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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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…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…Cāre'ful-ness, n. p. 198The quality or state of being solicitous to guard against evil or provide for safety; heedfulness; caution; anxiety.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…Cāre'less-ly, adv. p. 198In a careless manner or way; negligently; heedlessly; without care or concern.Cāre'less-ness, n. p. 198The quality or state of being without care; heedlessness; inattention. Temple.Cā'ren-cy, n. p. 198Deficiency; lack; want. [Obs.]Ca-rēne', n. p. 198(Eccl.) A fast of forty days on bread and water. [Obs.] Taylor.Cā'ren-tāne, n. p. 198A papal indulgence, multiplying the remission of penance by forties. [Obs.] See QUARANTINE. Bp. Taylor.Că-rĕss′, v. t. p. 198To treat with fondness, affection, or kindness; to fondle. The lady caresses the rough blood-hound. W. Scott.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.Ca-rēss'ing-ly, adv. p. 198In a caressing manner.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.Cāre'-tūned, a. p. 198Tuned by care; mournful. Shak.Cāre'-wōrn, a. p. 198Worn or vexed with care.Cā'rex, n. p. 198(Bot.) A genus of plants of the order Cyperaceæ; the sedge.Cär'ga-son, n. p. 198A cargo; lading; freight. See CARGO. Howell.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…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.Cā'rī-ā'ted, a. p. 198Curious. [Obs.] See CARIOUS.Cār'ib, n. p. 198A native of the eastern portion of the West Indies.Căr′ib-bē′an, a. p. 198(Geog.) Pertaining to the easterly portion of the West India islands, or to the sea surrounding them.Căr'ib-bee, n. p. 198(Geog.) A native or an inhabitant of the Caribbean islands; a Carib.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.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.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…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.Căr'i-ca-tūr'ist, n. p. 198One who makes caricatures.Cār'i-cōg'ra-phy, n. p. 198A description of the plants of the genus Carex, or sedge. Dewey.Cār'i-coüs, a. p. 198Resembling a fig; as, a caricous tumor. Craig.Cā'rĭ-ēs, n. p. 198(Med.) An ulceration of bone. Dunglison.Căr'-il-lon, n. p. 198(Mus.) A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clock-work or by finger-keys.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.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.Căr'i-ole, n. p. 198A small, open carriage, somewhat resembling a calash. See CARRY-ALL. Wright.Cā'ri-ōp'sis, n. p. 198See CARYOPSIS.Cā'ri-ōs'i-ty, n. p. 198Ulceration of a bone; caries. Wiseman.Cā'ri-ous, a. p. 198Affected with caries; as, a carious tooth. Dunglison.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.Cärk, v. i. p. 198To be careful, anxious, solicitous, concerned. Sidney.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.…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.Cārl, v. i. p. 198To act like a churl. [Obs.] Burton.Cār'lie, n. p. 198A plant; the weed called charlock. See CHARLOCK.Căr'lin, n. p. 198A stout old woman. [Scot. and Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.Căr'līne or Căr'o-līne, n. p. 198A silver coin current in some parts of Italy, and worth about seven cents. Simmonds.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.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.Cärl'ish or Cärl'ish-ness, a. p. 198Cärl'ish-ness, n. See CHURLISH, CHURLISHNESS.Cär'lock, n. p. 198A sort of isinglass from Russia, made from the bladder of the sturgeon, and used in clarifying wine. Simmonds.Cār'lot, n. p. 198A countryman. [Obs.] See CARL. The old carlot once was master of it. Shak.Cär'lo-vĭn'ġi-an, a. p. 198Pertaining to, or descended from, Charlemagne; as, the Carlovingian race of kings.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.Cär'mel-in or Cär'mel-īte, a. p. 198Belonging to the order of Carmelites. Weever.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.Cär'mi-nā'ted, a. p. 198Related to, or made of, carmine; as, carminated lake. Tomlinson.Car-mīn'a-tive, a. p. 198Expelling wind from the body; warming; antispasmodic. “Carminative hot seeds.” Dunglison.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.Cār'mīne, n. p. 198A beautiful pigment or lake, of a rich red or crimson color, prepared from cochineal boiled usually with carbonate of potash or soda, the solution being precipitated by a weak acid or an acid salt.…Cār'mot, n. p. 198(Alchemy.) The matter of which the philosopher’s stone was believed to be composed.