Car mile
Car mile. (Railroads) A mile traveled by a single car, taken as a unit of computation, as in computing the average travel of each car of a system during a given period.
Diccionario
Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
Buscar
Encontrar una palabra o entrada
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Car mileage
Car mileage. (Railroads) (a) Car miles collectively. (b) The amount paid by one road the use of cars of another road.
Car wheel
Car″ wheel′ (?), A flanged wheel of a railway car or truck.
Carabao
‖Ca′ra‐ba″o (?), n.(Zoöl.) The water buffalo.
Carabid
Car″a‐bid (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Carabus or family Carabidæ. — n. One of the Carabidæ, a family of active insectivorous beetles.
Carabine
Car″a‐bine (kăr″ȧ‐bīn), n.(Mil.) A carbine.
Carabineer
Car′a‐bi‐neer″ (kăr′ȧ‐bĭ‐nēr″), n. A carbineer.
Caraboid
Car″a‐boid (kăr″ȧ‐boid), a. [Carabus + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Like, or pertaining to the genus Carabus.
Carabus
‖Car″a‐bus (kăr″ȧ‐bŭs), n. [NL., fr. Gr. κάραβοσ a horned beetle.] (Zoöl.) A genus of ground beetles, including numerous species. They devour many injurious insects.
Carac
Car″ac (kăr″ăk), n. See Carack.
Caracal
Car″a‐cal (kăr″ȧ‐kăl), n. [F. caracal, fr. Turk qarahqootaq; qarah black + qootaq ear.] (Zoöl.) A lynx (Felis caracal syn. Lynx caracal). It is a native of Africa and Asia. Its ...
Caracara
Ca′ra‐ca″ra (kä′rȧkä″rȧ), n.(Zoöl.) A south American bird of several species and genera, resembling both the eagles and the vultures. The caracaras act as scavengers, and are al...
Carack
Car″ack (?), n. [F. caraque (cf. Sp. & Pg. carraca, It. caracca.), LL. carraca, fr. L. carrus wagon; or perh. fr. Ar. qorqūr (pl. qarāqir) a carack.] (Naut.) A kind of large shi...
Caracole
Car″a‐cole (?), n. [F. caracole, caracol, fr. Sp. caracol snail, winding staircase, a wheeling about.]1. (Man.) A half turn which a horseman makes, either to the right or the le...
Caracole (2)
Car″a‐cole (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Caracoled (?).] [Cf. F. caracoler.] (Man.) To move in a caracole, or in caracoles; to wheel.Prince John caracoled within the lists.Sir W. Scott.
Caracoly
Car″a‐col′y (?), n. An alloy of gold, silver, and copper, of which an inferior quality of jewelry is made.
Caracore
{ Car″a‐core (?), Car″a‐co′ra (?) }, n. [Malay kurakura.] A light vessel or proa used by the people of Borneo, etc., and by the Dutch in the East Indies.
Caracul
Ca′ra‐cul″ (?), n. Var. of Karakul, a kind of fur.
Carafe
‖Ca‐rafe″ (?), n. A glass water bottle for the table or toilet; — called also croft.
Carageen
{ Car″a‐geen′orCar″a‐gheen′ } (?), n. See Carrageen.
Carambola
Ca′ram‐bo″la (?), n.(Bot.) An East Indian tree (Averrhoa Carambola), and its acid, juicy fruit; called also Coromandel gooseberry.
Caramel
Car″a‐mel (?), n. [F. caramel (cf. Sp. caramelo), LL. canna mellis, cannamella, canamella, calamellus mellitus, sugar cane, from or confused with L. canna reed + mel, mellis, ho...
Carangoid
Ca‐ran″goid (?), a. [Caranx + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Belonging to the Carangidæ, a family of fishes allied to the mackerels, and including the caranx, American bluefish, and the pilot f...
Caranx
‖Ca″ranx (kā″răṉks), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of fishes, common on the Atlantic coast, including the yellow or golden mackerel.
Carapace
Car″a‐pace (kăr″ȧ‐pās), n.(Zoöl.) The thick shell or shield which covers the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals.
Carapato
‖Ca′ra‐pa″to (kä′rȧ‐pä″tō̍), n. [Pg. carrapato.] (Zoöl.) A south American tick of the genus Amblyomma. There are several species, very troublesome to man and beast.
Carapax
Car″a‐pax (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Carapace.