Cardialgla, Cardialgy Car`di·al"gl·a, Car"di·al`gy noun [ New Latin cardialgia , from Greek ...; ... heart + ... pain: confer French cardialgie .] (Medicine) A burning or gnawing pain, or feeling of distress, referred to the region of the heart, accompanied with cardiac palpitation; heartburn. It is usually a symptom of indigestion.

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.

Cardinal Car"di·nal adjective [ Latin cardinalis , from cardo the hinge of a door, that on which a thing turns or depends: confer French cardinal .] Of fundamental importance; preëminent; superior; chief; principal.

The cardinal intersections of the zodiac.
Sir T. Browne.

Impudence is now a cardinal virtue.
Drayton.

But cardinal sins, and hollow hearts, I fear ye.
Shak.

Cardinal numbers , the numbers one, two, three, etc., in distinction from first , second , third , etc., which are called ordinal numbers . -- Cardinal points (a) (Geol.) The four principal points of the compass, or intersections of the horizon with the meridian and the prime vertical circle, north, south east, and west. (b) (Astrol.) The rising and setting of the sun, the zenith and nadir. -- Cardinal signs (Astron.) Aries, Libra, Cancer, and Capricorn. -- Cardinal teeth (Zoology) , the central teeth of bivalve shell. See Bivalve . -- Cardinal veins (Anat.) , the veins in vertebrate embryos, which run each side of the vertebral column and returm the blood to the heart. They remain through life in some fishes. -- Cardinal virtues , preëminent virtues; among the ancients, prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude. -- Cardinal winds , winds which blow from the cardinal points due north, south, east, or west.

Cardinal Car"di·nal noun [ French carinal , Italian cardinale , Late Latin cardinalis (ecclesiæ Romanæ). See Cardinal , adjective ] 1. (R. C. Ch.) One of the ecclesiastical princes who constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college.

The clerics of the supreme Chair are called Cardinals , as undoubtedly adhering more nearly to the hinge by which all things are moved.
Pope Leo IX.

» The cardinals are appointed by the pope. Since the time of Sixtus V., their number can never exceed seventy (six of episcopal rank, fifty priests, fourteen deacons), and the number of cardinal priests and deacons is seldom full. When the papel chair is vacant a pope is elected by the college of cardinals from among themselves. The cardinals take precedence of all dignitaries except the pope. The principal parts of a cardinal's costume are a red cassock, a rochet, a short purple mantle, and a red hat with a small crown and broad brim, with cords and tessels of a special pattern hanging from it.

2. A woman's short cloak with a hood.

Where's your cardinal ! Make haste.
Lloyd.

3. Mulled red wine. Hotten.

Cardinal bird , or Cardinal grosbeak (Zoology) , an American song bird ( Cardinalis cardinalis , or C. Virginianus ), of the family Fringillidæ , or finches having a bright red plumage, and a high, pointed crest on its head. The males have loud and musical notes resembling those of a fife. Other related species are also called cardinal birds . -- Cardinal flower (Botany) , an herbaceous plant ( Lobelia cardinalis ) bearing brilliant red flowers of much beauty. -- Cardinal red , a color like that of a cardinal's cassock, hat, etc.; a bright red, darker than scarlet, and between scarlet and crimson.

Cardinalate Car"di·nal·ate noun [ Confer French cardinalat , Late Latin cardinalatus .] The office, rank, or dignity of a cardinal.

Cardinalize Car"di·nal·ize transitive verb To exalt to the office of a cardinal. Sheldon.

Cardinalship Car"di·nal·ship noun The condition, dignity, of office of a cardinal

Carding Card"ing adjective 1. The act or process of preparing staple for spinning, etc., by carding it. See the Note under Card , transitive verb

2. A roll of wool or other fiber as it comes from the carding machine.

Carding engine , Carding machine , a machine for carding cotton, wool, or other fiber, by subjecting it to the action of cylinders, or drum covered with wire-toothed cards, revoling nearly in contact with each other, at different rates of speed, or in opposite directions. The staple issues in soft sheets, or in slender rolls called sivers .

Cardiogram Car"di·o·gram` noun [ Greek ... heart + -gram .] (Physiol.) The curve or tracing made by a cardiograph.

Cardiograph Car"di·o·graph noun [ Greek kardi`a heart + -graph .] (Medicine) An instrument which, when placed in contact with the chest, will register graphically the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements.

Cardiographic Car`di·o·graph"ic adjective (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to, or produced by, a cardiograph.

Cardiography Car`di·og"ra·phy noun 1. Description of the heart.

2. (Physiol.) Examination by the cardiograph.

Cardioid Car"di·oid noun [ Greek kardio-eidh`s heart-shaped; kardi`a heart + e'i^dos shape.] (Math.) An algebraic curve, so called from its resemblance to a heart.

Cardioinhibitory Car`di·o·in·hib"i·to·ry adjective (Physiol.) Checking or arresting the heart's action.

Cardiolgy Car`di·ol"·gy noun [ Greek kardi`a heart + -ology .] The science which treats of the heart and its functions.

Cardiometry Car`di·om"e·try noun [ Greek ... heart + -metry .] (Medicine) Measurement of the heart, as by percussion or auscultation.

Cardiosclerosis Car"di·o·scle·ro"sis noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... heart + sclerosis .] Induration of the heart, caused by development of fibrous tissue in the cardiac muscle.

Cardiosphygmograph Car`di·o·sphyg"mo·graph noun A combination of cardiograph and sphygmograph.

Carditis Car·di"tis noun [ New Latin , from Greek kardi`a heart + -itis : confer French cardite .] (Med) Inflammation of the fleshy or muscular substance of the heart. See Endocarditis and Pericarditis . Dunglison.

Cardo Car"do (kär"do) noun ; plural Cardines .) [ Latin , a hinge.] (Zoology) (a) The basal joint of the maxilla in insects. (b) The hinge of a bivalve shell.

Cardol Car"dol (kär"dōl) noun [ New Latin Ana card ium generic name of the cashew + Latin oleum oil.] (Chemistry) A yellow oily liquid, extracted from the shell of the cashew nut.

Cardoon Car·doon" (kär*dōn") noun [ French cardon . The same word as French cardon thistle, from Latin carduus , cardus , Late Latin cardo . See 3d Card .] (Botany) A large herbaceous plant ( Cynara Cardunculus ) related to the artichoke; -- used in cookery and as a salad.

Care Care (kâr) noun [ Anglo-Saxon caru , cearu ; akin to Old Saxon kara sorrow, Goth. kara , OHG chara , lament, and perhaps to Greek gh^rys voice. Not akin to cure . Confer Chary .] 1. A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye,
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie.
Shak.

2. Charge, oversight, or management, implying responsibility for safety and prosperity.

The care of all the churches.
2 Cor. xi. 28.

Him thy care must be to find.
Milton.

Perplexed with a thousand cares .
Shak.

3. Attention or heed; caution; regard; heedfulness; watchfulness; as, take care ; have a care .

I thank thee for thy care and honest pains.
Shak.

4. The object of watchful attention or anxiety.

Right sorrowfully mourning her bereaved cares .
Spenser.

Syn. -- Anxiety; solicitude; concern; caution; regard; management; direction; oversight. -- Care , Anxiety , Solicitude , Concern . These words express mental pain in different degress. Care belongs primarily to the intellect, and becomes painful from overburdened thought. Anxiety denotes a state of distressing uneasiness fron the dread of evil. Solicitude expresses the same feeling in a diminished degree. Concern is opposed to indifference , and implies exercise of anxious thought more or less intense. We are careful about the means, solicitous and anxious about the end; we are solicitous to obtain a good, anxious to avoid an evil.

Care Care intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Cared ; present participle & verbal noun Caring .] [ Anglo-Saxon cearian . See Care , noun ] To be anxious or solicitous; to be concerned; to have regard or interest; -- sometimes followed by an objective of measure.

I would not care a pin, if the other three were in.
Shak.

Master, carest thou not that we perish?
Mark. iv. 38.

To care for . (a) To have under watchful attention; to take care of. (b) To have regard or affection for; to like or love.

He cared not for the affection of the house.
Tennyson.

Care-tuned Care"-tuned adjective Weary; mournful. Shak.

Careen Ca·reen" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Careened ; present participle & verbal noun Careening .] [ Old French cariner , French caréner , from Old French carène , the bottom of a ship, keel, from Latin carina .] (Nautical) To cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on one side, leaving the other side out of water and accessible for repairs below the water line; to case to be off the keel.

Careen Ca·reen" intransitive verb To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel.

Careenage Ca·reen"age noun [ Confer French carénage .] (Nautical) (a) Expense of careening ships. (b) A place for careening.

Career Ca·reer" noun [ French carrière race course, high road, street, from Latin carrus wagon. See Car .] 1. A race course: the ground run over.

To go back again the same career .
Sir P. Sidney.

2. A running; full speed; a rapid course.

When a horse is running in his full career .
Wilkins.

3. General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part or calling in life, or in some special undertaking; usually applied to course or conduct which is of a public character; as, Washington's career as a soldier.

An impartial view of his whole career .
Macaulay.

4. (Falconry) The flight of a hawk.

Career Ca·reer" intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Careered 3; present participle & verbal noun Careering ] To move or run rapidly.

Careering gayly over the curling waves.
W. Irving.

Careful Care"ful (kâr"ful) adjective [ Anglo-Saxon cearful .] 1. Full of care; anxious; solicitous. [ Archaic]

Be careful [ Rev. Ver. "anxious"] for nothing.
Phil. iv. 6.

The careful plowman doubting stands.
Milton.

2. Filling with care or solicitude; exposing to concern, anxiety, or trouble; painful.

The careful cold beginneth for to creep.
Spenser.

By Him that raised me to this careful height.
Shak.

3. Taking care; giving good heed; watchful; cautious; provident; not indifferent, heedless, or reckless; -- often followed by of , for , or the infinitive; as, careful of money; careful to do right.

Thou hast been careful for us with all this care.
2. Kings iv, 13.

What could a careful father more have done?
Dryden.

Syn. -- Anxious; solicitous; provident; thoughtful; cautious; circumspect; heedful; watchful; vigilant.

Carefully Care"ful·ly adverb In a careful manner.

Carefulness Care"ful·ness noun Quality or state of being careful.

Careless Care"less adjective [ Anglo-Saxon cearleás .] 1. Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted. Spenser.

Sleep she as sound as careless infancy.
Shak.

2. Having no care; not taking ordinary or proper care; negligent; unconcerned; heedless; inattentive; unmindful; regardless.

My brother was too careless of his charge.
Shak.

He grew careless of himself.
Steele.

3. Without thought or purpose; without due care; without attention to rule or system; unstudied; inconsiderate; spontaneous; rash; as, a careless throw; a careless expression.

He framed the careless rhyme.
Beattie.

4. Not receiving care; uncared for. [ R.]

Their many wounds and careless harms.
Spenser.

Syn. -- Negligent; heedless; thoughtless; unthinking; inattentive; incautious; remiss; supine; forgetful; regardless; inconsiderate; listless.

Carelessly Care"less·ly adverb In a careless manner.

Carelessness Care"less·ness noun The quality or state of being careless; heedlessness; negligence; inattention.

Carene Ca·rene" noun [ Late Latin carena , corrupted from quarentena . See Quarantine .] (Ecol.) A fast of forty days on bread and water. [ Obsolete]

Caress Ca·ress" (kȧ*rĕs") noun [ French caresse , Italian carezza , Late Latin caritia dearness, from Latin carus dear. See Charity .] An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness.

Wooed her with his soft caresses .
Langfellow.

He exerted himself to win by indulgence and caresses the hearts of all who were under his command.
Macaulay.

Caress Ca·ress" transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Caressed (-rĕst"); present participle & verbal noun Caressing .] [ French caresser , from Italian carezzare , from carezza caress. See Caress ., noun ] To treat with tokens of fondness, affection, or kindness; to touch or speak to in a loving or endearing manner; to fondle.

The lady caresses the rough bloodhound.
Sir W. Scott.

Syn. -- To fondle; embrace; pet; coddle; court; flatter. -- Caress , Fondle . "We caress by words or actions; we fondle by actions only." Crabb.

Caressingly Ca·ress"ing·ly adverb In caressing manner.

Caret Ca"ret (kā"rĕt or kăr"ĕt) noun [ Latin caret there is wanting, from carere to want.] A mark [ ^] used by writers and proof readers to indicate that something is interlined above, or inserted in the margin, which belongs in the place marked by the caret.

Caret Ca`ret" noun [ French, a species of tortoise.] (Zoology) The hawkbill turtle. See Hawkbill .

Careworn Care"worn` adjective Worn or burdened with care; as, careworn look or face.

Carex Ca"rex noun [ Latin , sedge.] (Botany) A numerous and widely distributed genus of perennial herbaceous plants of the order Cypreaceæ ; the sedges.

Carf Carf (kärf), pret. of Carve . [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Cargason Car"ga·son noun [ French cargaison , Spanish cargazon , Late Latin cargare to load. See rgo .] A cargo. [ Obsolete]

Cargo Car"go noun ; plural Cargoes . [ Spanish cargo , carga , burden, load, from cargar to load, from cargar to load, charge, See Charge .] The lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods, merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load; freight.

Cargoes of food or clothing.
E. Everett.

» The term cargo , in law, is usually applied to goods only, and not to live animals or persons. Burill.

Cargoose Car"goose` noun [ Perh. from Gael. & Ir. cir , cior (pronounced kir, kior), crest, comb + English goose . Confer Crebe .] (Zoology) A species of grebe ( Podiceps crisratus ); the crested grebe.

Çariama Ça`ri·a"ma (sä`re*ȧ"mȧ) noun [ Native name.] (Zoology) A large, long-legged South American bird ( Dicholophus cristatus ) which preys upon snakes, etc. See Seriema .

Carib Car"ib noun ; plural Caries . [ See Cannibal .] (Ethol.) A native of the Caribbee islands or the coasts of the Caribbean sea; esp., one of a tribe of Indians inhabiting a region of South America, north of the Amazon, and formerly most of the West India islands.

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