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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Ca-reer', n.p. 198A race-course: the ground run over. To go back again the same career. Sidney. 2. Rapidity of motion; a race; a course. When a horse is running in his full career. Wilkins. 3. General course of action…
  2. Ca-reer', v. i.p. 198To move or run rapidly. When a ship is decked out in all her canvas, every sail swelled, and careering gaily over the curling waves, how lofty, how gallant she appears! W. Irving.
  3. Câre'ful, a.p. 198Attentive to support and protect; provident; — with of or for. Thou hast been careful for us with all this care. 2 Kings iv. 13. What could a careful father more have done? Dryden. 2. Giving good…
  4. Câre'ful-ly, adv.p. 198With care, anxiety, or solicitude; in a manner that shows care. He found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. Heb. xii. 17. 2. In a heedful, watchful, attentive manner…
  5. Cāre'ful-ness, n.p. 198The quality or state of being solicitous to guard against evil or provide for safety; heedfulness; caution; anxiety.
  6. Cāre'less, a.p. 198Having no care; unconcerned; heedless; negligent; inattentive; unmindful. My brother was too careless of his charge. Shak. He grew careless of himself. Steele. 2. Free from care or anxiety; hence…
  7. Cāre'less-ly, adv.p. 198In a careless manner or way; negligently; heedlessly; without care or concern.
  8. Cāre'less-ness, n.p. 198The quality or state of being without care; heedlessness; inattention. Temple.
  9. Cā'ren-cy, n.p. 198Deficiency; lack; want. [Obs.]
  10. Ca-rēne', n.p. 198(Eccl.) A fast of forty days on bread and water. [Obs.] Taylor.
  11. Cā'ren-tāne, n.p. 198A papal indulgence, multiplying the remission of penance by forties. [Obs.] See QUARANTINE. Bp. Taylor.
  12. Că-rĕss′, v. t.p. 198To treat with fondness, affection, or kindness; to fondle. The lady caresses the rough blood-hound. W. Scott.
  13. Ca-rĕss', n.p. 198An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing with tenderness. “Wooed her with his soft caresses.” Longfellow.
  14. Ca-rēss'ing-ly, adv.p. 198In a caressing manner.
  15. cā'ret, n.p. 198(Print.) A mark [^] which shows that something omitted in the line is interlined above, or inserted in the margin, and should be read in that place.
  16. Cāre'-tūned, a.p. 198Tuned by care; mournful. Shak.
  17. Cāre'-wōrn, a.p. 198Worn or vexed with care.
  18. Cā'rex, n.p. 198(Bot.) A genus of plants of the order Cyperaceæ; the sedge.
  19. Cär'ga-son, n.p. 198A cargo; lading; freight. See CARGO. Howell.
  20. Cär'go or CÄR'GŌES, n.p. 198The lading or freight of a ship; the goods, merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a ship; load; freight. “Cargoes of food or clothing.” E. Everett. The term cargo is considered both in English and…
  21. Cär'gōōse, n.p. 198(Ornith.) A fowl belonging to the Colymbus, or diver, family, and species Podiceps cristatus, or crested grebe. It is about the size of a goose. Buchanan.
  22. Cā'rī-ā'ted, a.p. 198Curious. [Obs.] See CARIOUS.
  23. Cār'ib, n.p. 198A native of the eastern portion of the West Indies.
  24. Căr′ib-bē′an, a.p. 198(Geog.) Pertaining to the easterly portion of the West India islands, or to the sea surrounding them.
  25. Căr'ib-bee, n.p. 198(Geog.) A native or an inhabitant of the Caribbean islands; a Carib.
  26. Căr'i-bou, n.p. 198(Zoöl.) A quadruped of the rein-deer kind (Tarangus zangifer), a native of the frigid zone in Europe, Asia, and America; — used by the Laplanders to draw their sledges. [Written also caribou.] Baird.
  27. Cār'i-că, n.p. 198(Bot.) (a.) A genus of plants, of which the Papaw is one species. See PAPAW. (b.) A species of Ficus, from which the common fig is gathered; Ficus carica. London.
  28. Căr'i-ca-türe, n.p. 198The exaggeration, in a representation, pictorial or otherwise, of that which is characteristic. 2. A figure or description in which the peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as to…
  29. Căr'i-ca-tūre, v. t.p. 198To make or draw a caricature; to represent with ridiculous exaggeration; to burlesque. In revenge for this epistle, Hogarth caricatured Churchill. Walpole.
  30. Căr'i-ca-tūr'ist, n.p. 198One who makes caricatures.
  31. Cār'i-cōg'ra-phy, n.p. 198A description of the plants of the genus Carex, or sedge. Dewey.
  32. Cār'i-coüs, a.p. 198Resembling a fig; as, a caricous tumor. Craig.
  33. Cā'rĭ-ēs, n.p. 198(Med.) An ulceration of bone. Dunglison.
  34. Căr'-il-lon, n.p. 198(Mus.) A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clock-work or by finger-keys.
  35. Ca-rī'na, n.p. 198(Bot.) The keel of a papilionaceous flower, or that part, consisting of two petals, either separate or united, which incloses the organs of fructification.
  36. Căr'i-nate or Căr'i-nā/ted, a.p. 198(Bot.) Shaped like the keel of a ship; having a longitudinal prominence on the outer surface, like a keel; as, a carinate calyx or leaf. Loudon.
  37. Căr'i-ole, n.p. 198A small, open carriage, somewhat resembling a calash. See CARRY-ALL. Wright.
  38. Cā'ri-ōp'sis, n.p. 198See CARYOPSIS.
  39. Cā'ri-ōs'i-ty, n.p. 198Ulceration of a bone; caries. Wiseman.
  40. Cā'ri-ous, a.p. 198Affected with caries; as, a carious tooth. Dunglison.
  41. Cārk, n.p. 198A state of anxiety or oppression under a sense of care; solicitude. [Rare.] “His heavy head, devoid of careful cark.” Spenser. “Fling cark and care aside.” Motherwell.
  42. Cärk, v. i.p. 198To be careful, anxious, solicitous, concerned. Sidney.
  43. Cārk, v. t.p. 198To make anxious; to give trouble to; to oppress with care; to worry. [Rare.] Nor can a man, independently upon the overruling influence of God's blessing, care and cark himself one penny richer.…
  44. Cārl, n.p. 198A rude, rustic, rough man. [Obs.] See CHURL. “The mountain carl or mariner.” Dyer. 2. A quantity of wool. [Obs.] Simmonds. 3. A kind of hemp. Tusser.
  45. Cārl, v. i.p. 198To act like a churl. [Obs.] Burton.
  46. Cār'lie, n.p. 198A plant; the weed called charlock. See CHARLOCK.
  47. Căr'lin, n.p. 198A stout old woman. [Scot. and Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
  48. Căr'līne or Căr'o-līne, n.p. 198A silver coin current in some parts of Italy, and worth about seven cents. Simmonds.
  49. Căr'line or Căr'ling, n.p. 198(Naut.) A piece of timber in a ship, ranging fore and aft, from one deck beam to another, directly over the keel, serving as a foundation for the body of the ship. Totten.
  50. Cär'lĭne-thĭs'tle, n.p. 198(Bot.) A genus of plants of the order Compositæ. It consists of a number of species, resembling the thistle in habits. Loudon.
  51. Cärl'ish or Cärl'ish-ness, a.p. 198Cärl'ish-ness, n. See CHURLISH, CHURLISHNESS.
  52. Cär'lock, n.p. 198A sort of isinglass from Russia, made from the bladder of the sturgeon, and used in clarifying wine. Simmonds.
  53. Cār'lot, n.p. 198A countryman. [Obs.] See CARL. The old carlot once was master of it. Shak.
  54. Cär'lo-vĭn'ġi-an, a.p. 198Pertaining to, or descended from, Charlemagne; as, the Carlovingian race of kings.
  55. Cär'man, n.p. 198A man whose employment is to drive a cart, or to convey goods and other things in a cart. “Nor sturdy carmen on thy walks encroach.” Gay.
  56. Cär'mel-in or Cär'mel-īte, a.p. 198Belonging to the order of Carmelites. Weever.
  57. Cär'mel-īte, n.p. 198(Eccl. Hist.) A monk of an order established on Mount Carmel, in Syria, in the twelfth century. 2. A sort of pear.
  58. Cär'mi-nā'ted, a.p. 198Related to, or made of, carmine; as, carminated lake. Tomlinson.
  59. Car-mīn'a-tive, a.p. 198Expelling wind from the body; warming; antispasmodic. “Carminative hot seeds.” Dunglison.
  60. Car-mīn'a-tīve, n.p. 198(Med.) A medicine which tends to expel wind, or to remedy colic and flatulencies, especially of the class of aromatics. Dunglison.