Webster's Dictionary 1913

1189

Cardamine

Car″da‐mine (?), n. [L. cardamina, Gr. �: cf. F. cardamine.] (Bot.) A genus of cruciferous plants, containing the lady's-smock, cuckooflower, bitter cress, meadow cress, etc.

1190

Cardamom

Car″da‐mom (kär″dȧ‐mŭm), n. [L. cardamomun, Gr. καρδάμωμον] 1. The aromatic fruit, or capsule with its seeds, of several plants of the Ginger family growing in the East Indies a...

1191

Cardboard

Card″board′ (kärd″bōrd′), n. A stiff compact pasteboard of various qualities, for making cards, etc., often having a polished surface.

1192

Cardcase

Card″case′ (kärd″kās′), n. A case for visiting cards.

1193

Cardecu

Car″de‐cu (kär″dē̍‐kū̍), n. [Corrupt, from F. quart d'écu.] A quarter of a crown.The bunch of them were not worth a cardecu.Sir W. Scott.

1194

Carder

Card″er (?), n. One who, or that which cards wool flax, etc. Shak.

1195

Cardia

Car″di‐a (?), n.(Anat.) (a) The heart. (b) The anterior or cardiac orifice of the stomach, where the esophagus enters it.

1196

Cardiac

Car″di‐ac (?), a. [L. cardiacus, Gr. �, fr. � heart: cf. F. cardiaque.] 1. (Anat.) Pertaining to, resembling, or hear the heart; as, the cardiac arteries; the cardiac, or left, ...

1197

Cardiac (2)

Car″di‐acn.(Med.) A medicine which excites action in the stomach; a cardial.

1198

Cardiacal

Car‐di″a‐cal (?), a. Cardiac.

1199

Cardiacle

Car″di‐a‐cle (?), n. A pain about the heart. Chaucer.

1200

Cardiagraph

Car″di‐a‐graph (?), n. See Cardiograph.

1201

Cardialgla

{ ‖Car′di‐al″gl‐a (?), Car″di‐al′gy (?), } n. [NL. cardialgia, fr. Gr. �; � heart + � pain: cf. F. cardialgie.] (Med.) A burning or gnawing pain, or feeling of distress, referre...

1202

Cardigan jacket

Car″di‐gan jack′et (#). [From the Earl of Cardigan, who was famous in the Crimean campaign of 1854-55.] A warm jacket of knit worsted with or without sleeves.

1203

Cardinal

Car″di‐nal (?), a. [L. cardinalis, fr. cardo the hinge of a door, that on which a thing turns or depends: cf. F. cardinal.] Of fundamental importance; preëminent; superior; chie...

1204

Cardinal (2)

Car″di‐nal, n. [F. carinal, It. cardinale, LL. cardinalis (ecclesiæ Romanæ). See Cardinal, a.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) One of the ecclesiastical princes who constitute the pope's council...

1205

Cardinalate

Car″di‐nal‐ate (?), n. [Cf. F. cardinalat, LL. cardinalatus.] The office, rank, or dignity of a cardinal.

1206

Cardinalize

Car″di‐nal‐ize (?), v. t. To exalt to the office of a cardinal. Sheldon.

1207

Cardinalship

Car″di‐nal‐ship, n. The condition, dignity, of office of a cardinal

1208

Carding

Card″ing (?), a. 1. The act or process of preparing staple for spinning, etc., by carding it. See the Note under Card, v. t.2. A roll of wool or other fiber as it comes from the...

1209

Cardiogram

Car″di‐o‐gram′ (?), n. [Gr. � heart + -gram.] (Physiol.) The curve or tracing made by a cardiograph.

1210

Cardiograph

Car″di‐o‐graph (?), n. [Gr. καρδία heart + -graph.] (Med.) An instrument which, when placed in contact with the chest, will register graphically the comparative duration and int...

1211

Cardiographic

Car′di‐o‐graph″ic (?), a.(Physiol.) Of or pertaining to, or produced by, a cardiograph.

1212

Cardiography

Car′di‐og″ra‐phy (?), n. 1. Description of the heart.2. (Physiol.) Examination by the cardiograph.

1213

Cardioid

Car″di‐oid (?), n. [Gr. καρδιο-ειδήσ heart-shaped; καρδία heart + εἰ̑δοσ shape.] (Math.) An algebraic curve, so called from its resemblance to a heart.

1214

Cardioinhibitory

Car′di‐o‐in‐hib″i‐to‐ry (?), a.(Physiol.) Checking or arresting the heart's action.

1215

Cardiolgy

Car′di‐ol″‐gy (?), n. [Gr. καρδία heart + -ology.] The science which treats of the heart and its functions.