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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Câr'rom, n. p. 200(Billiards.) The act of hitting two balls at once with the ball struck by the cue. Hoyle.Căr'ron-āde', n. p. 200(Mil.) 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…Car-roon', n. p. 200A rent received for the privilege of driving a cart. [London.] Ash. 2. [See CAROON.] A species of cherry. Tooke.Car'rot, n. p. 200(Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Daucus carota), having an esculent root of a reddish-yellow color. London.Căr'rot-y, a. p. 200Like a carrot in color;—an epithet given to reddish-yellow hair.Car'row, n. p. 200One who wanders about and gets his living by cards and dice; a strolling gamester. [Ireland.] Spenser.Car'ry, v. t. p. 200To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear. “I'll carry it to the pile.” Shak. When he dieth he shall carry nothing away. Ps. xlix. 17. 2. To cause to move forward; to…Căr'ry, v. i. p. 200To convey or propel; as, a gun or mortar carries well. 2. (Man.) To hold up the head;—said of a horse. 3. To run on ground, or on frost, which sticks to the feet, as a hare. Johnson. To carry on, to…Cărr'y, n. p. 200Onward motion; as, the clouds are said to have a great carry when they move with swiftness before the wind. [Rare.] Craig.Căr'ry-all, n. p. 200A light vehicle for one horse, having, usually, four wheels, and designed to carry a number of persons.Cár'ry-ing, p. a. p. 200Transporting from one place to another. Carrying trade, the trade which consists in the transportation of goods by water from country to country, or place to place; freighting. We are rivals with…Căr'ry-tāle, n. p. 200A tale-bearer. [Obs.] Shak.Carse, n. p. 200Alluvial soil in a state of cultivation. [Scot.] Craig.Cärt, n. p. 200A carriage with two wheels, for carrying heavy commodities. “Packing all his goods in one poor cart.” Dryden.Cart, v. t. p. 200To carry or convey on a cart. 2. To expose in a cart, by way of punishment. She chanked when a bawd was carted. Prior.Cart'age, n. p. 200The act of carrying in a cart. 2. The price paid for carting.Căr'ta-rĕt, n. p. 200A sleeping cot. Stephens.Cart'-bōte, n. p. 200(Eng. Law.) Wood to which a tenant is entitled for making and repairing carts and other instruments of husbandry. Bouvier.cärte, n. p. 200A bill of fare at an eating house. Simmonds. 2. A movement of the sword in fencing, as tierce and carte;—also written guards.Carte-blanche', n. p. 200A blank paper, signed at the bottom with a person's name, and sometimes sealed with his seal, given to another person, with permission to superscribe what conditions he pleases. Hence, 2.…Cärte'-de-vi-sĭt', n. p. 200A small photographic picture fastened upon a card;—so called from its original use as a visiting card.Cär-tēl' or Cär'tel, n. p. 200(Mil.) (a.) A writing or agreement, between states at war, as for the exchange of prisoners. “A cartel for the exchange of prisoners had been a subject of negotiation.” Prescott. (b.) A letter of…Cartel or cartel-ship p. 200a ship employed in the exchange of prisoners, or in carrying propositions to an enemy; a ship of truce, which is privileged from capture. Blount. Tomlins.Cär'tel, v. i. p. 200To defy or challenge. [Obs.] “You shall cartel him.” B. Jonson.Cärt'er, n. p. 200The man who drives a cart: a teamster.Car-tē'sian or Cartesian devil, a. p. 200Pertaining to the French philosopher Des Cartes, or to his philosophy. “The Cartesian argument for the reality of matter.” Sir H. Hamilton. Cartesian devil, a contrivance to illustrate the effect of…Car-tē'sian, n. p. 200One who adopts the philosophy of Des Cartes.Car-tē'sian-ism, n. p. 200The doctrine or philosophy of Des Cartes.Cär-tha-ğin'i-an, n. p. 200(Geog.) An inhabitant or native of Carthage.Cär-tha-ğin'i-an, a. p. 200(Geog.) Pertaining to Carthage.Căr'tha-mīne, n. p. 200(Chem.) A coloring matter obtained from the safflower, or Carthamus tinctorius. Gregory.Cär'tha-mās, n. p. 200(Bot.) A plant; the wild or bastard saffron. See SAFFLOWER. London.Cärt'-hōrse, n. p. 200A horse that draws a cart.Căr-thū'sian, n. p. 200(Eccl. Hist.) One of a religious order founded A. D. 1080 by Bruno, and named from Chartreux, the place of their institution, in France, remarkable for the austerities of its members. Hook.Car-thū'sian, a. p. 200Pertaining to the order of Carthusian monks.Cär'ti-lağe, n. p. 200(Anal.) A smooth, whitish, translucent, homogeneous, elastic substance, without blood-vessels, and of a consistence between that of a ligament and a bone; gristle. Permanent cartilage, one which…Cär'ti-la-ğin'e-ōls, a. p. 200Same as CARTILAGINOUS. [Obs.] Roy.Cär'ti-la-gin/i-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 200The act or process of forming cartilage. Wright.Căr-ti-lăg'i-nous, a. p. 200Pertaining to, or resembling, a cartilage; gristly; consisting of cartilage; firm and tough like cartilage. 2. (Ichth.) Having the internal skeleton in the state of cartilage, the bones containing…Cärt'-jāde, n. p. 200A horse used in drawing, or fit only for the cart; a sorry horse. Sidney.Cärt'-lōad, n. p. 200A load borne on a cart; as much as can be carried at once on a cart.Car-tōg'ra-pher, n. p. 200One who makes charts.Cär-to-grāph'ic or Cär-to-grāph'ic-al, a. p. 200Pertaining to cartography.Căr-to-grāph'ic-al-ly, adv. p. 200By cartography.Car-tōg'ra-phy, n. p. 200The art or practice of forming charts or maps.Cär'ton, n. p. 200Pasteboard; cardboard. 2. A pasteboard box. [Written also cartoon.]Car-tōōn', n. p. 200(Paint.) A design drawn on strong paper, to be afterward calked through, and transferred to the fresh plaster of a wall, to be painted in fresco. 2. A design colored for working in mosaic, tapestry…Car-touch', n. p. 201(Arch.) A tablet for ornament, or to receive an inscription, formed like a sheet of paper with the edges rolled up; a modillion. Oxf. Gloss. 2. (Mil.) (a.) A roll or case of paper, &c., holding a…Cär'tridge, n. p. 201(Mil.) A case of paper, pasteboard, flannel, merino, &c., containing a charge for a fire-arm. Campbell. Blank cartridge, a cartridge without a ball.Cär'tridge-băg, n. p. 201(Mil.) A bag of flannel, merino, &c., in which a charge for a cannon is contained.Cär'tridge-bŏx, n. p. 201(Mil.) A case, usually of tin, formerly of wood, covered with leather, with cells for cartridges.Cär'tridge-pā'per, n. p. 201Thick, stout paper, of which cartridges are made.Căr'tu-la-ry, n. p. 201A register-book, or record, as of a monastery or church. 2. An ecclesiastical officer who had charge of records or other public papers.Cärt'-wāy, n. p. 201A way that is, or may be, passed with carts, or other wheel carriages.Cärt'wrīght, n. p. 201An artificer who makes carts.Căr'u-cāge, n. p. 201(Law.) A duty imposed on every plow, for public use. Jacobs. 2. The act of plowing. [Rare.]Căr'u-cate, n. p. 201As much land as one team can plow in the year;—said to be about one hundred acres. “How many carucates of land.” Stow.Căr'un-cle, n. p. 201(Anat.) A small, fleshy excrescence, either natural or morbid. Dunglison. 2. (Bot.) An excrescence or appendage at the hilum or scar of a seed. 3. (Zoöl.) A naked, fleshy excrescence on the head of a…Ca-rŭn'cū-lar or Ca-rŭn'cū-late, a. p. 201Pertaining to, or having the form of, a caruncle.Ca-rŭn'cū-lā'ted, a. p. 201Having a fleshy excrescence, or soft, fleshy protuberance; caruncular.