CARENTANE
CARENTANE, noun A papal indulgence, multiplying the remission of penance by forties.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CARESS
CARESS, verb transitive To treat with fondness, affection, or kindness; to fondle; to embrace with tender affection; as a parent a child.CARESS, noun An act of endearment; any a...
CARESSED
CARESSED, participle passive Treated or embraced with affection.
CARESSING
CARESSING, participle present tense Treating with endearment, or affection.
CARET
CARET, noun In writing, this mark ^, which shows that something, omitted in the line, is interlined above, or inserted in the margin, and should be read in that place.
CARGASON
CARGASON, noun A cargo; which see.
CARGO
CARGO, noun The lading or freight of a ship; the goods, merchandize, or whatever is conveyed in a ship or other merchant vessel. The lading within the hold is called the inboard...
CARGOOSE
CARGOOSE, noun A fowl belonging to the genus Colymbus, called the crested diver. The cheeks and throat are surrounded with a long pendant ruff, of a bright tawny color, edged wi...
CARIATED
CARIATED, adjective Carious. [See Carious.]
CARIBOO
CARIBOO, noun A quadruped of the stag kind.
CARICA
CARICA, noun The papaw, a tree bearing a fleshy fruit of the size of a small melon.
CARICATURE
CARICATURE, noun A figure or description in which beauties are concealed and blemishes exaggerated, but still bearing a resemblance to the object.CARICATURE, verb transitive To ...
CARICATURIST
CARICATURIST, noun One who caricatures others.
CARICOGRAPHY
CARICOGRAPHY, noun A description of the plants of the genus Carex or sedge.
CARICOUS
CARICOUS, adjective Resembling a fig an epithet given to tumors that resemble a fig, such as occur often in the piles.
CARIES
CARIES, noun The corruption or mortification of a bone; an ulcerated bone.
CARILLON
CARILLON, noun A little bell. Also, a simple air in music, adapted to the performance of small bells or clocks. [See Carol.]
CARINATE
CARINATE,CARINATED, adjective In botany, shaped like the keel of a ship; having a longitudinal prominency on the back like a keel; applied to a calyx, leaf or nectary.
CARINATED
CARINATED, a. In botany, shaped like the keel of a ship; having a longitudinal prominency on the back like a keel; applied to a calyx, leaf or nectary.
CARINTHIN
CARINTHIN, noun A mineral from Carinthia, regarded as a variety of hornblend.
CARIOSITY
CARIOSITY, noun [See Caries.] Mortification, or ulceration of a bone.
CARIOUS
CARIOUS, adjective Mortified; corrupted; ulcerated; as a bone.
CARK
CARK, noun Care; anxiety; concern; solicitude; distress.CARK, verb intransitive To be careful, anxious, solicitous, concerned.
CARKING
CARKING, participle passive Distressing; perplexing; giving anxiety.
CARLE
CARLE, noun1. A rude, rustic, rough, brutal man.2. A kind of hemp.CARLE, verb intransitive To act like a churl.
CARLINE
CARLINE, OR CAROLINE, noun A silver coin in Naples.
CARLINE-THISTLE
CARLINE-THISTLE, noun A genus of plants growing in the south of France, and one a native of Great Britain.