CART-LOAD
CART-LOAD, noun A load borne on a cart; as much as is usually carried at once on a cart, or as is sufficient to load it.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CART-ROPE
CART-ROPE, noun A rope for binding hay, or other articles on a cart.
CART-RUT
CART-RUT, noun The cut or track of a cartwheel. [See Route.]
CART-TIRE
CART-TIRE, noun The tire, or iron bands, used to bind the wheels of a cart.
CART-WAY
CART-WAY, noun A way that is or may be passed with carts, or other wheel carriages.
CART-WHEEL
CART-WHEEL, noun The wheel of a cart.
CART-WRIGHT
CART-WRIGHT, noun An artificer who makes carts.Carte-blanche. A blank paper, signed at the bottom with a persons name, and sometimes sealed with his seal, given to another perso...
CARTAGE
CARTAGE, noun The act of carrying in a cart, or the price paid for carting.
CARTED
CARTED, participle passive Borne or exposed in a cart.
CARTEL
CARTEL, noun1. A writing or agreement between states at war, for the exchange of prisoners, or for some mutual advantage; also, a vessel employed to convey the messenger on this...
CARTER
CARTER, noun The man who drives a cart, or whose occupation is to drive a cart.
CARTESIAN
CARTESIAN, adjective Pertaining to the philosopher Des Cartes, or to his philosophy, which taught the doctrine of vortexes round the sun and planets.CARTESIAN, noun One who adop...
CARTHAGINIAN
CARTHAGINIAN, adjective Pertaining to ancient Carthage, a celebrated city on the Northern Coast of Africa, about twelve miles from the modern Tunis. It was founded by the Phenic...
CARTHAMUS
CARTHAMUS, noun The generic name of Bastard Saffron. [See Safflower.]
CARTHUSIAN
CARTHUSIAN, noun One of an order of monks, so called from Chartreuse, the place of their institution. They are remarkable for their austerity. They cannot go out of their cells,...
CARTILAGE
CARTILAGE, noun Gristle; a smooth, solid, elastic substance, softer than bone, of a pearly color and homogeneous texture, without cells or cavities. It is invested with a partic...
CARTILAGINOUS
CARTILAGINOUS, adjective1. Pertaining to or resembling a cartilage; gristly; consisting of cartilage.2. In ichthyology, cartilaginous fishes are those whose muscles are supporte...
CARTING
CARTING, participle present tense Conveying or exposing in a cart.CARTING, noun The act of carrying in a cart.
CARTOON
CARTOONnoun In painting, a design drawn on strong paper, to be afterward calked through and transferred on the fresh plaster of a wall, to be painted in fresco. Also, a design c...
CARTOUCH
CARTOUCH, noun1. A case of wood, about three inches thick at the bottom girt with marlin, holding about four hundred musket balls, and six or eight iron balls of a pound weight,...
CARTRIDGE
CARTRIDGE, noun [a corruption of cartouch.] A case of pasteboard or parchment, holding the charge of powder or powder and balls, for a cannon, mortar, musket or pistol. The cart...
CARTRIDGE-BOX
CARTRIDGE-BOX, noun A case, usually of wood, covered with leather, with cells for cartridges. It is worn upon a belt thrown over the left shoulder, and hangs a little below the ...
CARTULARY
CARTULARY, noun A register-book, or record, as of a monastery. Blackstone writes it chartulary; and primarily it signifies the officer who has the care of charters and other pub...
CARUCATE
CARUCATE, noun As much land as one team can plow in the year.
CARUNCLE
CARUNCLE, noun1. A small fleshy excrescence, either natural or morbid.2. The fleshy comb on the head of a fowl.
CARUNCULAR
CARUNCULAR, adjective In the form of a caruncle.
CARUNCULATED
CARUNCULATED, adjective Having a fleshy excrescence, or soft fleshy protuberance.