Webster's Dictionary 1913

1432

Cartel (2)

Car″tel (?), v. t. To defy or challenge.You shall cartel him.B. Jonson.

1433

Carter

Cart″er (?), n. 1. A charioteer. Chaucer.2. A man who drives a cart; a teamster.3. (Zoöl.) (a) Any species of Phalangium; — also called harvestman. (b) A British fish; the whiff.

1434

Cartesian

Car‐te″sian (?), a. [From Renatus Cartesius, Latinized from of René Descartes: cf. F. cartésien.] Of or pertaining to the French philosopher René Descartes, or his philosophy.Th...

1435

Cartesian (2)

Car‐te″sian, n. An adherent of Descartes.

1436

Cartesianism

Car‐te″sian‐ism, n. The philosophy of Descartes.

1437

Carthaginian

Car′tha‐gin″i‐an, a. Of a pertaining to ancient Carthage, a city of northern Africa. — n. A native or inhabitant of Carthage.

1438

Carthamin

Car″tha‐min (?), n.(Chem.) A red coloring matter obtained from the safflower, or Carthamus tinctorius.

1439

Carthusian

Car‐thu″sian (?), n. [LL. Cartusianus, Cartusiensis, from the town of Chartreuse, in France.] (Eccl. Hist.) A member of an exceeding austere religious order, founded at Chartreu...

1440

Carthusian (2)

Car‐thu″sian, a. Pertaining to the Carthusian.

1441

Cartilage

Car″ti‐lage (?), n. [L. cartilago; cf. F. cartilage.] (Anat.) A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle.☞ Cartilage contains no vessels, and consists of a homogeneous, intercellula...

1442

Cartilagineous

Car′ti‐la‐gin″e‐ous (?), a. [L. cartilageneus.] See Cartilaginous. Ray.

1443

Cartilaginification

Car′ti‐la‐gin′i‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n. [L. cartilago, -laginis, cartilage + facere to make.] The act or process of forming cartilage. Wright.

1444

Cartilaginous

Car′ti‐lag″i‐nous (?), a. [L. cartilaginosus: cf. F. cartilagineux.] 1. Of or pertaining to cartilage; gristly; firm and tough like cartilage.2. (Zoöl.) Having the skeleton in t...

1445

Cartist

Car″tist (?), n. [Sp. cartista, fr. carta paper, document (cf. Pg. carta). See Charta; cf. Chartist.] In Spain and Portugal, one who supports the constitution.

1446

Cartman

Cart″man (?), n.; pl.Cartmen (�). One who drives or uses a cart; a teamster; a carter.

1447

Cartogram

Car″to‐gram (?), n. [F. cartogramme.] A map showing geographically, by shades or curves, statistics of various kinds; a statistical map.

1448

Cartographer

Car‐tog″ra‐pher (?), n. One who makes charts or maps.

1449

Cartographic

{ Car′to‐graph″ic (?), Car′to‐graph″ic‐al (?) }, a. Of or pertaining to cartography.

1450

Cartographically

Car′to‐graph″ic‐al‐ly, adv. By cartography.

1451

Cartography

Car‐tog″ra‐phy (?), n. [Cf. F. cartographie. See Card, and -graphy.] The art or business of forming charts or maps.

1452

Cartomancy

Car″to‐man′cy (?), n. [Cf. F. cartomancie. See Card, and -mancy.] The art of telling fortunes with cards.

1453

Carton

Car″ton (kär″tŏn), n. [F. See Cartoon.] Pasteboard for paper boxes; also, a pasteboard box.‖Carton pierre (�), a species of papier-maché, imitating stone or bronze sculpture. Kn...

1454

Cartoon

Car‐toon″ (?), n. [F. carton (cf. It. cartone pasteboard, cartoon); fr. L. charta. See 1st card.]1. A design or study drawn of the full size, to serve as a model for transferrin...

1455

Cartoonist

Car‐toon″ist, n. One skilled in drawing cartoons.

1456

Cartouch

Car‐touch″ (?), n.; pl.Cartouches (#). [F. cartouche, It. cartuccia, cartoccio, cornet, cartouch, fr. L. charta paper. See 1st Card, and cf. Cartridge.]1. (Mil.) (a) A roll or c...

1457

Cartridge

Car″tridge (kär″trĭj), n. [Formerly cartrage, corrupted fr. F. cartouche. See Cartouch.] (Mil.) A complete charge for a firearm, contained in, or held together by, a case, capsu...

1458

Cartulary

Car″tu‐la‐ry (?), n.; pl.Cartularies. [LL. cartularium, chartularium, fr. L. charta paper: cf. F. cartulaire. See 1st Card.]1. A register, or record, as of a monastery or church...