Webster's Dictionary 1913

1324

Carnose

{ Car‐nose (?), Car″‐nous } (?), a. [L. carnosus, fr. caro, carnis, flesh: cf. OF. carneux, F. charneux.] 1. Of or pertaining to flesh; fleshy.A distinct carnose muscle.Ray.2. (...

1325

Carnosity

Car‐nos″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. carnosité.]1. (Med.) A fleshy excrescence; esp. a small excrescence or fungous growth. Wiseman.2. Fleshy substance or quality; fleshy covering.overg...

1326

Carnot's cycle

Car′not's″ cy″cle (?). [After N. L. S. Carnot, French physicist.] (Thermodynamics) An ideal heat-engine cycle in which the working fluid goes through the following four successi...

1327

Carob

Car″ob (?), n. [Cf. F. caroube fruit of the carob tree, Sp. garrobo, al-garrobo, carob tree, fr. Ar. kharrūb, Per. Kharnūb. Cf. Clgaroba.] 1. (Bot.) An evergreen leguminous tree...

1328

Caroche

Ca‐roche″ (?), n. [OF. carrache, F. carrose from It. carrocio, carrozza, fr. carro, L. carus. See Car.] A kind of pleasure carriage; a coach.To mount two-wheeled caroches.Butler.

1329

Caroched

Ca‐roched″ (?), a. Placed in a caroche.Beggary rides caroched.Massenger.

1330

Caroigne

Car″oigne (?), n. [See Carrion.] Dead body; carrion. Chaucer.

1331

Carol

Car″ol (?), n. [OF. carole a kind of dance wherein many dance together, fr. caroler to dance; perh. from Celtic; cf. Armor. koroll, n., korolla, korolli, v., Ir. car music, turn...

1332

Carol (2)

Car″ol (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Caroled (?), or Carolled; p. pr. & vb. n.Caroling, or Carolling.]1. To praise or celebrate in song.The Shepherds at their festivalsCarol her goodn...

1333

Carol (3)

Car″ol, v. i. To sing; esp. to sing joyfully; to warble.And carol of love's high praise.Spenser.The gray linnets carol from the hill.Beattie.

1334

Carol (4)

{ Car″ol, Car″rol }, n. [OF. carole a sort of circular space, or carol.] (Arch.) A small closet or inclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study. The w...

1335

Carolin

Car″o‐lin (?), n. [L. Carolus Charles.] A former gold coin of Germany worth nearly five dollars; also, a gold coin of Sweden worth nearly five dollars.

1336

Carolina pink

Car′o‐li″na pink′ (?). (Bot.) See Pinkboot.

1337

Caroline (2)

Car″o‐line (?), n. A coin. See Carline.

1338

Caroling

Car″ol‐ing (?), n. A song of joy or devotion; a singing, as of carols. Coleridge.Such heavenly notes and carolings.Spenser.

1339

Carolinian

Car′o‐lin″i‐an (?), n. A native or inhabitant of north or South Carolina.

1340

Carolitic

Car′o‐lit″ic (?), a.(Arch.) Adorned with sculptured leaves and branches.

1341

Carolus

Car″o‐lus (?), n.; pl. E. Caroluses (#), L. Caroli (#). An English gold coin of the value of twenty or twenty-three shillings. It was first struck in the reign of Charles I.Told...

1342

Carom

Car″om (?), n. [Prob. corrupted fr. F. carumboler to carom, carambolage a carom, carambole the red ball in billiards.] (Billiards) A shot in which the ball struck with the cue c...

1343

Carom (2)

Car″om, v. i.(Billiards) To make a carom.

1344

Caromel

Car″o‐mel (?), n. See Caramel.

1345

Caroteel

Car′o‐teel″ (?), n.(Com.) A tierce or cask for dried fruits, etc., usually about 700 lbs. Simmonds.

1346

Carotic

Ca‐rot″ic (?), a. [Gr. � stupefying. See Carotid.] 1. Of or pertaining to stupor; as, a carotic state.2. (Anat.) Carotid; as, the carotic arteries.

1347

Carotid

Ca‐rot″id (?), n. [Gr. �, pl., from � heavy sleep: cf. F. carotide. The early Greeks believed that these arteries in some way caused drowsiness.] (Anat.) One of the two main art...

1348

Carotid (2)

{ Ca‐rot″id (?), Ca‐rot″id‐al (?), } a.(Anat.) Pertaining to, or near, the carotids or one of them; as, the carotid gland.

1349

Carotin

Ca‐ro″tin (?), n.(Chem.) A red crystallizable tasteless substance, extracted from the carrot.

1350

Carotte

‖Ca′rotte″ (?), n. A cylindrical roll of tobacco; as, a carotte of perique.