Carousal
Ca‐rous″al (?), n. [See Carouse, but also cf. F. carrousel tilt.] A jovial feast or festival; a drunken revel; a carouse.The swains were preparing for a carousal.Sterne.Syn. — B...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Carouse
Ca‐rouse″ (kȧ‐rouz″), 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 Yare, an...
Carouse (2)
Ca‐rouse″ (?), 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.He ha...
Carouse (3)
Ca‐rouse″v. t. To drink up; to drain; to drink freely or jovially.Guests carouse the sparkling tears of the rich grape.Denham.Egypt's wanton queen,Carousing gems, herself dissol...
Carouser
Ca‐rous″er (?), n. One who carouses; a reveler.
Carousing
Ca‐rous″ing, a. That carouses; relating to a carouse.
Carousingly
Ca‐rous″ing‐ly, adv. In the manner of a carouser.
Carp
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...
Carp (2)
Carp, v. t. 1. To say; to tell.2. To find fault with; to censure. Dryden.
Carp (3)
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 carpi...
Carpal
Car″pal (?), a. [From Carpus.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the carpus, or wrist. — n. One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; a carpale.Carpal angle(Zoöl.), the angle at t...
Carpale
‖Car‐pa″le (?), 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.
Carpathian
Car‐pa″thi‐an (?), 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.
Carpel
{ Car″pel (kär″pĕl), ‖Car‐pel″lum (–pĕl″lŭm), } n. [NL. carpellum, fr. Gr. καρπόσ fruit.] (Bot.) A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a ...
Carpellary
Car″pel‐la‐ry (?), a.(Bot.) Belonging to, forming, or containing carpels.
Carpenter
Car″pen‐ter (?), 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...
Carpentering
Car″pen‐ter‐ing, n. The occupation or work of a carpenter; the act of working in timber; carpentry.
Carpentry
Car″pen‐try (?), n. [F. charpenterie, OF. also carpenterie. See Carpenter.]1. The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, as in the construction of buildings.2. An assembla...
Carper
Carp″er (?), n. One who carps; a caviler. Shak.
Carpet
Car″pet (kär″pĕt), 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 ...
Carpet (2)
Car″pet, 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.Carpeted temple...
Carpetbag
Car″pet‐bag′ (?), n. A portable bag for travelers; — so called because originally made of carpet.
Carpetbagger
Car″pet‐bag′ger (?), 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 ...
Carpeting
Car″pet‐ing, n. 1. The act of covering with carpets.2. Cloth or materials for carpets; carpets, in general.The floor was covered with rich carpeting.Prescott.
Carpetless
Car″pet‐less, a. Without a carpet.
Carpetmonger
Car″pet‐mon′ger (?), n. 1. One who deals in carpets; a buyer and seller of carpets.2. One fond of pleasure; a gallant. Shak.
Carpetway
Car″pet‐way′ (?), n.(Agric.) A border of greensward left round the margin of a plowed field. Ray.