4 entries under this word

Card

Cârd, n.

noun

n. [Fr. carte, It. carta, paper, card, Sp. carta, letter, Pr. carta, paper, letter, card, Lat. charta, Gr. χάρτης, a leaf of paper.]

A piece of pasteboard or thick paper, prepared for various uses; as, a card for games; a visiting card, &c.
A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, &c.
A paper on which the points of the compass are marked.

All the quarters that they know I' the shipman's card. Shak. On life's vast ocean diversely we sail, Reason's the card, but Passion is the gale. Pope.

Cârd, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. CARDED; p. pr. & vb. n. CARDING.] To play at cards; to game. Johnson.

Cârd, n.

noun

n. [Fr. carde, Dan. karde, karte, Sw. karda, D. kaarde, Sp. carda, teasel, the head of a thistle, card, Pg. carda, card, and cardo, thistle, It. cardo, thistle, card, from Lat. carduus, cardus, thistle, carere, to card.] An instrument for combing wool or flax, or for cleaning and smoothing the hair of animals, usually made by inserting bent teeth of wire in a thick piece of leather, fastened to a piece of wood.

Cärd, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. 1. To comb with a card; to cleanse or straighten by combing.

These card the short, those comb the longer flakes. Dyer.

Sense 2. To clean or clear, as if by using a card. [Obs.]

This book must be carded and purged. Skelton.

Sense 3. To mix or mingle. [Obs.]

To be drunk either alone or carded with some other beer. Bacon.