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Carouse (kȧrouz), n. [F. carrousse, earlier carous, fr. G. garaus finishing stroke, the entire emptying of the cup in drinking a health; gar entirely + aus out. See , and .] 1. A large draught of liquor. [Obs.] “A full carouse of sack.” Sir J. Davies.
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Drink carouses to the next day's fate. Shak.
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2. A drinking match; a carousal.
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The early feast and late carouse. Pope.
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Carouse (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caroused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Carousing.] To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take part in a carousal; to engage in drunken revels.
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He had been aboard, carousing to his mates. Shak.
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Carouse v. t. To drink up; to drain; to drink freely or jovially. [Archaic]
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Guests carouse the sparkling tears of the rich grape. Denham.
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Egypt's wanton queen,
Carousing gems, herself dissolved in love. Young.
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carousel (kăr�sĕl), n. 1. a continuous belt oriented horizontally or near-horizontally around a central structure, driven in a circular motion by some mechanism, which carries luggage delivered from the luggage hold of an airplane to air travelers; -- used at airports.
Syn. -- luggage carousel.
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2. same as .
Syn. -- merry-go-round, roundabout, whirligig.
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Carouser (?), n. One who carouses; a reveler.
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Carousing, a. That carouses; relating to a carouse.
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Carousingly, adv. In the manner of a carouser.
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Carp (kärp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Carped (kärpt); p. pr. & vb. n. Carping.] [OE. carpen to say, speak; from Scand. (cf. Icel. karpa to boast), but influenced later by L. carpere to pluck, calumniate.] 1. To talk; to speak; to prattle. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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2. To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at.
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Carping and caviling at faults of manner. Blackw. Mag.
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And at my actions carp or catch. Herbert.
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Carp, v. t. 1. To say; to tell. [Obs.]
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2. To find fault with; to censure. [Obs.] Dryden.
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Carp, n.; pl. Carp, formerly Carps. [Cf. Icel. karfi, Dan. karpe, Sw. karp, OHG. charpho, G. karpfen, F. carpe, LL. carpa.] (Zoöl.) A fresh-water herbivorous fish (Cyprinus carpio.). Several other species of Cyprinus, Catla, and Carassius are called carp. See .
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☞ The carp was originally from Asia, whence it was early introduced into Europe, where it is extensively reared in artificial ponds. Within a few years it has been introduced into America, and widely distributed by the government. Domestication has produced several varieties, as the leather carp, which is nearly or quite destitute of scales, and the mirror carp, which has only a few large scales. Intermediate varieties occur.
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Coloq. Carp louse (Zoöl.), a small crustacean, of the genus Argulus, parasitic on carp and allied fishes. See . -- Coloq. Carp mullet (Zoöl.), a fish (Moxostoma carpio) of the Ohio River and Great Lakes, allied to the suckers. -- Coloq. Carp sucker (Zoöl.), a name given to several species of fresh-water fishes of the genus Carpiodes in the United States; -- called also quillback.
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Carpal (?), a. [From .] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the carpus, or wrist. -- n. One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; a carpale.
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Coloq. Carpal angle (Zoöl.), the angle at the last joint of the folded wing of a bird.
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Carpale (?), n.; pl. Carpalia (#). [NL., fr. E. carpus.] (Anat.) One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; esp. one of the series articulating with the metacarpals.
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Carpathian (?), a. Of or pertaining to a range of mountains in Austro-Hungary, called the Carpathians, which partially inclose Hungary on the north, east, and south.
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{ Carpel (kärpĕl), Carpellum (-pĕllŭm), } n. [NL. carpellum, fr. Gr. karpos fruit.] (Bot.) A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See Illust of .
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Carpellary (?), a. (Bot.) Belonging to, forming, or containing carpels.
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carpellate adj. (Botany) bearing or consisting of carpels. Opposite of acarpelous.
Syn. -- pistillate.
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Carpenter (?), n. [OF. carpentier, F. charpentier, LL. carpentarius, fr. L. carpentum wagon, carriage.] An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, ships, etc.

Syn. -- , . The carpenter frames and puts together roofs, partitions, floors, and other structural parts of a building. The joiner supplies stairs, doors shutters, mantelpieces, cupboards, and other parts necessary to finishing the building. In America the two trades are commonly united.
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Coloq. Carpenter ant (Zoöl.), any species of ant which gnaws galleries in the wood of trees and constructs its nests therein. They usually select dead or somewhat decayed wood. The common large American species is Formica Pennsylvanica. -- Coloq. Carpenter bee (Zoöl.), a large hymenopterous insect of the genus Xylocopa; -- so called because it constructs its nest by gnawing long galleries in sound timber. The common American species is Xylocopa Virginica.
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carpenteria n. a California evergreen shrub (Carpenteria californica) having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers.
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Carpentering, n. The occupation or work of a carpenter; the act of working in timber; carpentry.
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Carpentry (?), n. [F. charpenterie, OF. also carpenterie. See .]
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1. The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, as in the construction of buildings.
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2. An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.
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Carper (?), n. One who carps; a caviler. Shak.
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Carpet (kärpĕt), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L. carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpos fruit, E. .] 1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables.
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Tables and beds covered with copes instead of carpets and coverlets. T. Fuller.
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2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet. “The grassy carpet of this plain.” Shak.
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Coloq. Carpet beetle or Coloq. Carpet bug (Zoöl.), a small beetle (Anthrenus scrophulariæ), which, in the larval state, does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; -- also called buffalo bug. -- Coloq. Carpet knight . (a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of the drawing room; an effeminate person. Shak. (b) One made a knight, for some other than military distinction or service. -- Coloq. Carpet moth (Zoöl.), the larva of an insect which feeds on carpets and other woolen goods. There are several kinds. Some are the larvæ of species of Tinea (as Tinea tapetzella); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus. -- Coloq. Carpet snake (Zoöl.), an Australian snake. See Diamond snake, under . -- Coloq. Carpet sweeper , an apparatus or device for sweeping carpets. -- Coloq. To be on the carpet , to be under consideration; to be the subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression derived from the use of carpets as table cover. -- Coloq. Brussels carpet . See under .
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Carpet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carpeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Carpeting.] To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets; to furnish with a carpet or carpets.
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Carpeted temples in fashionable squares. E. Everett.
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Carpetbag (?), n. A portable bag for travelers; -- so called because originally made of carpet.
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Carpetbagger (?), n. An adventurer; -- a term of contempt for a Northern man seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern part of the United States after the Civil War (1865). [U. S.]
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carpeted adj. covered with or as if with carpeting or with carpeting as specified; often used in combination; as, the carpeted hallway; a flower-carpeted hillside. Opposite of uncarpeted.
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Carpeting, n. 1. The act of covering with carpets.
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2. Cloth or materials for carpets; carpets, in general.
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The floor was covered with rich carpeting. Prescott.
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Carpetless, a. Without a carpet.
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Carpetmonger (?), n. 1. One who deals in carpets; a buyer and seller of carpets.
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2. One fond of pleasure; a gallant. Shak.
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Carpetway (?), n. (Agric.) A border of greensward left round the margin of a plowed field. Ray.
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Carphology (kärfŏl�j�), n. [Gr. karfos any small dry body + -logy: cf. F. carphologie.] (Med.) See .
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Carpinaceae n. a natural family used in some classification systems to include the genera Carpinus; Ostryopsis; and Ostryopsis.
Syn. -- subfamily Carpinaceae, family Carpinaceae.
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Carping (kärpĭng), a. Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See .

-- Carpingly, adv.
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Carpintero (kärp�nt�r�), n. [Sp., a carpenter, a woodpecker.] A california woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus), noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees. The acorns become infested by insect larvæ, which, when grown, are extracted for food by the bird.
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Carpodacus n. a genus of birds including the house finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) and purple finch (Carpodacus purpurea).
Syn. -- genus Carpodacus.
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Carpogenic (kärp�jĕnĭk), a. [Gr. karpos fruit + -gen.] (Bot.) Productive of fruit, or causing fruit to be developed.
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Carpolite (kärp�līt), n. [Gr. karpos fruit + -lite, cf. F. carpolithe.] A general term for a fossil fruit, nut, or seed.
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Carpological (?), a. Of or pertaining to carpology.
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Carpologist (?), n. One who describes fruits; one versed in carpology.
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Carpology (?), n. [Gr. karpos fruit + -logy.] That branch of botany which relates to the structure of seeds and fruit.
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Carpophagous (?), a. [Gr. karpos fruit + � to eat.] Living on fruits; fruit-consuming.
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Carpophore (?), n. [Gr. karpos fruit + ferein to bear.] (Bot.) A slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants.
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Carpophyll (?), n. [Gr. karpos fruit + � leaf.] (Bot.) A leaf converted into a fruit or a constituent portion of a fruit; a carpel. [See Illust. of .]
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Carpophyte (kärp�līt), n. [Gr. karpos fruit + fyton plant.] (Bot.) A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization, as the red seaweeds, the Ascomycetes, etc.
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☞ The division of algæ and fungi into four classes called Carpophytes, Oöphytes, Protophytes, and Zygophytes (or Carposporeæ, Oösporeæ, Protophyta, and Zygosporeæ) was proposed by Sachs about 1875.
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Carpospore (?), n. [Gr. karpos + -spore.] (Bot.) A kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red algæ. -- Carposporic (�), a.
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carposporic, carposporous adj. 1. of or relating to a carpospore.
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2. having carpospores.
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Carpus (kärpŭs), n.; pl. Carpi (kärpī). [NL., fr. Gr. karpos wrist.] (Anat.) The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of eight short bones disposed in two rows.
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Carrack (?), n. See .
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{ Carrageen (?), Carrigeen (?) }, n. A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce. [Also written carragheen, carageen.]
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{ Carrageenan (?), Carrigeenin (?) }, n. a colloidal material obtained from seaweed or Irish moss, used as an thickening or emulsifying agent and for stabilizing foods, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals.
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Carrancha (?), n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) The Brazilian kite (Polyborus Brasiliensis); -- so called in imitation of its notes.
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Carraway (?), n. See .
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Carrel (?), n. See , an arrow.
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Carrel, n. (Arch.) 1. Same as 4th .
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2. a table partitioned by vertical boards into small areas where an individual may read or study with minimal distraction from activities nearby. They are used especially in libraries. Also, the term is used to refer to one partition of such a table. Related etymologically to the 4th .
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Carriable (?), a. Capable of being carried.
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Carriage (?), n. [OF. cariage luggage, carriage, chariage carriage, cart, baggage, F. charriage, cartage, wagoning, fr. OF. carier, charier, F. charrier, to cart. See .] 1. That which is carried; burden; baggage. [Obs.]
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David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage. 1. Sam. xvii. 22.
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And after those days we took up our carriages and went up to Jerusalem. Acts. xxi. 15.
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2. The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying.
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Nine days employed in carriage. Chapman.
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3. The price or expense of carrying.
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4. That which carries of conveys, as: (a) A wheeled vehicle for persons, esp. one designed for elegance and comfort. (b) A wheeled vehicle carrying a fixed burden, as a gun carriage. (c) A part of a machine which moves and carries of supports some other moving object or part. (d) A frame or cage in which something is carried or supported; as, a bell carriage.
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5. The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing; deportment; personal manners.
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His gallant carriage all the rest did grace. Stirling.
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6. The act or manner of conducting measures or projects; management.
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The passage and whole carriage of this action. Shak.
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Coloq. Carriage horse , a horse kept for drawing a carriage. -- Coloq. Carriage porch (Arch.), a canopy or roofed pavilion covering the driveway at the entrance to any building. It is intended as a shelter for those who alight from vehicles at the door; -- sometimes erroneously called in the United States porte-cochère.
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Carriageable (?), a. Passable by carriages; that can be conveyed in carriages. [R.] Ruskin.
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carriageway n. one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only, usually in two or three lanes. [British]
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carriage bolt n. a type of bolt threaded only at the end opposite the head, used mostly for fastening pieces of timber together, and inserted into pre-drilled holes.
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carriage house n. a small building usually near a large residence or part of an estate, used for keeping coaches, carriages, or other vehicles; -- also called coach house. It is now (1998) obsolescent and its function has been taken over by the garage, which is usually attached to a residence or main building. Carriage houses are still found on older estates, though not usually used for their original purpose.
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Carriboo (?), n. See .
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Carrick (?), n. (Naut.) A carack. See .
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Coloq. Carrick bend (Naut.), a kind of knot, used for bending together hawsers or other ropes. -- Coloq. Carrick bitts (Naut.), the bitts which support the windlass. Totten.
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Carrier (?), n. [From .] 1. One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.
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The air which is but . . . a carrier of the sounds. Bacon.
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2. One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.
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The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures. Swift.
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3. (Mach.) That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel.
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Coloq. Carrier pigeon (Zoöl.), a variety of the domestic pigeon used to convey letters from a distant point to to its home. -- Coloq. Carrier shell (Zoöl.), a univalve shell of the genus Phorus; -- so called because it fastens bits of stones and broken shells to its own shell, to such an extent as almost to conceal it. -- Coloq. Common carrier (Law.) See under , a.
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Carrion (?), n. [OE. caroyne, OF. caroigne, F. charogne, LL. caronia, fr. L. caro flesh Cf. , .] 1. The dead and putrefying body or flesh of an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food.
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They did eat the dead carrions. Spenser.
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2. A contemptible or worthless person; -- a term of reproach. [Obs.] “Old feeble carrions.” Shak.
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Carrion, a. Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion.
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A prey for carrion kites. Shak.
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Coloq. Carrion beetle (Zoöl.), any beetle that feeds habitually on dead animals; -- also called sexton beetle and burying beetle. There are many kinds, belonging mostly to the family Silphidæ. -- Coloq. Carrion buzzard (Zoöl.), a South American bird of several species and genera (as Ibycter, Milvago, and Polyborus), which act as scavengers. See . -- Coloq. Carrion crow , the common European crow (Corvus corone) which feeds on carrion, insects, fruits, and seeds.
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Carrol (?), n. (Arch.) See 4th .
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Carrom (?), n. (Billiards) See .
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Carromata (?), n. [Sp. in Phil. I.] In the Philippines, a light, two-wheeled, boxlike vehicle usually drawn by a single native pony and used to convey passengers within city limits or for traveling. It is the common public carriage.
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Carronade (?), n. [From Carron, in Scotland where it was first made.] (Med.) 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, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side.
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