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Carron oil (kărrŭn oil). A lotion of linseed oil and lime water, used as an application to burns and scalds; -- first used at the Carron iron works in Scotland.
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Carrot (?), n. [F. carotte, fr. L. carota; cf. Gr. �] 1. (Bot.) An umbelliferous biennial plant (Daucus Carota), of many varieties.
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2. The esculent root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped, and of a reddish yellow color.
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Carroty, a. Like a carrot in color or in taste; -- an epithet given to reddish yellow hair, etc.
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Carrow (?), n. [Ir & Gael. carach cunning.] A strolling gamester. [Ireland] Spenser.
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Carry (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carried (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Carrying.] [OF. carier, charier, F. carrier, to cart, from OF. car, char, F. car, car. See .] 1. To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.
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When he dieth he shall carry nothing away. Ps. xiix. 17.
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Devout men carried Stephen to his burial. Acts viii, 2.
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Another carried the intelligence to Russell. Macaulay.
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The sound will be carried, at the least, twenty miles. Bacon.
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2. To have or hold as a burden, while moving from place to place; to have upon or about one's person; to bear; as, to carry a wound; to carry an unborn child.
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If the ideas . . . were carried along with us in our minds. Locke.
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3. To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.
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Go, carry Sir John Falstaff to the Fleet. Shak.
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He carried away all his cattle. Gen. xxxi. 18.
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Passion and revenge will carry them too far. Locke.
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4. To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column) to another; as, to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to carry an account to the ledger; to carry a number in adding figures.
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5. To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten miles farther.
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6. To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in a contest; to bring to a successful issue; to win; as, to carry an election. “The greater part carries it.” Shak.
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The carrying of our main point. Addison.
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7. To get possession of by force; to capture.
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The town would have been carried in the end. Bacon.
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8. To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of ; to show or exhibit; to imply.
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He thought it carried something of argument in it. Watts.
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It carries too great an imputation of ignorance. Lacke.
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9. To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; -- with the reflexive pronouns.
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He carried himself so insolently in the house, and out of the house, to all persons, that he became odious. Clarendon.
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10. To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as, a merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry a life insurance.
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Coloq. Carry arms (Mil. Drill), a command of the Manual of Arms directing the soldier to hold his piece in the right hand, the barrel resting against the hollow of the shoulder in a nearly perpendicular position. In this position the soldier is said to stand, and the musket to be held, at carry. -- Coloq. To carry all before one , to overcome all obstacles; to have uninterrupted success. -- Coloq. To carry arms (a) To bear weapons. (b) To serve as a soldier. -- Coloq. To carry away . (a) (Naut.) to break off; to lose; as, to carry away a fore-topmast. (b) To take possession of the mind; to charm; to delude; as, to be carried by music, or by temptation. -- Coloq. To carry coals , to bear indignities tamely, a phrase used by early dramatists, perhaps from the mean nature of the occupation. Halliwell. -- Coloq. To carry coals to Newcastle , to take things to a place where they already abound; to lose one's labor. -- Coloq. To carry off (a) To remove to a distance. (b) To bear away as from the power or grasp of others. (c) To remove from life; as, the plague carried off thousands. -- Coloq. To carry on (a) To carry farther; to advance, or help forward; to continue; as, to carry on a design. (b) To manage, conduct, or prosecute; as, to carry on husbandry or trade. -- Coloq. To carry out . (a) To bear from within. (b) To put into execution; to bring to a successful issue. (c) To sustain to the end; to continue to the end. -- Coloq. To carry through . (a) To convey through the midst of. (b) To support to the end; to sustain, or keep from falling, or being subdued. “Grace will carry us . . . through all difficulties.” Hammond. (c) To complete; to bring to a successful issue; to succeed. -- Coloq. To carry up , to convey or extend in an upward course or direction; to build. -- Coloq. To carry weight . (a) To be handicapped; to have an extra burden, as when one rides or runs. “He carries weight, he rides a race” Cowper. (b) To have influence.
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Carry, v. i. 1. To act as a bearer; to convey anything; as, to fetch and carry.
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2. To have propulsive power; to propel; as, a gun or mortar carries well.
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3. To hold the head; -- said of a horse; as, to carry well i. e., to hold the head high, with arching neck.
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4. (Hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare. Johnson.
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Coloq. To carry on , to behave in a wild, rude, or romping manner. [Colloq.]
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Carry (?), n.; pl. Carries (#). A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a portage. [U.S.]
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Carryall (?), n. [Corrupted fr. cariole.] A light covered carriage, having four wheels and seats for four or more persons, usually drawn by one horse.
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Carrying, n. The act or business of transporting from one place to another.
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Coloq. Carrying place , a carry; a portage. -- Coloq. Carrying trade , the business of transporting goods, etc., from one place or country to another by water or land; freighting.
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We are rivals with them in . . . the carrying trade. Jay.
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Carryk (?), n. A carack. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Carrytale (?), n. A talebearer. [R.] Shak.
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Carse (kärs), n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. W. cars bog, fen. carsen reed, Armor. kars, korsen, bog plant, reed.] Low, fertile land; a river valley. [Scot.] Jomieson.
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carsick (kärsĭk), adj. feeling nauseous due to the movement of a car or other land vehicle; -- similar to and .
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Cart (kärt), n. [AS. cræt; cf. W. cart, Ir. & Gael. cairt, or Icel. kartr. Cf. .] 1. A common name for various kinds of vehicles, as a Scythian dwelling on wheels, or a chariot. “Phœbus' cart.” Shak.
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2. A two-wheeled vehicle for the ordinary purposes of husbandry, or for transporting bulky and heavy articles.
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Packing all his goods in one poor cart. Dryden.
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3. A light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen, butchers, etc.
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4. An open two-wheeled pleasure carriage.
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Coloq. Cart horse , a horse which draws a cart; a horse bred or used for drawing heavy loads; -- also spelled carthorse. -- Coloq. Cart rope , a stout rope for fastening a load on a cart; any strong rope. -- Coloq. To put the cart before the horse , Coloq. To get the cart before the horse , or Coloq. To set the cart before the horse , to invert the order of related facts or ideas, as by putting an effect for a cause; to do things in an improper order.
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Cart, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carted; p. pr. & vb. n. Carting.] 1. To carry or convey in a cart.
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2. To expose in a cart by way of punishment.
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She chuckled when a bawd was carted. Prior.
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Cart, v. i. To carry burdens in a cart; to follow the business of a carter.
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Cartage (?), n. 1. The act of carrying in a cart.
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2. The price paid for carting.
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Cartbote (?), n. [Cart + bote.] (Old Eng. Law.) Wood to which a tenant is entitled for making and repairing carts and other instruments of husbandry.
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Carte (?), n. [F. See 1st .] 1. Bill of fare.
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2. Short for .
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{ Carte. Quarte (?), } n. [F. quarte, prop., a fourth. Cf. .] (Fencing) A position in thrusting or parrying, with the inside of the hand turned upward and the point of the weapon toward the adversary's right breast.
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Carte blanche (?). [F., fr. OF. carte paper + -blanc, blanche, white. See 1st .] A blank paper, with a person's signature, etc., at the bottom, given to another person, with permission to superscribe what conditions he pleases. Hence: Unconditional terms; unlimited authority.
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Carte de visite (?), pl. Cartes de visite (�). [F.] 1. A visiting card.
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2. A photographic picture of the size formerly in use for a visiting card.
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Cartel (?), n. [F., fr. LL. cartellus a little paper, dim. fr. L. charta. See 1st .]
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1. (Mil.) An agreement between belligerents for the exchange of prisoners. Wilhelm.
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2. A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat. [Obs.]
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He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel., Sir W. Scott.

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Coloq. Cartel , or Coloq. Cartel ship , a ship employed in the exchange of prisoners, or in carrying propositions to an enemy; a ship beating a flag of truce and privileged from capture.
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Cartel (?), v. t. To defy or challenge. [Obs.]
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You shall cartel him. B. Jonson.
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Carter (?), n. 1. A charioteer. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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2. A man who drives a cart; a teamster.
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3. (Zoöl.) (a) Any species of Phalangium; -- also called harvestman. (b) A British fish; the whiff.
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Cartesian (?), a. [From Renatus Cartesius, Latinized from of René Descartes: cf. F. cartésien.] Of or pertaining to the French philosopher René Descartes, or his philosophy.
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The Cartesion argument for reality of matter. Sir W. Hamilton.
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Coloq. Cartesian coördinates (Geom), distance of a point from lines or planes; -- used in a system of representing geometric quantities, invented by Descartes. -- Coloq. Cartesian devil , a small hollow glass figure, used in connection with a jar of water having an elastic top, to illustrate the effect of the compression or expansion of air in changing the specific gravity of bodies. -- Coloq. Cartesion oval (Geom.), a curve such that, for any point of the curve mr + m'r' = c, where r and r' are the distances of the point from the two foci and m, m' and c are constant; -- used by Descartes.
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Cartesian, n. An adherent of Descartes.
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Cartesianism, n. The philosophy of Descartes.
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Carthaginian, a. Of a pertaining to ancient Carthage, a city of northern Africa. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Carthage.
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Carthamin (?), n. (Chem.) A red coloring matter obtained from the safflower, or Carthamus tinctorius.
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carthorse, cart horse n. a horse kept for pulling carts; a horse bred or used for drawing heavy loads.
Syn. -- drayhorse.
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Carthusian (?), n. [LL. Cartusianus, Cartusiensis, from the town of Chartreuse, in France.] (Eccl. Hist.) A member of an exceeding austere religious order, founded at Chartreuse in France by St. Bruno, in the year 1086.
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Carthusian, a. Pertaining to the Carthusian.
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Cartilage (?), n. [L. cartilago; cf. F. cartilage.] (Anat.) A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle.
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☞ Cartilage contains no vessels, and consists of a homogeneous, intercellular matrix, in which there are numerous minute cavities, or capsules, containing protoplasmic cells, the cartilage corpuscul. See Illust under .
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Coloq. Articular cartilage , cartilage that lines the joints. -- Coloq. Cartilage bone (Anat.), any bone formed by the ossification of cartilage. -- Coloq. Costal cartilage , cartilage joining a rib with he sternum. See Illust. of .
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Cartilagineous (?), a. [L. cartilageneus.] See . Ray.
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Cartilaginification (?), n. [L. cartilago, -laginis, cartilage + facere to make.] The act or process of forming cartilage. Wright.
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Cartilaginous (?), a. [L. cartilaginosus: cf. F. cartilagineux.] 1. Of or pertaining to cartilage; gristly; firm and tough like cartilage.
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2. (Zoöl.) Having the skeleton in the state of cartilage, the bones containing little or no calcareous matter; said of certain fishes, as the sturgeon and the sharks.
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Cartist (?), n. [Sp. cartista, fr. carta paper, document (cf. Pg. carta). See ; cf. .] In Spain and Portugal, one who supports the constitution.
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cartload, cart load n. as much as will fill or load a cart; the quantity that a cart holds. In excavating and carting sand, gravel, earth, etc., one third of a cubic yard of the material before it is loosened is estimated to be a cart load.
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Cartman (?), n.; pl. (�). One who drives or uses a cart; a teamster; a carter.
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Cartogram (?), n. [F. cartogramme.] A map showing geographically, by shades or curves, statistics of various kinds; a statistical map.
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Cartographer (?), n. One who makes charts or maps.
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{ Cartographic (?), Cartographical (?) }, a. Of or pertaining to cartography.
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Cartographically, adv. By cartography.
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Cartography (?), n. [Cf. F. cartographie. See , and .] The art or business of forming charts or maps.
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Cartomancy (?), n. [Cf. F. cartomancie. See , and .] The art of telling fortunes with cards.
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Carton (kärtŏn), n. [F. See .] Pasteboard for paper boxes; also, a pasteboard box.
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Coloq. Carton pierre (�), a species of papier-maché, imitating stone or bronze sculpture. Knight.
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cartonful n. the quantity contained in a carton.
Syn. -- carton.
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Cartoon (?), n. [F. carton (cf. It. cartone pasteboard, cartoon); fr. L. charta. See 1st .]
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1. A design or study drawn of the full size, to serve as a model for transferring or copying; -- used in the making of mosaics, tapestries, fresco pantings and the like; as, the cartoons of Raphael.
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2. A large pictorial sketch, as in a journal or magazine; esp. a pictorial caricature; as, the cartoons of “Puck.”
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3. same as .
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4. a motion picture consisting of a series of frames, each being a photograph of a drawing rather than a frame produced by filming a scene of true action, and in which the objects are displaced slightly in succeeding frames so as to give the appearance of motion when projected as a motion picture on the screen. The types of characters portrayed in such films are often similar or identical to those in a .
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Cartoonist, n. One skilled in drawing cartoons.
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Cartouch, cartouche (?), n.; pl. Cartouches (#). [F. cartouche, It. cartuccia, cartoccio, cornet, cartouch, fr. L. charta paper. See 1st , and cf. .]
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1. (Mil.) (a) A roll or case of paper, etc., holding a charge for a firearm; a cartridge. (b) A cartridge box. (c) A wooden case filled with balls, to be shot from a cannon. (d) A gunner's bag for ammunition. (e) A military pass for a soldier on furlough.
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2. (Arch.) (a) A cantalever, console, corbel, or modillion, which has the form of a scroll of paper. (b) A tablet for ornament, or for receiving an inscription, formed like a sheet of paper with the edges rolled up; hence, any tablet of ornamental form.
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3. (Egyptian Antiq.) An oval figure on monuments, and in papyri, containing the name of a sovereign.
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Cartridge (kärtrĭj), n. [Formerly cartrage, corrupted fr. F. cartouche. See .] (Mil.) A complete charge for a firearm, contained in, or held together by, a case, capsule, or shell of metal, pasteboard, or other material.
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Coloq. Ball cartridge , a cartridge containing a projectile. -- Coloq. Blank cartridge , a cartridge without a projectile. -- Coloq. Center-fire cartridge , a cartridge in which the fulminate occupies an axial position usually in the center of the base of the capsule, instead of being contained in its rim. In the Prussian needle gun the fulminate is applied to the middle of the base of the bullet. -- Coloq. Rim-fire cartridge , a cartridge in which the fulminate is contained in a rim surrounding its base. -- Coloq. Cartridge bag , a bag of woolen cloth, to hold a charge for a cannon. -- Coloq. Cartridge belt , a belt having pockets for cartridges. -- Coloq. Cartridge box , a case, usually of leather, attached to a belt or strap, for holding cartridges. -- Coloq. Cartridge paper . (a) A thick stout paper for inclosing cartridges. (b) A rough tinted paper used for covering walls, and also for making drawings upon.
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cartroad n. any road or path affording passage especially a rough one.
Syn. -- track, cart track.
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Cartulary (?), n.; pl. Cartularies. [LL. cartularium, chartularium, fr. L. charta paper: cf. F. cartulaire. See 1st .]
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1. A register, or record, as of a monastery or church.
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2. An ecclesiastical officer who had charge of records or other public papers.
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Cartway (?), n. A way or road for carts.
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cartwheel n. 1. the type of wheel used on a cart; it typically has wooden spokes and a metal rim.
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2. an acrobatic maneuver in which the arms and legs are outstretched like the spokes of a wheel, and the body is turned sideways through one or more revolutions, by first touching the hands and then the feet to the ground, in rapid succession so as to mimic the rolling of a wheel; in the course of this feat, the person performing it is alternately upright and upside-down.
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3. a silver dollar; a dollar made of silver. [Colloq.]
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cartwheel v. i. 1 to perform a .
Syn. -- do cartwheels.
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Cartwright (?), n. [Cart + wright.] An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.
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Carucage (?), n. [LL. carrucagium (OF. charuage.), fr. LL. carruca plow, fr. L. carruca coach.]
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1. (Old Eng. Law.) A tax on every plow or plowland.
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2. The act of plowing. [R.]
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Carucate (?), n. [LL. carucata, carrucata. See .] A plowland; as much land as one team can plow in a year and a day; -- by some said to be about 100 acres. Burrill.
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{ Caruncle (?), Caruncula (?), } n. [L. caruncula a little piece of flesh, dim. of caro flesh.] 1. (Anat.) A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye.
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2. (Bot.) An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed.
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3. (Zoöl.) A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey, etc.
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{ Caruncular (?), Carunculous (?), } a. Of, pertaining to, or like, a caruncle; furnished with caruncles.
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{ Carunculate (?), Carunculated (?), } a. Having a caruncle or caruncles; caruncular.
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