CARDIOGRAMCar"di*o*gram`, n. [Gr. heart + -gram.] (Physiol.)
Defn: The curve or tracing made by a cardiograph.
CARDIOGRAPHCar"di*o*graph, n. Etym: [Gr. -graph.] (Med.)
Defn: An instrument which, when placed in contact with the chest, will register graphically the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements.
CARDIOGRAPHICCar`di*o*graph"ic, a. (Physiol.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to, or produced by, a cardiograph.
CARDIOGRAPHYCar`di*og"ra*phy, n.
1. Description of the heart.
2. (Physiol.) Examination by the cardiograph.
CARDIOIDCar"di*oid, n. Etym: [Gr. ( (Math.)
Defn: An algebraic curve, so called from its resemblance to a heart.
CARDIOINHIBITORYCar`di*o*in*hib"i*to*ry, a. (Physiol.)
Defn: Checking or arresting the heart's action.
CARDIOLGYCar`di*ol"*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -ology.]
Defn: The science which treats of the heart and its functions.
CARDIOMETRYCar`di*om"e*try, n. Etym: [Gr. -metry.] (Med.)
Defn: Measurement of the heart, as by percussion or auscultation.
CARDIOSCLEROSISCar"di*o*scle*ro"sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. heart + sclerosis.]
Defn: Induration of the heart, caused by development of fibrous tissue in the cardiac muscle.
CARDIOSPHYGMOGRAPHCar`di*o*sphyg"mo*graph, n.
Defn: A combination of cardiograph and shygmograph.
CARDITISCar*di"tis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. -itis: cf. F. cardile.] (Med)
Defn: Inflammation of the fleshy or muscular substance of the heart.See Endocardris and Pericarditis. Dunglison.
CARDO Car"do, n.; pl. Cardies.) Etym: [L., a hinge.] (Zoöl.) (a) The basal joint of the maxilla in insects. (b) The hinge of a bivalve shell.
CARDOL Car"dol, n. Etym: [NL. Anacardium generic name of the cashew + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.)
Defn: A yellow oil liquid, extracted from the shell of the cashew nut.
CARDOON Car*doon", n. Etym: [F. cardon. The same word as F. cardon thistle, fr. L. carduus, cardus, LL. cardo. See 3d Card.] (Bot.)
Defn: A large herbaceos plant (Cynara Cardunculus) related to the artichoke; — used in cookery and as a sald.
CARE Care, n. Etym: [AS. caru, cearu; akin to OS. kara sorrow Goth. kara lament, and to Gr. . Not akin to cure. Cf. Chary.]
1. A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude. Care keeps his wath in every old man's eye, And where care lodges, sleep will never lie. Shak.
2. Charge, oversight, or management, implying responsibility for safety and prosperity. The care of all the churches. 2 Car. xi. 28 Him thy care must be to find. Milton. Perlexed with a thousand cares. Shak.
3. Attention or heed; caution; regard; heedfulness; watchfulness; as, take care; have a care. I thank thee for thy care and honest pains. Shak.
4. The object of watchful attention or anxiety. Right sorrowfully mourning her bereaved cares. Spenser.
Syn. — Anxiety; solicitude; concern; caution; regard; management; direction; oversight. — Care, Anxiety, Solicitude, Concern. These words express mental pain in different degress. Care belongs primarily to the intellect, and becomes painful from overburdened thought. Anxiety denotes a state of distressing uneasiness fron the dread of evil. Solicitude expresses the same feeling in a diminished dagree. Concern is opposed to indifference, and implies exercise of anxious thought more or less intense. We are careful about the means, solicitous and anxious about the end; we are solicitous to obtain a good, axious to avoid an evil.
CARE Care, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cared; p. pr. & vb. n. Caring.] Etym: [AS. cearian. See Care, n.]
Defn: To be anxious or solictous; to be concerned; to have regard or interest; — sometimes followed by an objective of measure. I would not care a pin, if the other three were in. Shak. Master, carest thou not that we perish Mark. iv. 38. To care for. (a) To have under watchful attention; to take care of. (b) To have regard or affection for; to like or love. He cared not for the affection of the house. Tennyson.
CAREENCa*reen", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Careened; p. pr. & vb. n. Careening.]Etym: [OF. cariner, F. caréner, fr. OF. carène, the bottom of a ship,keel, fr. L. carina.] (Naut.)
Defn: To cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on one side, leaving the other side out of water and accessible for repairs below the water line; to case to be off the keel.
CAREENCa*reen" (, v. i.
Defn: To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel.
CAREENAGE Ca*reen"age, n. Etym: [Cf. F. carénage.] (Naut.) (a) Expense of careening ships. (b) A place for careening.
CAREERCa*reer", n. Etym: [F. carrière race course, high road, street, fr.L. carrus wagon. See Car.]
1. A race course: the ground run over. To go back again the same career. Sir P. Sidney.
2. A running; full speed; a rapid course. When a horse is running in his full career. Wilkins.
3. General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part or calling in life, or in some special undertaking; usually applied to course or conduct which is of a pubic character; as, Washington's career as a soldier. An impartial view of his whole career. Macaulay.
4. (Falconary)
Defn: The fight of a hawk.
CAREERCa*reer", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Careered 3; p. pr. & vb. n. Careering]
Defn: To move or run rapidly. areering gayly over the curling waves. W. Irving.
CAREFULCare"ful, a. Etym: [AS. cearful.]
1. Full of care; anxious; solicitous [Archaic] Be careful [Rev. Ver. "anxious"] for nothing. Phil. iv. 6. The careful plowman doubting stands. Milton.
2. Filling with care or colicitube; exposing to concern, anxiety, ortrouble; painful.The careful cold beinneth for to creep. Spenser.By Him that raised me to this careful height. Shak.
3. Taking care; gicing good heed; watchful; cautious; provident; not indifferent heedless, or reckless; — often follower byof, for, or the infinitive; as, careful of money; careful to do right. Thou hast been careful for us with all this care. 2. Kings iv, 13. What could a careful father more have done Dryden.
Syn. — Anxious; solicitous; provident; thoughtful; cautious; circumspect; heedful; watchful; vigilant.
CAREFULLYCare"ful*ly, adv.
Defn: In a careful manner.
CAREFULNESSCare"ful*ness, n.
Defn: Quality or state of being careful.
CARELESSCare"less, a. Etym: [AS. cearleás.]
1. Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted. Spenser. Sleep she as sound as careless infancy. Shak.
2. Having no care; not taking ordinary or proper care; negligent; unconcerned; heedless; inattentive; unmindful; regardless. My brother was too careless of his charge. Shak. He grew careless of himself. Steele.
3. Without thought or purpose; without due care; without attention to rule or system; unstudied; inconsiderate; spontaneouse; rash; as, a careless throw; a careless expression. He framed the careless rhyme. Beatie.
4. Not receiving care; uncared for. [R.] Their many wounds and careless hatms. Spemser.
Syn. — Negligent; heedless; thoughtless; unthinking; inattentive; incautious; remiss; forgetful; regardless; inconsiderate; listless.
CARELESSLYCare"less*ly, adv.
Defn: In a careless manner.
CARELESSNESSCare"less*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being careless; heedlessness; negligenece; inattention.
CARENECa*rene", n. Etym: [LL. carena, corrupted fr. quarentena. SeeQuarantine.] (Ecol.)
Defn: A fast of forty days on bread and water. [Obs.]
CARESS Ca*ress", n. Etym: [F. caresse, It. carezza, LL. caritia dearness, fr. L. carus dear. See Charity.]
Defn: An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness. Wooed her with his soft caresses. Langfellow. He exerted himself to win by indulgence and caresses the hearts of all who were under his command. Macaulay.
CARESSCa*ress", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Caressing.]Etym: [F. caresser, fr. It. carezzare, fr. carezza caress. SeeCaress., n.]
Defn: To treat with tokens of fondness, affection, or kindness; to touch or speak to in a loving or endearing manner; to fondle. The lady caresses the rough bloodhoun. Sir W. Scott.
Syn.— To foundle; embrace; pet; coddle; court; flatter.— Caress, Fondle. "We caress by words or actions; we fondle byactions only." Crabb.
CARESSINGLYCa*ress"ing*ly, ad.
Defn: In caressing manner.
CARETCa"ret, n. Etym: [L. caret there is wanting, fr. carere to want.]
Defn: A mark [^] used by writers and proof readers to indicate that something is interlined above, or inserted in the margin, which belongs in the place marked by the caret.
CARETCa`ret", n. Etym: [F., a species of tortoise.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The hawkbill turtle. See Hawkbill.
CARETUNEDCare"*tuned, a.
Defn: Weary; mournful. Shak.
CARE-TUNEDCare"-tuned, a.
Defn: Weary; mournful. Shak.
CAREWORNCare"worn`, a.
Defn: Worn or burdened with care; as, careworn look or face.
CAREXCa"rex, n. Etym: [L., sedge.] (Bot.)
Defn: A numerous and widely distributed genus of perennial herbaceous plants of the order Cypreaceæ; the sedges.
CARFCarf,
Defn: pret. of Carve. [Obs.] Chaucer.
CARGASON Car"ga*son, n. Etym: [F. cargaison, Sp. cargazon, LL. cargare to load. See rgo.]
Defn: A cargo. [Obs.]
CARGO Car"go, n.; pl. Cargoes. Etym: [Sp. cargo, carga, burden, load, from cargar to load, from cargar to load, charge, See Charge.]
Defn: The lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods,merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load;freight.Cargoes of food or clothing. E. Everett.
Note: The term cargo, in law, is usually applied to goods only, and not to live animals or persons. Burill.
CARGOOSE Car"goose`, n. Etym: [Perh. fr. Gael. & Ir. cir, cior (pronounced kir, kior), crest, comb + E. goose. Cf. Crebe.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A species of grebe (Podiceps crisratus); the crested grebe.
CARIAMAÇa"ri*a"ma, n. Etym: [Native name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large, long-legged South American bird (Dicholophus cristatus) which preys upon snakes, etc. See Seriema.
CARIBCar"ib, n.; pl. Caries. Etym: [See Cannibal.] (Ethol.)
Defn: A native of the Caribbee islands or the coaste of the Caribbean sea; esp., one of a tribe of Indians inhabiting a region of South America, north of the Amazon, and formerly most of the West India islands.
CARIBBEAN; CARIBBEECar`ib*be"an, Car`ib*bee, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Caribs, to their islands (the eastern and southern West Indies), or to the sea (called the Caribbean sa) lying between those islands and Central America.
CARIBBEECar"ib*bee, n.
Defn: A Carib.
CARIBECa*ri"be, n. Etym: [Sp. a cannibal.] (Zoöl).
Defn: A south American fresh water fish of the genus Serrasalmo of many species, remakable for its voracity. When numerous they attack man or beast, often with fatal results.
CARIBOUCar"i*bou, n. Etym: [Canadian French.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species (Rangifer Caribou). Barren Ground caribou. See under Barren. — Woodland caribou, the common reindeer (Rangifer Caribou) of the northern forests of America.
CARICATURE Car"i*ca*ture, n. Etym: [It. caricatura, fr. caricare to charge, overload, exaggerate. See Charge, v. t.]
1. An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture.
2. A picture or other figure or description in which the peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody. [Formerly written caricatura.] The truest likeness of the prince of French literature will be the one that has most of the look of a caricature. I. Taylor. A grotesque caricature of virtue. Macaulay.
CARICATURECar"i*ca*ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caricatured; p. pr. & vb. n.Caricaturing.]
Defn: To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous exaggeration; to burlesque. He could draw an ill face, or caricature a good one, with a masterly hand. Lord Lyttelton.
CARICATURISTCar"i*ca*tu`rist, n.
Defn: One who caricatures.
CARICOUSCar"i*cous, a. Etym: [L. carica a kind of dry fig.]
Defn: Of the shape of a fig; as, a caricous tumor. Graig.
CARIESCa"ri*es, n.Etym: [L., decay.] (Med.)
Defn: Ulceration of bone; a process in which bone disintegrates and is carried away piecemeal, as distinguished from necrosis, in which it dies in masses.
CARILLON Car"il*lon, n. Etym: [F. carillon a chime of bells, originally consisting of four bells, as if fr.. (assumed) L. quadrilio, fr. quatuer four.]
1. (Mus.)
Defn: A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clockwork or by finger keys.
2. A tune adapted to be played by musical bells.
CARINACa*ri"na, n. Etym: [L., keel.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: A keel. (a) That part of a papilionaceous flower, consisting of two petals, commonly united, which incloses the organs of fructification. (b) A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The keel of the breastbone of birds.
CARINARIACar`i*na"ri*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. carina keel.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of oceanic heteropod Mollusca, having a thin, glassy, bonnet-shaped shell, which covers only the nucleus and gills.
CARINATAECar`i*na"tæ, n. pl. Etym: [NL., Fem. pl. fr. L. carinatus. SeeCarinate.]
Defn: A grand division of birds, including all existing flying birds;— So called from the carina or keel on the breastbone.
CARINATE; CARINATEDCar"i*nate, Car"i*na`ted a. Etym: [L. carinatus, fr. carina keel.]
Defn: Shaped like the keel or prow of a ship; having a carina or keel; as, a carinate calyx or leaf; a carinate sternum (of a bird).
CARIOLE Car"i*ole, n. Etym: [F. carriole, dim. fr. L. carrus. See Car, and Carryall.] (a) A small, light, open one-horse carriage. (b) A covered cart. (c) A kind of calash. See Carryall.
CARIOPSISCar"i*op"sis, n.
Defn: See Caryopsis.
CARIOSITYCa`ri*os"i*ty, n. (Med.)
Defn: Caries.
CARIOUSCa"ri*ous, a. Etym: [L. cariosus, fr. caries dacay.]
Defn: Affected with caries; decaying; as, a carious tooth.
CARKCark, n. Etym: [OE. cark, fr. a dialectic form of F. charge; cf. W.carc anxiety, care, Arm karg charge, burden. See Charge, and cf.Cargo.]
Defn: A noxious or corroding care; solicitude; worry. [Archaic.]His heavy head, devoid of careful cark. Spenser.Fling cark and care aside. Motherwell.Ereedom from the cares of money and the cark of fashion. R. D.Blackmore.
CARKCark, v. i.
Defn: To be careful, anxious, solicitous, or troubles in mind; to worry or grieve. [R.] Beau. & fl.
CARKCark, v. t.
Defn: To vex; to worry; to make by anxious care or worry. [R.] Nor can a man, independently . . . of God's blessing, care and cark himself one penny richer. South.
CARKANETCar"ka*net, n.
Defn: A carcanet. Southey.
CARKINGCark"ing, a.
Defn: Distressing; worrying; perplexing; corroding; as, carking cares.
CARL Carl, n. Etym: [Icel, karl a male, a man; akin to AS. ceorl, OHG. charal, G. kerl fellow. See Churl.] [Written also carle.]
1. A rude, rustic man; a churl. The miller was a stout carl. Chaucer.
2. Large stalks of hemp which bear the seed; — called also carl hemp.
3. pl.
Defn: A kind of food. See citation, below. Caring or carl are gray steeped in water and fried the next day in butter or fat. They are eaten on the second Sunday before Easter, formerly called Carl Sunday. Robinson's Whitby Glossary (1875).
CARLINCar"lin, n. Etym: [Dim., fr. carl male.]
Defn: An old woman. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
CARLINE; CAROLINE Car"line, Car"o*line, n. Etym: [F. carin; cf. It. carlino; — so called from Carlo (Charles) VI. of Naples.]
Defn: A silver coin once current in some parts of Italy, worth about seven cents. Simmonds.
CARLINE; CARLING Car"line, Car"ling n. Etym: [Cf. F. carlingur, Sp. Pg., & It. carlinga.] (Naut.)
Defn: A short timber running lengthwise of a ship, from one transverse desk beam to another; also, one of the cross timbers that strengthen a hath; — usually in pl.
CARLINE THISTLE Car"line this`tle. Etym: [F. carline, It., Sp., & Pg., carline, Said to be so called from the Emperor Charlemagne, whose army is reputed to have used it as a remedy for pestilence.] (Bot.)
Defn: A prickly plant of the genus Carlina (C. vulgaris), found inEurope and Asia.
CARLINGSCar"lings, n. pl.
Defn: Same as Carl, 3. Carling Sunday, a Sunday in Lent when carls are eaten. In some parts of England, Passion Sunday. See Carl, 4.
CARLISTCar"list, n.
Defn: A parisan of Charles X. Of France, or of Dod Carlos of Spain.
CARLOCKCar"lock, n. Etym: [F. carlock, fr. Russ. Karlúk'.]
Defn: A sort of Russian isinglass, made from the air bladder of the sturgeon, and used in clarifying wine.
CARLOTCar"lot, n. Etym: [From Carl.]
Defn: A churl; a boor; a peasant or countryman. [Obs.] Shak.
CARLOVINGIANCar`lo*vin"gi*an, a. Etym: [F. Carlovingen.]
Defn: Pertaining to, founded by, of descended from, Charlemagne; as, the Carlovingian race of kings.
CARMAGNOLECar`ma`gnole", n. Etym: [F.]
1. A popular or Red Rebublican song and dance, of the time of the first French Revolution. They danced and yelled the carmagnole. Compton Reade.
2. A bombastic report from the French armies.
CARMANCar"man, n.; pl. Carmen (
Defn: A man whose employment is to drive, or to convey goods in, a car or car.
CARMELITE; CARMELINCar"mel*ite, Car"mel*in a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the order of Carmelites.
CARMELITECar"mel*ite, n.
1. (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: A friar of a mendicant order (the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel) established on Mount Carmel, in Syria, in the twelfth century; a White Friar.
2. A nun of the Order of Our lady of Mount Carmel.
CAR MILECar mile. (Railroads)
Defn: A mile traveled by a single car, taken as a unit of computation, as in computing the average travel of each car of a system during a given period.
CAR MILEAGECar mileage. (Railroads)(a) Car miles collectively.(b) The amount paid by one road the use of cars of another road.
CARMINATEDCar"mi*na`ted, a.
Defn: Of, relating to, or mixed with, carmine; as, carminated lake.Tomlinson.
CARMINATIVE Car*min"ative, a. Etym: [NL. carminativus (carminare to card hence to cleanse, fr. carmen a card for freeing wool or flax from the coarser parts, and from extraneous matter: cf. F. carminatif.]
Defn: Expelling wind from the body; warning; antispasmodic."Carmenative hot seeds." Dunglison.
CARMINATIVECar*min"a*tive, n.
Defn: A substance, esp. an aromatic, which tends to expel wind from the alimentary canal, or to relieve colic, griping, or flatulence.
CARMINE Car"mine, n. Etym: [F. carmin (cf. Sp. carmin, It. carminio), contr. from LL. carmesinus purple color. See Crimson.]
1. A rich red or crimson color with a shade of purple.
2. A beautiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared from cochineal, and used in miniature painting.
3. (Chem.)
Defn: The essential coloring principle of cochineal, extracted as a purple-red amorphous mass. It is a glucoside and possesses acid properties; — hence called also carminic acid. Carmine red (Chem.), a coloring matter obtained from carmine as a purple-red substance, and probably allied to the phthaleïns.
CARMINICCar*min"ic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to, or derived from, carmine. Carminic acid.Same as Carmine, 3.
CARMOTCar"mot, n. (Alchemy)
Defn: The matter of which the philosopher's stone was believed to be composed.
CARNAGE Car"nage, n. Etym: [F. carnage, LL. carnaticum tribute of animals, flesh of animals, fr. L. caro, carnis, flesh. See Carnal.]
1. Flesh of slain animals or men. A miltitude of dogs came to feast on the carnage. Macaulay.
2. Great destruction of life, as in battle; bloodshed; slaughter; massacre; murder; havoc. The more fearful carnage of the Bloody Circuit. Macaulay.
CARNAL Car"nal, a. Etym: [L. carnalis, fr. caro, carnis, flesh; akin to Gr. kravya; cf. F. charnel, Of. also carnel. Cf. Charnel.]
1. Of or pertaining to the body or is appetites; animal; fleshly; sensual; given to sensual indulgence; lustful; human or worldly as opposed to spiritual. For ye are yet carnal. 1 Car. iii. 3. Not sunk in carnal pleasure. Milton rnal desires after miracles. Trench.
2. Flesh-devouring; cruel; ravenous; bloody. [Obs.] This carnal cur Preys on the issue of his mother's body. Shak. Carnal knowledge, sexual intercourse; — used especially of an unlawful act on the part of the man.
CARNALISMCar"nal*ism, n.
Defn: The state of being carnal; carnality; sensualism. [R.]
CARNALISTCar"nal*ist, n.
Defn: A sensualist. Burton.
CARNALITYCar*nal"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. carnalitas.]
Defn: The state of being carnal; fleshly lust, or the indulgence of lust; grossness of mind. Because of the carnality of their hearts. Tillotson.
CARNALIZECar"nal*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carnalized; p. pr. & vb. n.Carnalizing.]
Defn: To make carnal; to debase to carnality.A sensual and carnalized spirit. John Scott.
CARNALLITECar"nal*lite, n. Etym: [G. carnallit, fr. Von Carnall, a Prussian.](Min.)
Defn: A hydrous chloride of potassium and magnesium, sometimes found associated with deposits of rock salt.
CARNALLYCar"nal*ly, adv.
Defn: According to the flesh, to the world, or to human nature; in a manner to gratify animal appetites and lusts; sensually. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Rom. viii. 6.
CARNAL-MINDEDCar"nal-mind`ed, a.
Defn: Worldly-minded.
CARNAL-MINDEDNESSCar"nal-mind"ed*ness, n.
Defn: Grossness of mind.
CARNARYCar"na*ry, n. Etym: [L. carnarium, fr. caro, carnis, flesh.]
Defn: A vault or crypt in connection with a church, used as a repository for human bones disintered from their original burial places; a charnel house.
CARNASSIAL Car*nas"si*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. carnassier carnivorous, and L. caro, carnis, flesh.] (Anat.)
Defn: Adapted to eating flesh.— n.
Defn: A carnassial tooth; especially, the last premolar in many carnivores.
CARNATECar"nate, a. Etym: [L. carnatus fleshy.]
Defn: Invested with, or embodied in, flesh.
CARNATIONCar*na"tion, n. Etym: [F. carnation the flesh tints in a painting, Itcarnagione, fr. L. carnatio fleshiness, fr. caro, carnis, flesh. SeeCarnal.]
1. The natural color of flesh; rosy pink. Her complexion of the delicate carnation. Ld. Lytton.
2. pl. (Paint.)
Defn: Those parts of a picture in which the human body or any part of it is represented in full color; the flesh tints. The flesh tints in painting are termed carnations. Fairholt.
3. (Bot.)
Defn: A species of Dianthus (D. Caryophyllus) or pink, having very beautiful flowers of various colors, esp. white and usually a rich, spicy scent.
CARNATIONEDCar*na"tioned, a.
Defn: Having a flesh color.
CARNAUBACar*nau"ba, n. (Bot.)
Defn: The Brazilian wax palm. See Wax palm.
CARNELIANCar*nel"ian, n. Etym: [For carnelian; influenced by L. carneusfleshy, of flesh, because of its flesh red color. See Cornellan.](Min.)
Defn: A variety of chalcedony, of a clear, deep red, flesh red, or reddish white color. It is moderately hard, capable of a good polish, and often used for seals.
CARNEOUSCar"ne*ous, a. Etym: [L. carneus, from caro, carnis, flesh.]
Defn: Consisting of, or like, flesh; carnous; fleshy. "Carneous fibers." Ray.
CARNEYCar"ney, n. Etym: [Cf. L. carneus flesh.] (Far.)
Defn: A disease of horses, on which the mouth is so furred that the afflicted animal can not eat.
CARNICCar"nic, a. [L. caro, carnis, flesh.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to flesh; specif. (Physiol. Chem.),
Defn: pertaining to or designating a hydroscopic monobasic acid, C10H15O5N3, obtained as a cleavage product from an acid of muscle tissue.
CARNIFEXCar"ni*fex, n. Etym: [L., fr. caro, carnis, flesh + facere to make.](Antiq.)
Defn: The public executioner at Rome, who executed persons of the lowest rank; hence, an executioner or hangman.
CARNIFICATIONCar`ni*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. carnification.]
Defn: The act or process of turning to flesh, or to a substance resembling flesh.
CARNIFY Car"ni*fy, v. i. Etym: [LL. carnificare, fr. L.o, carnis, flesh + facere to make: cf. F. carnifier.]
Defn: To form flesh; to become like flesh. Sir M. Hale.
CARNINCar"nin, n. Etym: [L. caro, canis , flesh.] (Chem.)
Defn: A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, found in extract of meat, and related to xanthin.
CARNIVAL Car"ni*val, n. Etym: [It. carnevale, prob. for older carnelevale, prop., the putting away of meat; fr. L. caro, carnis, flesh _ levare to take away, lift up, fr. levis light.]
1. A festival celebrated with merriment and revelry in Roman Gatholic countries during the week before Lent, esp. at Rome and Naples, during a few days (three to ten) before Lent, ending with Shrove Tuesday. The carnival at Venice is everywhere talked of. Addison.
2. Any merrymaking, feasting, or masquerading, especially when overstepping the bounds of decorum; a time of riotous excess. Tennyson. He saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold o'er the dead their carnival Byron.
CARNIVORACar*niv"o*ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL., neut. pl. from L. carnivorus. SeeCarnivorous.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of Mammallia including the lion, tiger, wolf bear, seal, etc. They are adapted by their structure to feed upon flesh, though some of them, as the bears, also eat vegetable food. The teeth are large and sharp, suitable for cutting flesh, and the jaws powerful.
CARNIVORACITYCar*niv`o*rac"i*ty, n.
Defn: Greediness of appetite for flesh. [Sportive.] Pope.
CARNIVORECar`ni*vore, n. Etym: [Cf. F. carnivore.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Carnivora.
CARNIVOROUS Car*niv"o*rous, a. Etym: [L. carnivorus; caro, carnis, flesh + varare to devour.]
Defn: Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food; (c) to substances which destroy animal tissue, as caustics.
CARNOSE; CARNOUS Car*nose, Car"*nous, a. Etym: [L. carnosus, fr. caro, carnis, flesh: cf. OF. carneux, F. charneux.]
1. Of a pertaining to flesh; fleshy. A distinct carnose muscle. Ray.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Of a fleshy consistence; — applied to succulent leaves, stems, etc.
CARNOSITYCar*nos"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. carnosité.]
1. (Med.)
Defn: A fleshy excrescence; esp. a small excrescence or fungous growth. Wiseman.
2. Fleshy substance or quality; fleshy covering. [Consciences] overgrown with so hard a carnosity. Spelman. The olives, indeed be very small there, and bigger than capers; yet commended they are for their carnosity. Holland.
CARNOT'S CYCLECar`not's" cy"cle. [After N. L. S. Carnot, French physicist.](Thermodynamics)
Defn: An ideal heat-engine cycle in which the working fluid goes through the following four successive operations: (1) Isothermal expansion to a desired point; (2) adiabatic expansion to a desired point; (3) isothermal compression to such a point that (4) adiabatic compression brings it back to its initial state.
CAROBCar"ob, n. Etym: [Cf. F. caroube fruit of the carob tree, Sp.garrobo, al-garrobo, carob tree, fr. Ar. kharrub, Per. Kharnub. Cf.Clgaroba.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: An evergreen leguminous tree (Ceratania Siliqua) found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean; the St. John's bread; — called also carob tree.
2. One of the long, sweet, succulent, pods of the carob tree, which are used as food for animals and sometimes eaten by man; — called also St. John's bread, carob bean, and algaroba bean.
CAROCHE Ca*roche", n. Etym: [OF. carrache, F. carrose from It. carrocio, carrozza, fr. carro, L. carus. See Car.]
Defn: A kind of pleasure carriage; a coach. [Obs.]To mount two-wheeled caroches. Butler.
CAROCHEDCa*roched", a.
Defn: Placed in a caroche. [Obs.]Beggary rides caroched. Massenger.
CAROIGNECar"oigne, n. Etym: [See Carrion.]
Defn: Dead body; carrion. [Obs.] Chaucer.
CAROL Car"ol, n. Etym: [OF. carole a kind of dance wherein many dance together, fr. caroler to dance; perh. from Celtic; cf. Armor. koroll, n., korolla, korolli, v., Ir. car music, turn, circular motion, also L. choraula a flute player, charus a dance, chorus, choir.]
1. A round dance. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. A song of joy, exultation, or mirth; a lay. The costly feast, the carol, and the dance. Dryden It was the carol of a bird. Byron.
3. A song of praise of devotion; as, a Christmas or Easter carol. Heard a carol, mournful, holy. Tennyson. In the darkness sing your carol of high praise. Keble.
4. Joyful music, as of a song. I heard the bells on Christmans Day Their old, familiar carol play. Longfellow.
CAROLCar"ol, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caroled, or Carolled; p. pr. & vb. n.Caroling, or Carolling.]
1. To praise or celebrate in song. The Shepherds at their festivals Carol her goodness. Milton.
2. To sing, especially with joyful notes. Hovering awans . . . carol sounds harmonious. Prior.
CAROLCar"ol, v. i.
Defn: To sing; esp. to sing joyfully; to warble.And carol of love's high praise. Spenser.The gray linnets carol from the hill. Beattie.
CAROL; CARROL Car"ol, Car"rol, n. Etym: [OF. carole a sort of circular space, or carol.] (Arch.)
Defn: A small closet or inclosure built against a window on the innerside, to sit in for study. The word was used as late as the 16thcentury.A bay window may thus be called a carol. Parker.
CAROLINCar"o*lin, n. Etym: [L. Carolus Charles.]
Defn: A former gold coin of Germany worth nearly five dollars; also, a gold coin of Sweden worth nearly five dollars.
CAROLINA PINKCar`o*li"na pink`. (Bot.)
Defn: See Pinkboot.
CAROLINECar"o*line, n.
Defn: A coin. See Carline.
CAROLINGCar"ol*ing, n.
Defn: A song of joy or devotion; a singing, as of carols. Coleridge.Such heavenly notes and carolings. Spenser.
CAROLINIANCar`o*lin"i*an, n.
Defn: A native or inhabitant of north or South Carolina.
CAROLITICCar`o*lit"ic, a. (Arch.)
Defn: Adorned with sculptured leaves and branches.
CAROLUSCar"o*lus, n.; pl. E. Caroluses, L. Caroli. Etym: [L., Charles.]
Defn: An English gold coin of the value of twenty or twenty-three shillings. It was first struck in the reign of Charles I. Told down the crowns and Caroluses. Macawlay.
CAROMCar"om, n. Etym: [Prob. corrupted fr. F. carumboler to carom,carambolage a carom, carambole the red ball in billiards.](Billiards)
Defn: A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball. In England it is called cannon.
CAROMCar"om, v. i. (Billiards)
Defn: To make a carom.
CAROMELCar"o*mel, n.
Defn: See Caramel.
CAROTEELCar`o*teel", n. (Com.)
Defn: A tierce or cask for dried fruits, etc., usually about 700 lbs.Simmonds.
CAROTICCa*rot"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. Carotid.]
1. Of or pertaining to stupor; as, a carotic state.
2. (Anat.)
Defn: Carotid; as, the carotic arteries.
CAROTID Ca*rot"id, n. Etym: [Gr. carotide. The early Greeks believed that these arteries in some way caused drowsiness.] (Anat.)
Defn: One of the two main arteries of the neck, by which blood is conveyed from the aorta to the head.
Note: [See Illust. of Aorta.]
CAROTID; CAROTIDALCa*rot"id, Ca*rot"id*al, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or near, the carotids or one of them; as, the carotid gland.
CAROTINCa*ro"tin, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A red crystallizable tasteless substance, extracted from the carrot.
CAROTTECa`rotte", n. [F., prop., carrot.]
Defn: A cylindrical roll of tobacco; as, a carotte of perique.
CAROUSALCa*rous"al, n. Etym: [See Carouse, but also cf. F. carrousel tilt.]
Defn: A jovial feast or festival; a drunken revel; a carouse.The swains were preparing for a carousal. Sterne.
Syn.— Banquet; revel; orgie; carouse. See Feast.
CAROUSE Ca*rouse", n. Etym: [F. carrousse, earlier carous, fr. G. garaus finishing stroke, the emptying of the cup in drinking a health; gar entirely + aus out. See Yare, and Out.]
1. A large draught of liguor. [Obs.] "A full carouse of sack." Sir J. Davies. Drink carouses to the next day's fate. Shak.
2. A drinking match; a carousal. The early feast and late carouse. Pope.
CAROUSECa*rouse", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caroused; p. pr. & vb. n. Carousing.]
Defn: To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take in a carousal; to engage in drunken revels. He had been aboard, carousing to his mates. Shak.
CAROUSECa*rouse" v. t.
Defn: To drink up; to drain; to drink freely or jovially. [Archaic]Guests carouse the sparkling tears of the rich grape. Denham.Egypt's wanton queen, Carousing gems, herself dissolved in love.Young.
CAROUSERCa*rous"er, n.
Defn: One who carouses; a reveler.
CAROUSINGCa*rous"ing, a.
Defn: That carouses; relating to a carouse.
CAROUSINGLYCa*rous"ing*ly, adv.
Defn: In the manner of a carouser.
CARPCarp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Carped; p. pr. & vb. n. Carping.] Etym:[OE. carpen to say, speak; from Scand. (cf. Icel. karpa to boast),but influenced later by L. carpere to pluck, calumniate.]
1. To talk; to speak; to prattle. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; — usually followed by at. Carping and caviling at faults of manner. Blackw. Mag. And at my actions carp or catch. Herbert.
CARPCarp, v. t.
1. To say; to tell. [Obs.]
2. To find fault with; to censure. [Obs.] Dryden.
CARPCarp, n.; pl. Carp, formerly Carps. Etym: [Cf. Icel. karfi, Dan.karpe, Sw. karp, OHG. charpho, G. karpfen, F. carpe, LL. carpa.](Zoöl.)
Defn: A fresh-water herbivorous fish (Cyprinus carpio.). Several other species of Cyprinus, Catla, and Carassius are called carp. See Cruclan carp.
Note: The carp was originally from Asia, whence it was early introduced into Europe, where it is extensively reared in artificial ponds. Within a few years it has been introduced into America, and widely distributed by the government. Domestication has produced several varieties, as the leather carp, which is nearly or quite destitute of scales, and the mirror carp, which has only a few large scales. Intermediate varieties occur. Carp louse (Zoöl.), a small crustacean, of the genus Argulus, parasitic on carp and allied fishes. See Branchiura. — Carp mullet (Zoöl.), a fish (Moxostoma carpio) of the Ohio River and Great Lakes, allied to the suckers. — Carp sucker (Zoöl.), a name given to several species of fresh- water fishes of the genus Carpiodes in the United States; — called also quillback.
CARPALCar"pal, a. Etym: [From Carpus.] (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the carpus, or wrist.— n.
Defn: One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; a carpale. Carpal angle (Zoöl.), the angle at the last joint of the folded wing of a bird.
CARPALECar*pa"le, n.; pl. Carpalia. Etym: [NL., fr. E. carpus.] (Anat.)
Defn: One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; esp. one of the series articulating with the metacarpals.
CARPATHIANCar*pa"thi*an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a range of mountains in Austro-Hungary, called the Carpathians, which partially inclose Hungary on the north, east, and south.
CARPEL; CARPELLUMCar"pel, Car*pel"lum, n. Etym: [NL. carpellum, fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See Illust of Carpaphore.
CARPELLARYCar"pel*la"ry, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Belonging to, forming, or containing carpels.
CARPENTER Car"pen*ter, n. Etym: [OF. carpentier, F. charpentier, LL. carpentarius, fr. L. carpentum wagon, carriage.]
Defn: An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, ships, etc.