Syn. — Carpenter, Joiner. The carpenter frames and puts together roofs, partitions, floors, and other structural parts of a building. The joiner Supplies stairs, doors shutters, mantelpieces, cupboards, and other parts necessary to finishing the building. In America the two trades are commonly united. Carpenter ant (Zoöl.), any species of ant which gnaws galleries in the wood of trees and constructs its nests therein. They usually select dead or somewhat decayed wood. The common large American species is Formica Pennsylvanica. — Carpenter bee (Zoöl.), a large hymenopterous insect of the genus Xylocopa; — so called because it constructs its nest by gnawing long galleries in sound timber. The common American species is Xylocopa Virginica.
CARPENTERINGCar"pen*ter*ing, n.
Defn: The occupation or work of a carpenter; the act of workingin timber; carpentry.
CARPENTRYCar"pen*try, n. Etym: [F. charpenterie, OF. also carpenterie. SeeCarpenter.]
1. The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, as in the construction of buildings.
2. An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.
CARPERCarp"er, n.
Defn: One who carps; a caviler. Shak.
CARPET Car"pet, n. Etym: [OF. carpite rug, soft of cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L. carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. Harvest.]
1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables. Tables and beds covered with copes instead of carpets and coverlets. T. Fuller.
2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet. "The grassy carpet of this plain." Shak. Carpet beetle or Carpet bug (Zoöl.), a small beetle (Anthrenus scrophulariæ), which, in the larval state, does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; — also called buffalo bug. — Carpet knight. (a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of the drawing room; an effeminate person. Shak. (b) One made a knight, for some other than military distinction or service. — Carpet moth (Zoöl.), the larva of an insect which feeds on carpets and other woolen goods. There are several kinds. Some are the larvæ of species of Tinea (as T. tapetzella); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus. — Carpet snake (Zoöl.), an Australian snake. See Diamond snake, under Diamond. — Carpet sweeper, an apparatus or device for sweeping carpets. — To be on the carpet, to be under consideration; to be the subject of deliberation; to be in sight; — an expression derived from the use of carpets as table cover. — Brussels carpet. See under Brussels.
CARPETCar"pet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carpeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Carpeting.]
Defn: To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets; to furnish with a carpet or carpets. Carpeted temples in fashionable squares. E. Everett.
CARPETBAGCar"pet*bag`, n.
Defn: A portable bag for travelers; — so called because originally made of carpet.
CARPETBAGGERCar"pet*bag"ger, n.
Defn: An adventurer; — a term of contempt for a Northern man seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern part of the United States after the Civil War (1865). [U. S.]
CARPETINGCar"pet*ing, n.
Defn: 1. The act of covering with carpets.
2. Cloth or materials for carpets; carpets, in general. The floor was covered with rich carpeting. Prescott.
CARPETLESSCar"pet*less, a.
Defn: Without a carpet.
CARPETMONGERCar"pet*mon`ger, n.
1. One who deals in carpets; a buyer and seller of carpets.
2. One fond of pleasure; a gallant. Shak.
CARPETWAYCar"pet*way`, n. (Agric.)
Defn: A border of greensward left round the margin of a plowed field.Ray.
CARPHOLOGYCar*phol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy: cf. F. carphologie.] (Med.)
Defn: See Flaccillation.
CARPINGCarp"ing, a.
Defn: Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious.— Carp"ing*ly, adv.
CARPINTEROCar`pin*te"ro, n. Etym: [Sp., a carpenter, a woodpecker.]
Defn: A california woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus), noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees. The acorns become infested by insect larvæ, which, when grown, are extracted for food by the bird.
CARPOGENICCar`po*gen"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. -gen.] (Bot.)
Defn: Productive of fruit, or causing fruit to be developed.
CARPOLITECar"po*lite, n. Etym: [Gr. -lite, cf. F. carpolithe.]
Defn: A general term for a fossil fruit, nut, or seed.
CARPOLOGICALCar`po*log"i*cal, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to carpology.
CARPOLOGISTCar*pol"o*gist, n.
Defn: One who describes fruits; one versed in carpology.
CARPOLOGYCar*pol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy.]
Defn: That branch of botany which relates to the structure of seeds and fruit.
CARPOPHAGOUSCar*poph"a*gous, a. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Living on fruits; fruit-consuming.
CARPOPHORECar"po*phore, n. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants.
CARPOPHYLLCar"po*phyll, n. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A leaf converted into a fruit or a constituent portion of a fruit; a carpel.
Note: [See Illust. of Gymnospermous.]
CARPOPHYTECar"po*phyte, n. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization, as the red seaweeds, the Ascomycetes, etc.
Note: The division of alge and fungi into four classes calledCarpophytes, Oöphytes, Protophytes, and Zygophytes (or Carposporeæ,Oösporeæ, Protophyta, and Zygosporeæ) was proposed by Sachs about1875.
CARPOSPORECar"po*spore, n. Etym: [Gr. -spore.] (Bot.)
Defn: A kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red algæ.— Car`po*spor"ic (, a.
CARPUSCar"pus, n.; pl. Carpi. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of eight short bones disposed in two rows.
CARRACKCar"rack, n.
Defn: See Carack.
CARRAGEEN; CARRIGEENCar"ra*geen`, Car"ri*geen`, n.
Defn: A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce. [Also written carragheen, carageen.]
CARRANCHACar*ran"cha, n. Etym: [Native name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The Brazilian kite (Polyborus Brasiliensis); — so called in imitation of its notes.
CARRAWAYCar"ra*way, n.
Defn: See Caraway.
CARRELCar"rel, n.
Defn: See Quarrel, an arrow.
CARRELCar"rel, n. (Arch.)
Defn: Same as 4th Carol.
CARRIABLECar"ri*a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being carried.
CARRIAGE Car"riage, n. Etym: [OF. cariage luggage, carriage, chariage carriage, cart, baggage, F. charriage, cartage, wagoning, fr. OF. carier, charier, F. charrier, to cart. See Carry.]
1. That which is carried; burden; baggage. [Obs.]David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage. 1.Sam. xvii. 22.And after those days we took up our carriages and went up toJerusalem. Acts. xxi. 15.
2. The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying. Nine days employed in carriage. Chapman.
3. The price or expense of carrying.
4. That which carries of conveys, as: (a) A wheeled vehicle for persons, esp. one designed for elegance and comfort. (b) A wheeled vehicle carrying a fixed burden, as a gun carriage. (c) A part of a machine which moves and carries of supports some other moving object or part. (d) A frame or cage in which something is carried or supported; as, a bell carriage.
5. The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing; deportment; personal manners. His gallant carriage all the rest did grace. Stirling.
6. The act or manner of conducting measures or projects; management. The passage and whole carriage of this action. Shak. Carriage horse, a horse kept for drawing a carriage. — Carriage porch (Arch.), a canopy or roofed pavilion covering the driveway at the entrance to any building. It is intended as a shelter for those who alight from vehicles at the door; — sometimes erroneously called in the United States porte-cochère.
CARRIAGEABLECar"riage*a*ble, a.
Defn: Passable by carriages; that can be conveyed in carriages. [R.]Ruskin.
CARRIBOOCar"ri*boo, n.
Defn: See Caribou.
CARRICKCar"rick, n. (Naut.)
Defn: A carack. See Carack. Carrick bend (Naut.), a kind of knot,used for bending together hawsers or other ropes.— Carrick bitts (Naut.), the bitts which support the windlass.Totten.
CARRIERCar"ri*er, n. Etym: [From Carry.]
1. One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger. The air which is but . . . a carrier of the sounds. Bacon.
2. One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster. The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures. Swift.
3. (Mach.)
Defn: That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel. Carrier pigeon (Zoöl.), a variety of the domestic pigeon used to convey letters from a distant point to to its home. — Carrier shell (Zoöl.), a univalve shell of the genus Phorus; — so called because it fastens bits of stones and broken shells to its own shell, to such an extent as almost to conceal it. — Common carrier (Law.) See under Common, a.
CARRION Car"ri*on, n. Etym: [OE. caroyne, OF. caroigne, F. charogne, LL. caronia, fr. L. caro flesh Cf. Crone, Crony.]
1. The dead and putrefying body or flesh of an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food. They did eat the dead carrions. Spenser.
2. A contemptible or worthless person; — a term of reproach. [Obs.] "Old feeble carrions." Shak.
CARRIONCar"ri*on, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion. A prey for carrion kites. Shak. Carrion beetle (Zoöl.), any beetle that feeds habitually on dead animals; — also called sexton beetle and burying beetle. There are many kinds, belonging mostly to the family Silphidæ. — Carrion buzzard (Zoöl.), a South American bird of several species and genera (as Ibycter, Milvago, and Polyborus), which act as scavengers. See Caracara. — Carrion crow, the common European crow (Corvus corone) which feeds on carrion, insects, fruits, and seeds.
CARROLCar"rol, n. (Arch.)
Defn: See 4th Carol.
CARROMCar"rom, n. (Billiards)
Defn: See Carom.
CARROMATACar`ro*ma"ta, n. [Sp. in Phil. I.]
Defn: In the Philippines, a light, two-wheeled, boxlike vehicle usually drawn by a single native pony and used to convey passengers within city limits or for traveling. It is the common public carriage.
CARRONADE Car`ron*ade, n. Etym: [From Carron, in Scotland where it was first made.] (Med.)
Defn: A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side.
CARRON OILCar"ron oil.
Defn: A lotion of linseed oil and lime water, used as an application to burns and scalds; — first used at the Carron iron works in Scotland.
CARROTCar"rot, n. Etym: [F. carotte, fr. L. carota; cf. Gr.
1. (Bot.)
Defn: An umbelliferous biennial plant (Daucus Carota), of many varieties.
2. The esculent root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped, and of a reddish yellow color.
CARROTYCar"rot*y, a.
Defn: Like a carrot in color or in taste; — an epithet given to reddish yellow hair, etc.
CARROWCar"row, n. Etym: [Ir & Gael. carach cunning.]
Defn: A strolling gamester. [Ireland] Spenser.
CARRYCar"ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carried; p. pr. & vb. n. Carrying.] Etym:[OF. carier, charier, F. carrier, to cart, from OF. car, char, F.car, car. See Car.]
1. To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; — often with away or off. When he dieth he small carry nothing away. Ps. xiix. 17. Devout men carried Stephen to his burial. Acts viii, 2. Another carried the intelligence to Russell. Macaulay. The sound will be carried, at the least, twenty miles. Bacon.
2. To have or hold as a burden, while moving from place to place; to have upon or about one's person; to bear; as, to carry a wound; to carry an unborn child. If the ideas . . . were carried along with us in our minds. Locke.
3. To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead orguide.Go, carry Sir John Falstaff to the Fleet. Shak.He carried away all his cattle. Gen. xxxi. 18.Passion and revenge will carry them too far. Locke.
4. To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column) to another; as, to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to carry an account to the ledger; to carry a number in adding figures.
5. To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten miles farther.
6. To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in a contest; to bring to a successful issue; to win; as, to carry an election. "The greater part carries it." Shak. The carrying of our main point. Addison.
7. To get possession of by force; to capture. The town would have been carried in the end. Bacon.
8. To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of ; to show orexhibit; to imply.He thought it carried something of argument in it. Watts.It carries too great an imputation of ignorance. Lacke.
9. To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; — with the refexive pronouns. He carried himself so insolently in the house, and out of the house, to all persons, that he became odious. Clarendon.
10. To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as, a merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry a life insurance. Carry arms (Mil. Drill), a command of the Manual of Arms directing the soldier to hold his piece in the right hand, the barrel resting against the hollow of the shoulder in a nearly perpendicular position. In this position the soldier is said to stand, and the musket to be held, at carry. — To carry all before one, to overcome all obstacles; to have uninterrupted success. — To carry arms (a) To bear weapons. (b) To serve as a soldier. — To carry away. (a) (Naut.) to break off; to lose; as, to carry away a fore-topmast. (b) To take possession of the mind; to charm; to delude; as, to be carried by music, or by temptation. — To carry coals, to bear indignities tamely, a phrase used by early dramatists, perhaps from the mean nature of the occupation. Halliwell. — To carry coals to Newcastle, to take things to a place where they already abound; to lose one's labor. — To carry off (a) To remove to a distance. (b) To bear away as from the power or grasp of others. (c) To remove from life; as, the plague carried off thousands. — To carry on (a) To carry farther; to advance, or help forward; to continue; as, to carry on a design. (b) To manage, conduct, or prosecute; as, to carry on husbandry or trade. — To carry out. (a) To bear from within. (b) To put into execution; to bring to a successful issue. (c) To sustain to the end; to continue to the end. — To carry through. (a) To convey through the midst of. (b) To support to the end; to sustain, or keep from falling, or being subdued. "Grace will carry us . . . through all difficulties." Hammond. (c) To complete; to bring to a succesful issue; to succeed. — To carry up, to convey or extend in an upward course or direction; to build. — To carry weight. (a) To be handicapped; to have an extra burden, as when one rides or runs. "He carries weight, he rides a race" Cowper. (b) To have influence.
CARRYCar"ry, v. i.
1. To act as a bearer; to convey anything; as, to fetch and carry.
2. To have propulsive power; to propel; as, a gun or mortar carries well.
3. To hold the head; — said of a horse; as, to carry well i. e., to hold the head high, with arching neck.
4. (Hunting)
Defn: To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare. Johnson. To carry on, to behave in a wild, rude, or romping manner. [Colloq.]
CARRYCar"ry, n.; pl. Carries.
Defn: A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a portage. Etym: [U.S.]
CARRYALLCar"ry*all`, n. Etym: [Corrupted fr. cariole.]
Defn: A light covered carriage, having four wheels and seats for four or more persons, usually drawn by one horse.
CARRYINGCar"ry*ing, n.
Defn: The act or business of transporting from one place to another.Carrying place, a carry; a portage.— Carrying trade, the business of transporting goods, etc., fromone place or country to another by water or land; freighting.We are rivals with them in . . . the carrying trade. Jay.
CARRYKCar"ryk, n.
Defn: A carack. [Obs.] Chaucer.
CARRYTALECar"ry*tale`, n.
Defn: A talebearer. [R.] Shak.
CARSECarse, n. Etym: [Of Celtic origin; cf. W. cars bog, fen. carsen reed,Armor. kars, korsen, bog plant, reed.]
Defn: Low, fertile land; a river valley. [Scot.] Jomieson.
CART Cart, n. Etym: [AS. cræt; cf. W. cart, Ir. & Gael. cairt, or Icel. kartr. Cf. Car.]
1. A common name for various kinds of vehicles, as a Scythian dwelling on wheels, or a chariot. "Phoebus' cart." Shak.
2. A two-wheeled vehicle for the ordinary purposes of husbandry, or for transporting bulky and heavy articles. Packing all his goods in one poor cart. Dryden.
3. A light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen, butchers, atc.
4. An open two-wheeled pleasure carriage. Cart horse, a horse which draws a cart; a horse bred or used for drawing heavy loads. — Cart load, or Cartload, as much as will fill or load a cart. In excavating and carting sand, gravel, earth, etc., one third of a cubic yard of the material before it is loosened is estimated to be a cart load. — Cart rope, a stout rope for fastening a load on a cart; any strong rope. — To put (or get or set) the cart before the horse, to invert the order of related facts or ideas, as by putting an effect for a cause.
CARTCart, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carted; p. pr. & vb. n. Carting.]
1. To carry or convey in a cart.
2. To expose in a cart by way of punishment. She chuckled when a bawd was carted. Prior.
CARTCart, v. i.
Defn: To carry burdens in a cart; to follow the business of a carter.
CARTAGECart"age, n.
1. The act of carrying in a cart.
2. The price paid for carting.
CARTBOTECart"bote`, n. Etym: [Cart + bote.] (Old Eng. Law.)
Defn: Wood to which a tenant is entitled for making and repairing carts and other instruments of husbandry.
CARTECarte, n. Etym: [F. See 1st Card.]
1. Bill of fare.
2. Short for Carte de visite.
CARTE BLANCHE Carte` blanche". Etym: [F., fr. OF. carte paper + -blanc, blanche, white. See 1st Card.]
Defn: A blank paper, with a person's signature, etc., at the bottom, given to another person, with permission to superscribe what conditions he pleases. Hence: Unconditional terms; unlimited authority.
CARTE DE VISITECarte" de vi*site`, pl. Cartes de visite (. Etym: [F.]
1. A visiting card.
2. A photographic picture of the size formerly in use for a visiting card.
CARTEL Car*tel", n. Etym: [F., fr. LL. cartellus a little paper, dim. fr. L. charta. See 1st Card.]
1. (Mil.)
Defn: An agreement between belligerents for the exchange of prisoners. Wilhelm.
2. A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat. [Obs.] He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel., Sir W. Scott. Cartel, or Cartel ship, a ship employed in the exchange of prisoners, or in carrying propositions to an enemy; a ship beating a flag of truce and privileged from capture.
CARTELCar"tel, v. t.
Defn: To defy or challenge. [Obs.]You shall cartel him. B. Jonson.
CARTE QUARTECarte. Quarte, n. Etym: [F. quarte, prop., a fourth. Cf. Quart.](Fencing)
Defn: A position in thrusting or parrying, with the inside of the hand turned upward and the point of the weapon toward the adversary's right breast.
CARTERCart"er, n.
1. A charioteer. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. A man who drives a cart; a teamster.
3. (Zoöl.) (a) Any species of Phalangium; — also called harvestman. (b) A British fish; the whiff.
CARTESIANCar*te"sian, a. Etym: [From Renatus Cartesius, Latinized from of RenéDescartes: cf. F. cartésien.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the French philosopher René Descartes, or his philosophy. The Cartesion argument for reality of matter. Sir W. Hamilton. Cartesian coördinates (Geom), distance of a point from lines or planes; — used in a system of representing geometric quantities, invented by Descartes. — Cartesian devil, a small hollow glass figure, used in connection with a jar of water having an elastic top, to illustrate the effect of the compression or expansion of air in changing the specific gravity of bodies. — Cartesion oval (Geom.), a curve such that, for any point of the curve mr + m'r' = c, where r and r' are the distances of the point from the two foci and m, m' and c are constant; — used by Descartes.
CARTESIANCar*te"sian, n.
Defn: An adherent of Descartes.
CARTESIANISMCar*te"sian*ism, n.
Defn: The philosophy of Descartes.
CARTHAGINIANCar`tha*gin"i*an, a.
Defn: Of a pertaining to ancient Carthage, a city of northern Africa.— n.
Defn: A native or inhabitant of Carthage.
CARTHAMINCar"tha*min, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A red coloring matter obtained from the safflower, or Carthamus tinctorius.
CARTHUSIAN Car*thu"sian, n. Etym: [LL. Cartusianus, Cartusiensis, from the town of Chartreuse, in France.] (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: A member of an exceeding austere religious order, founded atChartreuse in France by St. Bruno, in the year 1086.
CARTHUSIANCar*thu"sian, a.
Defn: Pertaining to the Carthusian.
CARTILAGECar"ti*lage, n. Etym: [L. cartilago; cf. F. cartilage.] (Anat.)
Defn: A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle.
Note: Cartilage contains no vessels, and consists of a homogeneous,intercellular matrix, in which there are numerous minute cavities, orcapsules, containing protoplasmic cells, the cartilage corpuscul. SeeIllust under Duplication. Articular cartilage, cartilage that linesthe joints.— Cartilage bone (Anat.), any bone formed by the ossification ofcartilage.— Costal cartilage, cartilage joining a rib with he sternum. SeeIllust. of Thorax.
CARTILAGINEOUSCar`ti*la*gin"e*ous, a. Etym: [L. cartilageneus.]
Defn: See Cartilaginous. Ray.
CARTILAGINIFICATION Car"ti*la*gin`i*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. cartilago, -laginis, cartilage + facere to make.]
Defn: The act or process of forming cartilage. Wright.
CARTILAGINOUS Car`ti*lag"i*nous, a. Etym: [L. cartilaginosus: cf. F. cartilagineux.]
1. Of or pertaining to cartilage; gristly; firm and tough like cartilage.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the skeleton in the state of cartilage, the bones containing little or no calcareous matter; said of certain fishes, as the sturgeon and the sharks.
CARTIST Car"tist, n. [Sp. cartista, fr. carta paper, document (cf. Pg. carta). See Charta; cf. Chartist.]
Defn: In Spain and Portugal, one who supports the constitution.
CARTMANCart"man, n.; pl. Cartmen (.
Defn: One who drives or uses a cart; a teamster; a carter.
CARTOGRAMCar"to*gram, n. [F. cartogramme.]
Defn: A map showing geographically, by shades or curves, statistics of various kinds; a statistical map.
CARTOGRAPHERCar*tog"ra*pher, n.
Defn: One who make charts or maps.
CARTOGRAPHIC; CARTOGRAPHICALCar`to*graph"ic, Car`to*graph"ic*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to cartography.
CARTOGRAPHICALLYCar`to*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.
Defn: By cartography.
CARTOGRAPHY Car*tog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. cartographie. See Card, and - graphy.]
Defn: The act business of forming chart's or maps.
CARTOMANCYCar"to*man`cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. cartomancie. See Card, and -mancy.]
Defn: The act of telling fortunes with cards.
CARTONCar"ton, n. Etym: [F. See Cartoon.]
Defn: Pasteboard for paper boxes; also, a pasteboard box. Carton pierre (, a species of papier-maché, imitating stone or bronze sculpture. Knight.
CARTOON Car*toon", n. Etym: [F. carton (cf. It. cartons pasteboard, cartoon.); fr. L. charta. See 1st card.]
1. A design or study drawn of the full size, to serve as a model for transferring or copying; — used in the making of mosaics, tapestries, fresco pantings and the like; as, the cartoons of Raphael.
2. A large pictorial sketch, as in a journal or magazine; esp. a pictorial caricature; as , the cartoons of "Puck."
CARTOONISTCar"toon"ist, n.
Defn: One skilled in drawing cartoons.
CARTOUCH Car*touch", n.; pl. Cartouches Etym: [F. cartouche, It. cartuccia, cartoccio, cornet, cartouch, fr. L. charta paper. See 1st Card, and cf. Cartridge.]
1. (Mil.) (a) A roll or case of paper, etc., holding a charge for a firearm; a cartridge. (b) A cartridge box. (c) A wooden case filled with balls, to be shot from a cannon. (d) A gunner's bag for ammunition. (e) A military pass for a soldier on furlough.
2. (Arch.) (a) A cantalever, console, corbel, or modillion, which has the form of a scroll of paper. (b) A tablet for ornament, or for receiving an inscription, formed like a sheet of paper with the edges rolled up; hence, any tablet of ornamental form.
3. (Egyptian Antiq.)
Defn: An oval figure on monuments, and in papyri, containing the name of a sovereign.
CARTRIDGECar"tridge, n. Etym: [Formerlly cartrage, corrupted fr. F. cartouche.See Cartouch.] (Mil.)
Defn: A complete charge for a firearm, contained in, or held together by, a case, capsule, or shell of metal, pasteboard, or other material. Ball cartridge, a cartridge containing a projectile. — Blank cartrige, a cartridge without a projectile, — Center-fire cartridge, a cartridge in which the fulminate occupies an axial position usually in the center of the base of the capsule, instead of being contained in its rim. In the Prussian needle gun the fulminate is applied to the middle of the base of the bullet. Rim-fire cartridge, a cartridge in which the fulminate is contained in a rim surrounding its base. — Cartridge bag, a bag of woolen cloth, to hold a charge for a cannon. — Cartridge belt, a belt having pocket for cartridges. — Cartridge box, a case, usually of leather, attached to a belt or strap, for holding cartridges. — Cartridge paper. (a) A thick stout paper for inclosing cartridges. (b) A rough tinted paper used for covering walls, and also for making drawings upon.
CARTULARY Car"tu*la*ry, n.; pl. Cartularies. Etym: [LL. cartularium, chartularium, fr. L. charta paper: cf. F. cartulaire. See 1st Card.]
1. A register, or record, as of a monastery or church.
Defn:
2. An ecclesiastical officer who had charge of records or other public papers.
CARTWAYCart"way`, n.
Defn: A way or road for carts.
CARTWRIGHTCart"wright`, n. Etym: [Cart + wright.]
Defn: An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.
CARUCAGE Car"u*cage, n. Etym: [LL. carrucagium (OF. charuage.), fr. LL. carruca plow, fr. L. carruca coach.]
1. (Old Eng. Law.)
Defn: A tax on every plow or plowland.
2. The act of plowing. [R.]
CARUCATECar"u*cate, n. Etym: [LL. carucata, carrucata. See Carucage.]
Defn: A plowland; as much land as one team can plow in a year and a day; — by some said to be about 100 acres. Burrill.
CARUNCLE; CARUNCULA Car"un*cle, Ca*run"cu*la, n. Etym: [L. caruncula a little piece of flesh, dim. of caro flesh.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed.
3. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey, etc.
CARUNCULAR; CARUNCULOUSCa*run"cu*lar, Ca*run"cu*lous, a.
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or like, a caruncle; furnished with caruncles.
CARUNCULATE; CARUNCULATEDCa*run"cu*late, Ca*run"cu*la`ted, a.
Defn: Having a caruncle or caruncles; caruncular.
CARUSCa"rus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Coma with complete insensibility; deep lethargy.
CARVACROLCar"va*crol, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A thick oily liquid, C10H13.OH, of a strong taste and disagreeable odor, obtained from oil of caraway (Carum carui).
CARVECarve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carved; p. pr. & vb. n. Carving.] Etym:[AS. ceorfan to cut, carve; akin to D. kerven, G. kerben, Dan. karve,Sw. karfva, and to Gr. -graphy. Cf. Graphic.]
1. To cut. [Obs.] Or they will carven the shepherd's throat. Spenser.
2. To cut, as wood, stone, or other material, in an artistic or decorative manner; to sculpture; to engrave. Carved with figures strange and sweet. Coleridge.
3. To make or shape by cutting, sculpturing, or engraving; to form; as, to carve a name on a tree. An angel carved in stone. Tennyson. We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone. C. Wolfe.
4. To cut into small pieces or slices, as meat at table; to divide for distribution or apportionment; to apportion. "To carve a capon." Shak.
5. To cut: to hew; to mark as if by cutting. My good blade carved the casques of men. Tennyson. A million wrinkles carved his skin. Tennyson.
6. To take or make, as by cutting; to provide. Who could easily have carved themselves their own food. South.
7. To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan. Lie ten nights awake carving the fashion of a new doublet. Shak. To carve out, to make or get by cutting, or as if by cutting; to cut out. "[Macbeth] with his brandished steel . . . carved out his passage." Shak. Fortunes were carved out of the property of the crown. Macaulay.
CARVECarve, v. i.
1. To exercise the trade of a sculptor or carver; to engrave or cut figures.
2. To cut up meat; as, to carve for all the guests.
CARVECarve, n.
Defn: A carucate. [Obs.] Burrill.
CARVELCar"vel, n. Etym: [Contr. fr. caravel.]
1. Same as Caravel.
2. A species of jellyfish; sea blubber. Sir T. Herbert.
CARVELBUILTCar"vel*built, a. (Shipbuilding)
Defn: Having the planks meet flush at the seams, instead of lapping as in a clinker-built vessel.
CARVENCar"ven, a.
Defn: Wrought by carving; ornamented by carvings; carved. [Poetic]A carven bowl well wrought of beechen tree. Bp. Hall.The carven cedarn doors. Tennyson.A screen of carven ivory. Mrs. Browning.
CARVENECar"vene, n. Etym: [F. carvi caraway.]
Defn: An oily substance, C10H16, extracted from oil caraway.
CARVERCarv"er, n.
1. One who carves; one who shapes or fashions by carving, or as by carving; esp. one who carves decorative forms, architectural adornments, etc. "The carver's chisel." Dodsley. The carver of his fortunes. Sharp (Richardson's Dict. )
2. One who carves or divides meat at table.
3. A large knife for carving.
CARVINGCarv"ing, n.
1. The act or art of one who carves.
2. A piece of decorative work cut in stone, wood, or other material. "Carving in wood." Sir W. Temple.
3. The whole body of decorative sculpture of any kind or epoch, or in any material; as, the Italian carving of the 15th century.
CARVISTCar"vist, n. Etym: [A corruption of carry fist.] (Falconary)
Defn: A hawk which is of proper age and training to be carried on the hand; a hawk in its first year. Booth.
CARVOLCar"vol, n. (Chem.)
Defn: One of a species of aromatic oils, resembling carvacrol.
CAR WHEELCar" wheel`,
Defn: A flanged wheel of a railway car or truck.
CARYATIC; CARYATIDCar`y*at"ic, Car`y*at"id, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a caryatid.
CARYATIDCar`y*at"id, n.; pl. Caryatids Etym: [See Caryatides.]
Defn: (Arch.) A draped female figure supporting an entablature, in the place of a column or pilaster.
CARYATIDESCar`y*at"i*des, n. pl. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Arch)
Defn: Caryatids.
Note: Corresponding male figures were called Atlantes, Telamones, andPersians.
CARYOPHYLLACEOUS Car`y*o*phyl*la"ceous, a. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.) (a) Having corollas of five petals with long claws inclosed in a tubular, calyx, as the pink. (b) Belonging to the family of which the pink and the carnation are the types.
CARYOPHYLLINCar`y*oph"yl*lin, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A tasteless and odorless crystalline substance, extracted from cloves, polymeric with common camphor.
CARYOPHYLLOUSCar`y*oph"yl*lous, a.
Defn: Caryophyllaceous.
CARYOPSISCar`y*op"sis, n.; pl. Caryopses. Etym: [NL., fr. gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorporated in one body, forming a single grain, as of wheat, barley, etc.
CASACa"sa, n. [Sp. or It., fr. L. casa cabin.]
Defn: A house or mansion. [Sp. Amer. & Phil. Islands]
I saw that Enriquez had made no attempt to modernize the old casa, and that even the garden was left in its lawless native luxuriance. Bret Harte.
CASALCa"sal, a. (Gram.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to case; as, a casal ending.
CASCABEL Cas"ca*bel, n. Etym: [Sp. cascabel a little bell, also (fr. the shape), a knob at the breech end of a cannon.]
Defn: The projection in rear of the breech of a cannon, usually a knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck. In old writers it included all in rear of the base ring.
Note: [See Illust. of Cannon.]
CASCADE Cas*cade", n. Etym: [F. cascade, fr. It. cascata, fr. cascare to ball.]
Defn: A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; awaterfall less than a cataract.The silver brook . . . pours the white cascade. Longjellow.Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade. Cawper.
CASCADECas*cade", v. i.
1. To fall in a cascade. Lowell.
2. To vomit. [Slang] Smollett.
CASCADE METHODCas*cade" meth"od. (Physics)
Defn: A method of attaining successively lower temperatures by utilizing the cooling effect of the expansion of one gas in condensing another less easily liquefiable, and so on.
CASCADE SYSTEMCascade system. (Elec.)
Defn: A system or method of connecting and operating two induction motors so that the primary circuit of one is connected to the secondary circuit of the other, the primary circuit of the latter being connected to the source of supply; also, a system of electric traction in which motors so connected are employed. The cascade system is also called tandem, or concatenated, system; the connection a cascade, tandem, or concatenated, connection, or a concatenation; and the control of the motors so obtained a tandem, or concatenation, control. In the cascade system of traction the cascade connection is used for starting and for low speeds up to half speed. For full speed the short-circuited motor is cut loose from the other motor and is either left idle or (commonly) connected direct to the line.
CASCALHOCas*cal"ho, n. Etym: [Pg., a chip of stone, gravel.]
Defn: A deposit of pebbles, gravel, and ferruginous sand, in which the Brazilian diamond is usually found.
CASCARA BUCKTHORNCas"ca*ra buck"thorn`. (Bot.)
Defn: The buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshiana) of the Pacific coast of theUnited States, which yields cascara sagrada.
CASCARA SAGRADACas"ca*ra sa*gra"da. Etym: [Sp.]
Defn: Holy bark; the bark of the California buckthorn (RhamnusPurshianus), used as a mild cathartic or laxative.
CASCARILLA Cas`ca*ril"la, n.Etym: [Sp., small thin bark, Peruvian bark, dim. of cáscara bark.] (Bot.)
Defn: A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton Eleutheria); also, its aromatic bark. Cascarilla bark (or Cascarila) (Med.), the bark of Croton Eleutheria. It has an aromatic odor and a warm, spicy, bitter taste, and when burnt emits a musky odor. It is used as a gentle tonic, and sometimes, for the sake of its fragrance, mixed with smoking tobacco, when it is said to occasion vertigo and intoxication.
CASCARILLINCas`ca*ril"lin, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A white, crystallizable, bitter substance extracted from oil of cascarilla.
CASCARONCas`ca*ron", n. [Sp. cascarón.]
Defn: Lit., an eggshell; hence, an eggshell filled with confetti to be thrown during balls, carnivals, etc. [Western U. S.]
CASECase, n. Etym: [OF. casse, F. caisse (cf. It. cassa), fr. L. capsachest, box, case, fr. caper to take, hold See Capacious, and cf. 4thChase, Cash, Enchase, 3d Sash.]
1. A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book.
2. A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments.
3. (Print.)
Defn: A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type.
Note: Cases for type are usually arranged in sets of two, called respectively the upper and the lower case. The upper case contains capitals, small capitals, accented; the lower case contains the small letters, figures, marks of punctuation, quadrats, and spaces.
4. An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case.
5. (Mining)
Defn: A small fissure which admits water to the workings. Knight.
CASECase, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cased; p. pr. & vb. n. Casing.]
1. To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose. The man who, cased in steel, had passed whole days and nights in the saddle. Prescott.
2. To strip the skin from; as, to case a box. [Obs.]
CASECase, n. Etym: [F. cas, fr. L. casus, fr. cadere to fall, to happen.Cf. Chance.]
1. Chance; accident; hap; opportunity. [Obs.] By aventure, or sort, or cas. Chaucer.
2. That which befalls, comes, or happens; an event; an instance; a circumstance, or all the circumstamces; condition; state of things; affair; as, a strange case; a case of injustice; the case of the Indian tribes. In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge. Deut. xxiv. 13. If the case of the man be so with his wife. Matt. xix. 10. And when a lady's in the case. You know all other things give place. Gay. You think this madness but a common case. Pope. I am in case to justle a constable, Shak.
3. (Med. & Surg.)
Defn: A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury. A proper remedy in hypochondriacal cases. Arbuthnot.
4. (Law)
Defn: The matters of fact or conditions involved in a suit, as distinguished from the questions of law; a suit or action at law; a cause. Let us consider the reason of the case, for nothing is law that is not reason. Sir John Powell. Not one case in the reports of our courts. Steele.
5. (Gram.)
Defn: One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word. Case is properly a falling off from the nominative or first state of word; the name for which, however, is now, by extension of its signification, applied also to the nominative. J. W. Gibbs.
Note: Cases other than the nominative are oblique cases. Case endings are terminations by which certain cases are distinguished. In old English, as in Latin, nouns had several cases distinguished by case endings, but in modern English only that of the possessive case is retained. Action on the case (Law), according to the old classification (now obsolete), was an action for redress of wrongs or injuries to person or property not specially provided against by law, in which the whole cause of complaint was set out in the writ; — called also trespass on the case, or simply case. — All a case, a matter of indifference. [Obs.] "It is all a case to me." L'Estrange. — Case at bar. See under Bar, n. — Case divinity, casuistry. — Case lawyer, one versed in the reports of cases rather than in the science of the law. — Case stated or agreed on (Law), a statement in writing of facts agreed on and submitted to the court for a decision of the legal points arising on them. — A hard case, an abandoned or incorrigible person. [Colloq.] — In any case, whatever may be the state of affairs; anyhow. — In case, or In case that, if; supposing that; in the event or contingency; if it should happen that. "In case we are surprised, keep by me." W. Irving. — In good case, in good condition, health, or state of body. — To put a case, to suppose a hypothetical or illustrative case.
Syn. — Situation, condition, state; circumstances; plight; predicament; occurrence; contingency; accident; event; conjuncture; cause; action; suit.
CASECase, v. i.
Defn: To propose hypothetical cases. [Obs.] "Casing upon the matter."L'Estrange.
CASEATIONCa`se*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. caséation. See Casein.] (Med.)
Defn: A degeneration of animal tissue into a cheesy or curdy mass.
CASE-BAY Case"-bay`, n. (Arch.) (a) The space between two principals or girders. (b) One of the joists framed between a pair of girders in naked flooring.
CASEHARDENCase"hard`en, v. t.
1. To subject to a process which converts the surface of iron into steel.
2. To render insensible to good influences.
CASEHARDENEDCase"hard`ened, a.
1. Having the surface hardened, as iron tools.
2. Hardened against, or insusceptible to, good influences; rendered callous by persistence in wrongdoing or resistance of good influences; — said of persons.
CASEHARDENINGCase"hard`en*ing, n.
Defn: The act or process of converting the surface of iron into steel. Ure.
Note: Casehardening is now commonly effected by cementation with charcoal or other carbonizing material, the depth and degree of hardening (carbonization) depending on the time during which the iron is exposed to the heat. See Cementation.
CASEICCa"se*ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. caséique, fr. L. caseus cheese.]
Defn: OF or pertaining to cheese; as, caseic acid.
CASEINCa"se*in, n. Etym: [Cf. F. caséine, fr. L. caseur cheese. Cf.Cheese.] (Physiol. Chem.)
Defn: A proteid substance present in both the animal and the vegetable kingdom. In the animal kindom it is chiefly found in milk, and constitutes the main part of the curd separated by rennet; in the vegetable kingdom it is found more or less abundantly in the seeds of leguminous plants. Its reactions resemble those of alkali albumin. [Written also caseine.]
CASE KNIFECase" knife`.
1. A knife carried in a sheath or case. Addison.
2. A large table knife; — so called from being formerly kept in a case.
CASEMATE Case"mate, n. Etym: [F. casemate, fr. It. casamatta, prob. from casa house + matto, f. matta, mad, weak, feeble, dim. from the same source as E. -mate in checkmate.]
1. (Fort.)
Defn: A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops.
2. (Arch.)
Defn: A hollow molding, chiefly in cornices.
CASEMATEDCase"ma`ted, a.
Defn: Furnished with, protected by, or built like, a casemate.Campbell.
CASEMENT Case"ment, n. Etym: [Shortened fr. encasement. See Incase 1st Case, and cf. Incasement.] (Arch.)
Defn: A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side of the frame into which it is fitted. (Poetically) A window. A casement of the great chamber window. Shak.
CASEMENTEDCase"ment*ed, a.
Defn: Having a casement or casements.
CASEOSECa"se*ose, n. [Casein + -ose.] (Physiol.Chem.)
Defn: A soluble product (proteose) formed in the gastric and pancreatic digestion of casein and caseinogen.
CASEOUSCa"se*ous, a. Etym: [L. caseus. Cf. Casein.]
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, cheese; having the qualities of cheese; cheesy. Caseous degeneration, a morbid process, in scrofulous or consumptive persons, in which the products of inflammation are converted into a cheesy substance which is neither absorbed nor organized.
CASERNCa"sern, n. Etym: [F. caserne.]
Defn: A lodging for soldiers in garrison towns, usually near the rampart; barracks. Bescherelle.
CASE SHOTCase" shot`. (Mil.)
Defn: A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister.
Note: In the United States a case shot is a thin spherical or oblong cast-iron shell containing musket balls and a bursting charge, with a time fuse; — called in Europe shrapnel. In Europe the term case shot is applied to what in the United States is called canister. Wilhelm.
CASE SYSTEMCase system. (Law)
Defn: The system of teaching law in which the instruction is primarily a historical and inductive study of leading or selected cases, with or without the use of textbooks for reference and collateral reading.
CASEUMCa"se*um, n. Etym: [L. caseus cheese.]
Defn: Same as Casein.
CASEWORMCase"worm`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A worm or grub that makes for itself a case. See Caddice.
CASHCash, n. Etym: [F. caisse case, box, cash box, cash. See Case a box.]
Defn: A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box. [Obs.] This bank is properly a general cash, where every man lodges his money. Sir W. Temple. £20,000 are known to be in her cash. Sir R. Winwood.
2. (Com.) (a) Ready money; especially, coin or specie; but also applied to bank notes, drafts, bonds, or any paper easily convertible into money. (b) Immediate or prompt payment in current funds; as, to sell goods for cash; to make a reduction in price for cash. Cash account (Bookkeeping), an account of money received, disbursed, and on hand. — Cash boy, in large retail stores, a messenger who carries the money received by the salesman from customers to a cashier, and returns the proper change. [Colloq.] — Cash credit, an account with a bank by which a person or house, having given security for repayment, draws at pleasure upon the bank to the extent of an amount agreed upon; — called also bank credit and cash account. — Cash sales, sales made for ready, money, in distinction from those on which credit is given; stocks sold, to be delivered on the day of transaction.
Syn.— Money; coin; specie; currency; capital.
CASHCash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Casing.]
Defn: To pay, or to receive, cash for; to exchange for money; as, cash a note or an order.
CASHCash, v. t. Etym: [See Cashier.]
Defn: To disband. [Obs.] Garges.
CASHCash, n.sing & pl.
Defn: A Chinese coin.
Note: The cash (Chinese tsien) is the only current coin made by the chinese government. It is a thin circular disk of a very base alloy of copper, with a square hole in the center. 1,000 to 1,400 cash are equivalent to a dollar.
CASHBOOKCash"book, n. (Bookkeeping)
Defn: A book in which is kept a register of money received or paid out.
CASHEW Ca*shew", n. Etym: [F. acajou, for cajou, prob. from Malay kayu tree; cf. Pg. acaju, cf. Acajou.] (Bot.)
Defn: A tree (Anacardium occidentale) of the same family which the sumac. It is native in tropical America, but is now naturalized in all tropical countries. Its fruit, a kidney-shaped nut, grows at the extremity of an edible, pear-shaped hypocarp, about three inches long. Casbew nut, the large, kidney-shaped fruit of the cashew, which is edible after the caustic oil has been expelled from the shell by roasting the nut.
CASHIERCash*ier", n. Etym: [F. caissier, fr. caisse. See Cash.]
Defn: One who has charge of money; a cash keeper; the officer who has charge of the payments and receipts (moneys, checks, notes), of a bank or a mercantile company.
CASHIERCash*ier", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cahiered; p. pr. &vb. n. Cashiering.]Etym: [Earlier cash, fr. F. casser to break, annul, cashier, fr. L.cassare, equiv. to cassum reddere, to annul; cf. G. cassiren. Cf.Quash to annul, Cass.]
1. To dismiss or discard; to discharge; to dismiss with ignominy from military service or from an office or place of frust. They have cashiered several of their followers. Addison. He had insolence to cashier the captain of the lord lieutenant's own body guard. Macaulay.
2. To put away or reject; to disregard. [R.]Connections formed for interest, and endearedBy selfish views, [are] censured and cashiered. Cowper.They absolutely cashier the literal express sense of the words.Sowth.
CASHIERERCash*ier"er, n.
Defn: One who rejects, discards, or dismisses; as, a cashierer of monarchs. [R.] Burke.
CASHIER'S CHECKCash*ier's" check. (Banking)
Defn: A check drawn by a bank upon its own funds, signed by the cashier.
CASHMERECash"mere, n.
1. A rich stuff for shawls, acaris, etc., originally made in Cashmere from the soft wool found beneath the hair of the goats of Cashmere, Thibet, and the Himalayas. Some cashmere, of fine quality, is richly embroidered for sale to Europeans.
2. A dress fabric made of fine wool, or of fine wool and cotton, in imitation of the original cashmere. Cashmere shawl, a rich and costly shawl made of cashmere; — other called camel's-hair shawl.
CASHMERETTECash`me*rette", n.
Defn: A kind of dress goods, made with a soft and glossy surface like cashmere.
CASHOO Ca*shoo", n. Etym: [F. cachou, NL. catechu, Cochin-Chin. cay cau from the tree called mimosa, or areca catechu. Cf. Catechu.]
Defn: See Catechu.
CASH RAILWAYCash railway.
Defn: A form of cash carrier in which a small carrier or car travels upon a kind of track.
CASH REGISTERCash register.
Defn: A device for recording the amount of cash received, usually having an automatic adding machine and a money drawer and exhibiting the amount of the sale.
CASINGCas"ing, n.
1. The act or process of inclosing in, or covering with, a case or thin substance, as plaster, boards, etc.
2. An outside covering, for protection or ornament, or to precent the radiation of heat.
3. An inclosing frame; esp. the framework around a door or a window. See Case, n., 4.
CASINGSCa"sings, n. pl.
Defn: Dried dung of cattle used as fuel. [Prov. Eng.] Waterland.
CASINO Ca*si"no, n.; pl. E. Casinos, It. Casini. Etym: [It. casino, dim. of casa house, fr. L. casa cottage. Cf. Cassing.]
1. A small country house.
2. A building or room used for meetings, or public amusements, for dancing, gaming, etc.
3. A game at cards. See Cassino.
CASK Cask, n. Etym: [Sp. casco potsherd, skull, helmet, prob. fr. cascar to break, fr. L. Quassure to break. Cf. Casque, Cass.]
1. Same as Casque. [Obs.]
2. A barrel-shaped vessel made of staves headings, and hoops, usually fitted together so as to hold liquids. It may be larger or smaller than a barrel.
3. The quantity contained in a cask.
4. A casket; a small box for jewels. [Obs.] Shak.
CASKCask, v. t.
Defn: To put into a cask.
CASKET Cas"ket, n. Etym: [Cf. F. casquet, dim. of casque belmet, fr. Sp. casco.]
1. A small chest or box, esp. of rich material or ornamental character, as for jewels, etc. The little casket bring me hither. Shak.
2. A kind of burial case. [U. S.]
3. Anything containing or intended to contain something highly esteemed; as: (a) The body. (Shak). (b) The tomb. (Milton). (c) A book of selections. [poetic] They found him dead . . . an empty casket. Shak.
CASKETCas"ket, n. (Naut.)
Defn: A gasket. See Gasket.
CASKETCas"ket, v. t.
Defn: To put into, or preserve in, a casket. [Poetic] "I have casketed my treasure." Shak.
CASQUECasque, n. Etym: [F. casque, fr. Sp. casco See Cask.]
Defn: A piece of defensive or ornamental armor (with or without a vizor) for the head and neck; a helmet. His casque overshadowed with brilliant plumes. Prescott.
CASS Cass, v. t. Etym: [F. casser, LL. cassare, fr. L. cassus empty, hollow, and perhaps influenced by L. quassare to shake, shatter, v. intens. of quatere to shake. Cf. Cashier, v. t., Quash, Cask.]
Defn: To render useless or void; to annul; to reject; to send away.[Obs.] Sir W. Raleing.
CASSADACas"sa*da, n.
Defn: See Cassava.
CASSAREEPCas"sa*reep, n.
Defn: A condiment made from the sap of the bitter cassava (Manihot utilissima) deprived of its poisonous qualities, concentrated by boiling, and flavored with aromatics. See Pepper pot.