Caribbean, Caribbee Car`ib·be"an, Car`ib·bee adjective Of or pertaining to the Caribs, to their islands (the eastern and southern West Indies), or to the sea (called the Caribbean sea) lying between those islands and Central America.
Caribbee Car"ib·bee noun A Carib.
Caribe Ca·ri"be noun [ Spanish a cannibal.]
(Zoöl) .
A south American fresh water fish of the genus Serrasalmo of many species, remarkable for its voracity. When numerous they attack man or beast, often with fatal results.
Caribou Car"i·bou (kăr"ĭ*bō)
noun [ Canadian French.]
(Zoology) The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species ( Rangifer Caribou ). Barren Ground caribou .
See under Barren . --
Woodland caribou ,
the common reindeer ( Rangifer Caribou ) of the northern forests of America.
Caricature Car"i·ca·ture noun [ Italian
caricatura , from
caricare to charge, overload, exaggerate. See
Charge ,
transitive verb ]
1. An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture. 2. A picture or other figure or description in which the peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody. [ Formerly written
caricatura .]
The truest likeness of the prince of French literature will be the one that has most of the look of a caricature .
I. Taylor.
A grotesque caricature of virtue.
Macaulay.
Caricature Car"i·ca·ture transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Caricatured ;
present participle & verbal noun Caricaturing .]
To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous exaggeration; to burlesque. He could draw an ill face, or caricature a good one, with a masterly hand.
Lord Lyttelton.
Caricaturist Car"i·ca·tu`rist noun One who caricatures.
Caricous Car"i·cous adjective [ Latin
carica a kind of dry fig.]
Of the shape of a fig; as, a caricous tumor. Graig.
Caries Ca"ri·es noun [ Latin , decay.]
(Medicine) Ulceration of bone; a process in which bone disintegrates and is carried away piecemeal, as distinguished from necrosis , in which it dies in masses.
Carillon Car"il·lon noun [ French
carillon a chime of bells, originally consisting of four bells, as if from . (assumed) Latin
quadrilio , from
quatuer four.]
1. (Mus.) A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clockwork or by finger keys. 2. A tune adapted to be played by musical bells.
Carina Ca·ri"na noun [ Latin , keel.]
1. (Botany) A keel .
(a) That part of a papilionaceous flower, consisting of two petals, commonly united, which incloses the organs of fructification .
(b) A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat. 2. (Zoology) The keel of the breastbone of birds.
Carinaria Car`i·na"ri·a noun [ New Latin , from Latin
carina keel.]
(Zoology) A genus of oceanic heteropod Mollusca, having a thin, glassy, bonnet-shaped shell, which covers only the nucleus and gills.
Carinate, Carinated Car"i·nate, Car"i·na`ted adjective [ Latin
carinatus , from
carina keel.]
Shaped like the keel or prow of a ship; having a carina or keel; as, a carinate calyx or leaf; a carinate sternum (of a bird).
Carinatæ Car`i·na"tæ noun plural [ New Latin , Fem. plural from Latin
carinatus . See
Carinate .]
A grand division of birds, including all existing flying birds; -- So called from the carina or keel on the breastbone.
Cariole Car"i·ole noun [ French
carriole , dim. from Latin
carrus . See
Car , and
Carryall .]
(a) A small, light, open one-horse carriage .
(b) A covered cart .
(c) A kind of calash. See Carryall .
Cariopsis Car`i·op"sis noun See Caryopsis .
Cariosity Ca`ri·os"i·ty noun (Medicine) Caries.
Carious Ca"ri·ous adjective [ Latin
cariosus , from
caries dacay.]
Affected with caries; decaying; as, a carious tooth.
Cark Cark (kärk)
noun [ Middle English
cark , from a dialectic form of French
charge ; confer W.
carc anxiety, care, Arm
karg charge, burden. See
Charge , and confer
Cargo .]
A noxious or corroding care; solicitude; worry. [ Archaic.]
His heavy head, devoid of careful cark .
Spenser.
Fling cark and care aside.
Motherwell.
Freedom from the cares of money and the cark of fashion.
R. D. Blackmore.
Cark Cark (kärk)
intransitive verb To be careful, anxious, solicitous, or troubled in mind; to worry or grieve. [ R.]
Beau. & Fl.
Cark Cark transitive verb To vex; to worry; to make by anxious care or worry. [ R.]
Nor can a man, independently . . . of God's blessing, care and cark himself one penny richer.
South.
Carkanet Car"ka·net noun A carcanet. Southey.
Carking Cark"ing adjective Distressing; worrying; perplexing; corroding; as, carking cares.
Carl Carl noun [ Icel,
karl a male, a man; akin to Anglo-Saxon
ceorl , Old High German charal, German
kerl fellow. See
Churl .] [ Written also
carle .]
1. A rude, rustic man; a churl. The miller was a stout carl .
Chaucer.
2. Large stalks of hemp which bear the seed; -- called also carl hemp . 3. plural A kind of food. See citation, below. Caring or carl are gray steeped in water and fried the next day in butter or fat. They are eaten on the second Sunday before Easter, formerly called Carl Sunday.
Robinson's Whitby Glossary (1875).
Carlin Car"lin noun [ Dim., from
carl male.]
An old woman. [ Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
Carline thistle Car"line this`tle [ French carline , Italian , Spanish , & Portuguese , carlina . Said to be so called from the Emperor Charlemagne, whose army is reputed to have used it as a remedy for pestilence.] (Botany) A prickly plant of the genus Carlina ( C. vulgaris ), found in Europe and Asia.
Carline, Carling Car"line, Car"ling noun [ Confer French
carlingur , Spanish Portuguese , & Italian
carlinga .]
(Nautical) A short timber running lengthwise of a ship, from one transverse desk beam to another; also, one of the cross timbers that strengthen a hath; -- usually in plural
Carline, Caroline Car"line, Car"o·line noun [ French
carin ; confer Italian
carlino ; -- so called from
Carlo (Charles) VI. of Naples.]
A silver coin once current in some parts of Italy, worth about seven cents. Simmonds.
Carlings Car"lings noun plural Same as Carl , 3. Carling Sunday ,
a Sunday in Lent when carls are eaten. In some parts of England, Passion Sunday. See Carl , 4.
Carlist Car"list (kär"lĭst)
noun A partisan of Charles X. of France, or of Don Carlos of Spain.
Carlock Car"lock noun [ French
carlock , from Russian
Karlúk' .]
A sort of Russian isinglass, made from the air bladder of the sturgeon, and used in clarifying wine.
Carlot Car"lot noun [ From
Carl .]
A churl; a boor; a peasant or countryman. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Carlovingian Car`lo·vin"gi·an adjective [ French
Carlovingen .]
Pertaining to, founded by, of descended from, Charlemagne; as, the Carlovingian race of kings.
Carmagnole Car`ma`gnole" noun [ French]
1. A popular or Red Rebublican song and dance, of the time of the first French Revolution. They danced and yelled the carmagnole .
Compton Reade.
2. A bombastic report from the French armies.
Carman Car"man noun ;
plural Carmen A man whose employment is to drive, or to convey goods in, a car or car.
Carmelite Car"mel·ite noun 1. (Eccl. Hist.) A friar of a mendicant order (the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel) established on Mount Carmel, in Syria, in the twelfth century; a White Friar. 2. A nun of the Order of Our lady of Mount Carmel.
Carmelite, Carmelin Car"mel·ite, Car"mel·in adjective Of or pertaining to the order of Carmelites.
Carminated Car"mi·na`ted adjective Of, relating to, or mixed with, carmine; as, carminated lake. Tomlinson.
Carminated Car"mi·nat`ed adjective Of, relating to, or mixed with, carmine; as, carminated lake.
Carminative Car·min"ative adjective [ New Latin
carminativus (1622), from
carminare to card, hence to cleanse, from
carmen a card for freeing wool or flax from the coarser parts, and from extraneous matter: confer French
carminatif .]
Expelling wind from the body; warming; antispasmodic. "
Carminative hot seeds."
Dunglison.
Carminative Car·min"a·tive noun A substance, esp. an aromatic, which tends to expel wind from the alimentary canal, or to relieve colic, griping, or flatulence.
Carmine Car"mine noun [ French
carmin (cf. Spanish
carmin , Italian
carminio ), contr. from Late Latin
carmesinus purple color. See
Crimson .]
1. A rich red or crimson color with a shade of purple. 2. A beautiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared from cochineal, and used in miniature painting. 3. (Chemistry) The essential coloring principle of cochineal, extracted as a purple-red amorphous mass. It is a glucoside and possesses acid properties; -- hence called also carminic acid . Carmine red (Chemistry) ,
a coloring matter obtained from carmine as a purple-red substance, and probably allied to the phthaleïns.
Carminic Car·min"ic adjective Of or pertaining to, or derived from, carmine. Carminic acid .
Same as Carmine , 3.
Carmot Car"mot noun (Alchemy) The matter of which the philosopher's stone was believed to be composed.
Carnage Car"nage noun [ French
carnage , Late Latin
carnaticum tribute of animals, flesh of animals, from Latin
caro ,
carnis , flesh. See
Carnal .]
1. Flesh of slain animals or men. A miltitude of dogs came to feast on the carnage .
Macaulay.
2. Great destruction of life, as in battle; bloodshed; slaughter; massacre; murder; havoc. The more fearful carnage of the Bloody Circuit.
Macaulay.
Carnal Car"nal adjective [ Latin
carnalis , from
caro ,
carnis , flesh; akin to Greek ..., Sanskrit
kravya ; confer French
charnel , Of. also
carnel . Confer
Charnel .]
1. Of or pertaining to the body or its appetites; animal; fleshly; sensual; given to sensual indulgence; lustful; human or worldly as opposed to spiritual . For ye are yet carnal .
1 Cor. iii. 3.
Not sunk in carnal pleasure.
Milton
Carnal desires after miracles.
Trench.
2. Flesh-devouring; cruel; ravenous; bloody. [ Obsolete]
This carnal cur
Preys on the issue of his mother's body.
Shak.
Carnal knowledge ,
sexual intercourse; -- used especially of an unlawful act on the part of the man.
Carnal-minded Car"nal-mind`ed adjective Worldly-minded.
Carnal-mindedness Car"nal-mind"ed·ness noun Grossness of mind.
Carnalism Car"nal·ism noun The state of being carnal; carnality; sensualism. [ R.]
Carnalist Car"nal·ist noun A sensualist. Burton.
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