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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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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.Ca-rŭn'cu-lous, a. p. 201Of, or pertaining to, caruncles; caruncular; carunculate. Dunglison.Cā'rus, n. p. 201(Med.) The last degree of coma, with complete insensibility, which no stimulus can remove, even for a few instants. Sopor, coma, lethargia, and carus are four degrees of the same condition. Dunglison.Cärve, v. t. p. 201To cut, as wood, stone, or other material, in an artistic or decorative manner. 2. To make or shape by cutting. “An angel carved in stone.” Tennyson. 3. To cut into small pieces or slices; to divide.…Cärve, v. i. p. 201To exercise the trade of a sculptor or carver; to engrave or cut figures. 2. To cut up meat;—followed sometimes by for; as, to carve for all the guests.Cärve, n. p. 201A carucate. [Obs.] Drayton.Cär'vel, n. p. 201A small ship. See CARAVEL. 2. The Urtica marina, or sea-blubber. Herbert.Cär'ven, a. p. 201Wrought by carving; carved. [Rare.] “A screen of carven ivory.” E. B. Browning.Cärv'er, n. p. 201One who cuts wood, stone, &c., in an artistic or decorative manner; a sculptor. “The carver’s chisel.” Dodsley. 2. One who cuts meat at table; as, famous for a good carver. 3. One who selects and…Cärv'ing, n. p. 201The act or art of cutting wood, stone, &c., as, to be skillful in carving. 2. The device or figure carved. “Excellent carvings in wood.” Temple. 3. The act or art of cutting up meat at table.Căr'-vist, n. p. 201(Falconry.) A hawk which is of proper age and training to be carried on the hand; a hawk in its first year. Booth.Căr'-wheel, n. p. 201A flanged wheel of a railway car or truck.Cär-y-ā'tēz, n. pl. p. 201[Lat. a, tread; c, flange; e, disk; n, hub.Cār'y-āt'i-dēs p. 201Caryates, the inhabitants of Caryæ, a village in Laconia, with a temple of Diana, Caryatides, Gr. Καρυάτιδες, the women of Caryæ, the maidens or priestesses of Caryæ serving in the temple of Diana…Căr'y-ăt'ic or Căr'y-ăt'id, a. p. 201Of, or pertaining to, a caryatid.Căr'/y-ăt'id, n. p. 201(Arch.) A female figure supporting an entablature.Cär/y-o-phyl-lā'ceoŭs, a. p. 201(Bot.) Having corollas of five petals with long claws, as in the pink. Gray.Căr'y-ōph'yl-līne or Căr'y-o-phŷl'-line, n. p. 201(Chem.) A crystalline substance extracted from cloves by treating them with alcohol; it is an oxide of the neutral oil of cloves. Gregory.Căr'y-ōph'y-lous or Căr'y-o-phȳl'lous, a. p. 201Same as CARYOPHYLLACEOUS.Cär'/y-o-phy̆l'lus, n. p. 201(Bot.) A genus of small trees growing in the Moluccas, the dried flower-buds of which form the cloves of commerce; the clove-tree.Cär'y-öp'sis, n. p. 201(Bot.) A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin pericarp, to which the seed adheres throughout, so that fruit and seed are incorporated in one body, forming a single grain, as of wheat…Ca-sär'ka, n. p. 201(Ornith.) A fresh-water fowl of the Anas or duck family (Tadorna Casarca), found in Russia; — called also ruddy goose.Căs'ca-bĕl, n. p. 201That part of a cannon in rear of the base-ring. [See Illust. of Cannon.]Cas-cāde', n. p. 201A small fall or flowing of water over a precipice, in a river or natural stream; a fall less than a cataract. Its outlet dashed into a deep cascade. Byron.Cas-cāde', v. i. p. 201To vomit; to puke; to spew. [Colloq. or vulgar in Amer., Provincial in Eng.]Cascalho, n. p. 201A deposit of pebbles, gravel, and ferruginous sand, in which the Brazilian diamond is usually found.Căs'ca-rĭl'lȧ, n. p. 201(Bot.) A plant of the euphorbiaceous genus Croton (C. eleutheria), a native of Jamaica, which furnishes the cascarilla bark used in medicine as a tonic. This bark has a spicy odor, and a warm…Cāse, n. p. 201A covering, box, or sheath; that which incloses or contains; as, a case for books; a watch-case. 2. A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods. 3. (Print.) A frame…Cāse, v. t. p. 201To cover with a case; to surround with any material that shall inclose or defend. “The man who, cased in steel, had passed whole days and nights in the saddle.” Prescott. 2. To put in a case or box…Cāse, n. p. 201That which falls, comes, or happens; an event; a circumstance; state; condition. Our case is miserable. Shak. 2. An individual occurrence or particular instance, as of disease. “A proper remedy in…Cāse, v. i. p. 201To put cases. [Obs.] L'Estrange.Case'-bāg, n. p. 201(Arch.) One of the joists framed between a pair of girders in naked flooring. “The extent of the case-bags should not exceed ten feet.” Gwilt.Cāse'-hārd'en, v. t. p. 201To harden the surface of, as iron, by converting it into steel, while the interior retains the toughness of malleable iron. This may be done by putting the iron into an iron box, with a cement of…Cāse'-härd'en-ing, n. p. 201The act or process of converting the surface of iron into steel. Ure.