Webster's Dictionary 1913

1135

Carbonaceous

Car″bo‐na′ceous (?), a. Pertaining to, containing, or composed of, carbon.

1136

Carbonade

{ Car″bo‐nade (?), Car′bo‐na″do (?), } n. [Cf. F. carbonnade, It. carbonata, Sp. carbonada, from L. carbo coal.] (Cookery) Flesh, fowl, etc., cut across, seasoned, and broiled o...

1137

Carbonado (2)

{ Car′bo‐na″do (?), Car″bo‐nade (?), } v. t. [imp. & p. p.Carbonadoed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Carbonadoing.] 1. To cut (meat) across for frying or broiling; to cut or slice and broi...

1138

Carbonado (3)

Car′bo‐na″do (?), n.; pl.Carbonadoes (#). (Min.) A black variety of diamond, found in Brazil, and used for diamond drills. It occurs in irregular or rounded fragments, rarely di...

1139

Carbonarism

Car′bo‐na″rism (?), n. The principles, practices, or organization of the Carbonari.

1140

Carbonaro

‖Car′bo‐na″ro (?), n.; pl.Carbonari (#). A member of a secret political association in Italy, organized in the early part of the nineteenth centry for the purpose of changing th...

1141

Carbonatation

Car′bon‐a‐ta″tion (?), n. [From Carbonate.] (Sugar Making) The saturation of defecated beet juice with carbonic acid gas. Knight.

1142

Carbonate

Car″bon‐ate (?), n. [Cf. F. carbonate.] (Chem.) A salt or carbonic acid, as in limestone, some forms of lead ore, etc.

1143

Carbonated

Car″bon‐a′ted (?), a. Combined or impregnated with carbonic acid.

1144

Carbone

Car″bone (?), v. t. [See Carbonado.] To broil. “We had a calf's head carboned”. Pepys.

1145

Carbonic

Car‐bon″ic (?), a. [Cf. F. carbonique. See Carbon.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, carbon; as, carbonic oxide.Carbonic acid(Chem.), an acid H2CO3, not existing sep...

1146

Carbonide

Car″bon‐ide (kär″bŏn‐ĭd or –īd), n. A carbide.

1147

Carboniferous

Car′bon‐if″er‐ous (kär′bŏn‐ĭf″ẽr‐ŭs), a. [Carbon + -ferous.] Producing or containing carbon or coal.Carboniferous age(Geol.), the age immediately following the Devonian, or Age ...

1148

Carbonite

Car″bon‐ite (?), n. [Carbon + -ite.] 1. An explosive consisting essentially of nitroglycerin, wood meal, and some nitrate, as that of sodium.2. An explosive composed of nitroben...

1149

Carbonization

Car′bon‐i‐za″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. carbonisation.] The act or process of carbonizing.

1150

Carbonize

Car″bon‐ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Carbonized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Carbonizing.] [Cf. F. carboniser.] 1. To convert (an animal or vegetable substance) into a residue of carbon b...

1151

Carbonometer

Car′bon‐om″e‐ter (?), n. [Carbon + -meter.] An instrument for detecting and measuring the amount of carbon which is present, or more esp. the amount of carbon dioxide, by its ac...

1152

Carbonyl

Car″bon‐yl (?), n. [Carbon + -yl.] (Chem.) The radical (CO)′′, occuring, always combined, in many compounds, as the aldehydes, the ketones, urea, carbonyl chloride, etc.☞ Though...

1153

Carborundum

Car′bo‐run″dum (?), [Carbon + corundum.] A beautiful crystalline compound, SiC, consisting of carbon and silicon in combination; carbon silicide. It is made by heating carbon an...

1154

Carborundum cloth

{ Carborundum clothorpaper }. Cloth or paper covered with powdered carborundum.

1155

Carbostyril

Car′bo‐sty″ril (?), n. [Carbon + styrene.] A white crystalline substance, C9H6N.OH, of acid properties derived from one of the amido cinnamic acids.

1156

Carboxide

Car‐box″ide (?), n. [Carbon + oxide.] (Chem.) A compound of carbon and oxygen, as carbonyl, with some element or radical; as, potassium carboxide.Potassium carboxide, a grayish ...

1157

Carboxyl

Car‐box″yl (?), n. [Carbon + oxygen + -yl.] (Chem.) The complex radical, CO.OH, regarded as the essential and characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as for...

1158

Carboy

Car″boy (?), n. [Cf. Ir. & Gael carb basket; or Pers qurābah a sort of bottle.] A large, globular glass bottle, esp. one of green glass, inclosed in basket work or in a box, for...

1159

Carbuncle

Car″bun‐cle (?), n. [L. carbunculus a little coal, a bright kind of precious stone, a kind of tumor, dim. of carbo coal: cf. F. carboncle. See Carbon.]1. (Min.) A beautiful gem ...

1160

Carbuncled

Car″bun‐cled (?), a. 1. Set with carbuncles.He has deserves it, were it carbuncledLike holy Phabus' car.Shak.2. Affected with a carbuncle or carbuncles; marked with red sores; p...

1161

Carbuncular

Car‐bun″cu‐lar (?), a. Belonging to a carbuncle; resembling a carbuncle; red; inflamed.