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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. Căr'ni-fy, v. i.p. 199To form flesh; to receive flesh in growth. Hale.
  2. Căr'ni-val, n.p. 199A festival celebrated with merriment and revelry in Roman Catholic countries during the week before Lent. The carnival at Venice is every where talked of. Addison.
  3. Car-nī'vō-ră, n. pl.p. 199(Nat. Hist.) An order of animals which subsist on flesh, as the hyena. Cuvier.
  4. Car-nĭv'o-rāc'ĭ-ty, n.p. 199Greediness of appetite for flesh. Pope.
  5. Căr'nĭ-vōre, n.p. 199A carnivorous animal; one of the Carnivora. R. Owen.
  6. Car-nīv'o-roŭs, a.p. 199Eating or feeding on flesh;—applied to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the lion, tiger, dog, wolf, &c. All that have serrate teeth are carnivorous. Ray.
  7. Car-nōs'i-ty, n.p. 199A fleshy excrescence. Wiseman. 2. Fleshy covering or substance; fleshiness. “Consciences overgrown with a hard carnosity.” Spelman. The olives, indeed, be very small there, and no bigger than capers…
  8. Cär'nōŭs or Cär-nōse', a.p. 199Of, or pertaining to, flesh; carneous. Holland. Ray.
  9. Cār'ny, v. i.p. 199To interlard discourse with hypocritical terms or tones of endearment. [Colloq., Eng.] Smart.
  10. Căr'ob, n.p. 199(Bot.) A leguminous tree (Ceratonia siliqua), a native of Spain, Italy, and the Levant. It is an evergreen, growing in hedges, and producing long, flat, brown-colored pods, filled with a mealy…
  11. Ca-rōçhe', n.p. 199A kind of pleasure-carriage. “To mount two-wheeled caroches.” Butler.
  12. Ca-rōçhed', a.p. 199Placed in a caroche. “Beggary rides caroched.” Massinger.
  13. Căr'ol, n.p. 199A song of joy and exultation, or of mirth; a lay; as, a Christmas carol. “The carol and the dance.” Dryden. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David’s harp, you shall hear as many…
  14. Cār'ol, v. t.p. 199To praise or celebrate in song. The shepherds at their festivals, Carol her goodness. Milton.
  15. Căr'ol, v. i.p. 199To sing in joy or festivity; to warble. The gray linnets carol from the hill. Beattie.
  16. Cār'ol or Cār'rol, n.p. 199(Arch.) (a.) A small closet or inclosure to sit or read in. (b.) A window. Obs. Gloss.
  17. Căr'o-līn, n.p. 199A gold coin of Germany worth nearly five dollars. Simmonds.
  18. Car-o-lĭ'nă-pĭnk, n.p. 199(Bot.) The Spigelia Marylandica, a plant whose root is used as an anthelmintic. It is sometimes cultivated in gardens, as an ornamental plant. Baird.
  19. Căr'ol-ing, n.p. 199A song of joy or devotion. “Heavenly carolings.” Spenser.
  20. Cār'o-līt'ic, a.p. 199(Arch.) Adorned with sculptured leaves and branches; as, a carolitic column. Gwill.
  21. Căr'o-mĕl, n.p. 199See CARAMEL.
  22. Ca-rōon', n.p. 199(Bot.) A species of cherry. Simmonds.
  23. Cār'-o-teel', n.p. 199(Com.) A tierce or cask in which dried fruits and some other commodities are packed. It usually averages about seven hundred weight. Simmonds.
  24. Ca-rŏt'ic, a.p. 199Relating to stupor; as, a carotic state. 2. (Anat.) Relating to the carotids; as, the carotic arteries. Dunglison.
  25. Ca-röt'id, n.p. 199(Anat.) A large artery conveying the blood from the neck to the head. There are two, one on each side of the neck. The ancients supposed that drowsiness was connected with an increased flow of blood…
  26. Ca-rŏt'id or Ca-rŏt'id-al, a.p. 199Of, or pertaining to, the two great arteries of the neck which carry blood to the head; as, the carotid nerve. Dunglison.
  27. Ca-rouz'al, n.p. 199A jovial feast or festival; a merrymaking. The swains were preparing for a carousal. Sterne. Syn.—Feast; banquet; festival. See FEAST.
  28. Ca-rouse', v. i.p. 199To drink abundantly; to drink in a jovial manner; to quaff. “Carousing to his mates.” Shak.
  29. Ca-rouse', v. t.p. 199To drink in a carousal; to drink freely or jovially. Our cheerful guests carouse the tears of the rich grape. Denham. Egypt's wanton queen, Carousing gems, herself dissolved in love. Young.
  30. Ca-rouse', n.p. 199A drink or draught of liquor. [Obs.] “A full carouse of sack.” Davies. 2. A drinking match or season of carousal. “The early feast and late carouse.” Pope.
  31. Ca-rou'ser, n.p. 199One who carouses; a drinker; a toper; a noisy reveler. Lansdowne.
  32. Ca-rou'sing-ly, adv.p. 199In a carousing manner.
  33. Cärp, v. i.p. 199To censure, cavil, or find fault, particularly without reason, or petulantly; — followed by at. No, not a tooth or nail to scratch. And at my actions carp and catch. Herbert.
  34. Cārp, n.p. 199(Ichth.) A family of soft-finned, fresh-water fishes. The species most common is Cyprinus carpio, which was originally a native of Persia, and was carried to England in the fourteenth century, and…
  35. Cär'pal, a.p. 199(Anat.) Pertaining to the carpus, or wrist. Dunglison.
  36. Căr'pel or Căr-pel'lum, n.p. 199(Bot.) A simple pistil, or one of the parts of a compound pistil. Gray.
  37. Căr'pel-la-ry, a.p. 199(Bot.) Belonging to carpels, or containing them. Lindley.
  38. Cār'pen-ter, n.p. 199An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses and of ships. Syn.—CARPENTER, JOINER. The carpenter frames and puts together roofs, partitions, floors, and other essential parts of…
  39. Cär'pen-ter-bee, n.p. 199(Entom.) A hymenopterous insect of different species of the genus Xylocopa;— so called from the manner in which it forms its nest of pieces of decayed wood.
  40. Cār'pen-ter-ing, n.p. 199The occupation or work of a carpenter; carpentry.
  41. Cär'pen-try, n.p. 199The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, in the construction of buildings. 2. An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, &c. Gwilt.
  42. Cārp'er, n.p. 199One who carps; a caviler. “The cunning of a carper.” Shak.
  43. Cār'pet, n.p. 199A heavy fabric, commonly woven of wool, used as a covering for floors; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables. Tables and beds covered with capes instead of carpets and coverlets. Fuller. 2. A…
  44. Cār'pet, v. t.p. 199To cover with a carpet; to spread with carpets. “Carpeted temples in fashionable squares.” E. Everett.
  45. Căr'pet-băg, n.p. 199A traveling-bag;—so called because originally made of carpet.
  46. Căr'pet-ing, n.p. 199Cloth or materials for carpets; carpets in general. “The floor was covered with rich carpeting.” Prescott.
  47. Cār'pet-mōn'ger, n.p. 199One who deals in carpets. 2. One fond of pleasure, ease, or luxury. Shak.
  48. Căr'pet-walk, n.p. 199A walk on smooth turf. [Obs.] Evelyn.
  49. Cār'pet-wāy, n.p. 199(Agric.) A border of greensward left round the margin of a plowed field. Ray.
  50. Car-phŏl'o-gy, n.p. 199(Med.) The same as FLOCCILLATION.
  51. Cărp'ing-ly, adv.p. 199In a carping manner.
  52. Cärp'mēals, n. pl.p. 199A kind of coarse cloth, made in the north of England. [Obs.] Phillips.
  53. Căr'/po-crā'tian, n.p. 199(Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of heretics of the second century who inculcated a community of women, and opposed the divinity of Christ:—so called from Carpocrates, one of the most prominent teachers…
  54. Cār'po-lite, n.p. 199A petrified fruit, as a nut converted into silex. Dana.
  55. Car-pŏl'o-gist, n.p. 200One who describes fruits; one versed in carpology.
  56. Car-pōl'o-gy, n.p. 200That branch of botany which relates to the structure of seeds and fruit. London.
  57. Câr'po-phōre, n.p. 200(Bot.) The stalk of a fruit or pistil within the flower. Gray.
  58. Câr'pus, n.p. 200(Anat.) That part of the skeleton forming the wrist, consisting of eight small bones arranged in two rows. Dunglison.
  59. Câr'rack, n.p. 200See CARACK.
  60. Câr'ra-geen' or Câr'ri-geen', n.p. 200A purplish white, nearly transparent sea-weed, the Irish moss of the shops (Fucus or Chondrus crispus), used for jellies, for feeding cattle, and for various other purposes. [Sometimes written…