Carnality Car·nal"i·ty noun [ Latin
carnalitas .]
The state of being carnal; fleshly lust, or the indulgence of lust; grossness of mind. Because of the carnality of their hearts.
Tillotson.
Carnalize Car"nal·ize transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Carnalized ;
present participle & verbal noun Carnalizing .]
To make carnal; to debase to carnality. A sensual and carnalized spirit.
John Scott.
Carnallite Car"nal·lite noun [ German
carnallit , from Von
Carnall , a Prussian.]
(Min.) A hydrous chloride of potassium and magnesium, sometimes found associated with deposits of rock salt.
Carnally Car"nal·ly adverb According to the flesh, to the world, or to human nature; in a manner to gratify animal appetites and lusts; sensually. For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
Rom. viii. 6.
Carnary Car"na·ry noun [ Latin
carnarium , from
caro ,
carnis , flesh.]
A vault or crypt in connection with a church, used as a repository for human bones disintered from their original burial places; a charnel house.
Carnassial Car·nas"si·al adjective [ Confer French
carnassier carnivorous, and Latin
caro ,
carnis , flesh.]
(Anat.) Adapted to eating flesh. --
noun A carnassial tooth; especially, the last premolar in many carnivores.
Carnate Car"nate adjective [ Latin
carnatus fleshy.]
Invested with, or embodied in, flesh.
Carnation Car·na"tion noun [ French
carnation the flesh tints in a painting, It
carnagione , from Latin
carnatio fleshiness, from
caro ,
carnis , flesh. See
Carnal .]
1. The natural color of flesh; rosy pink. Her complexion of the delicate carnation .
Ld. Lytton.
2. plural (Paint.) Those parts of a picture in which the human body or any part of it is represented in full color; the flesh tints. The flesh tints in painting are termed carnations .
Fairholt.
3. (Botany) A species of Dianthus ( D. Caryophyllus ) or pink, having very beautiful flowers of various colors, esp. white and usually a rich, spicy scent.
Carnationed Car·na"tioned adjective Having a flesh color.
Carnauba Car·nau"ba noun (Botany) The Brazilian wax palm. See Wax palm .
Carnelian Car·nel"ian noun [ For
carnelian ; influenced by Latin
carneus fleshy, of flesh, because of its flesh red color. See
Cornellan .]
(Min.) A variety of chalcedony, of a clear, deep red, flesh red, or reddish white color. It is moderately hard, capable of a good polish, and often used for seals.
Carneous Car"ne·ous adjective [ Latin
carneus , from
caro ,
carnis , flesh.]
Consisting of, or like, flesh; carnous; fleshy. "
Carneous fibers."
Ray.
Carney Car"ney noun [ Confer Latin
carneus flesh.]
(Far.) A disease of horses, in which the mouth is so furred that the afflicted animal can not eat.
Carnic Car"nic adjective [ Latin
caro ,
carnis , flesh.]
Of or pertaining to flesh; specif.
(Physiol. Chem.) ,
pertaining to or designating a hydroscopic monobasic acid, C 10 H 15 O 5 N 3 , obtained as a cleavage product from an acid of muscle tissue.
Carnifex Car"ni·fex noun [ Latin , from
caro ,
carnis , flesh +
facere to make.]
(Antiq.) The public executioner at Rome, who executed persons of the lowest rank; hence, an executioner or hangman.
Carnification Car`ni·fi·ca"tion noun [ Confer French
carnification .]
The act or process of turning to flesh, or to a substance resembling flesh.
Carnify Car"ni·fy intransitive verb [ Late Latin
carnificare , from Latin
caro ,
carnis , flesh +
facere to make: confer French
carnifier .]
To form flesh; to become like flesh. Sir M. Hale.
Carnin Car"nin noun [ Latin
caro ,
canis , flesh.]
(Chemistry) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, found in extract of meat, and related to xanthin.
Carnival Car"ni·val noun [ Italian
carnevale , probably for older
carnelevale , prop., the putting away of meat; from Latin
caro ,
carnis , flesh +
levare to take away, lift up, from
levis light.]
1. A festival celebrated with merriment and revelry in Roman Gatholic countries during the week before Lent, esp. at Rome and Naples, during a few days (three to ten) before Lent, ending with Shrove Tuesday. The carnival at Venice is everywhere talked of.
Addison.
2. Any merrymaking, feasting, or masquerading, especially when overstepping the bounds of decorum; a time of riotous excess. Tennyson. He saw the lean dogs beneath the wall
Hold o'er the dead their carnival
Byron.
Carnivora Car·niv"o·ra noun plural [ New Latin , neut. plural from Latin
carnivorus . See
Carnivorous .]
(Zoology) An order of Mammallia including the lion, tiger, wolf bear, seal, etc. They are adapted by their structure to feed upon flesh, though some of them, as the bears, also eat vegetable food. The teeth are large and sharp, suitable for cutting flesh, and the jaws powerful.
Carnivoracity Car·niv`o·rac"i·ty noun Greediness of appetite for flesh. [ Sportive.]
Pope.
Carnivore Car`ni·vore noun [ Confer French
carnivore .]
(Zoology) One of the Carnivora .
Carnivorous Car·niv"o·rous adjective [ Latin
carnivorus ;
caro ,
carnis , flesh +
varare to devour.]
Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food; (c) to substances which destroy animal tissue, as caustics.
Carnose, Carnous Car·nose, Car"·nous adjective [ Latin
carnosus , from
caro ,
carnis , flesh: confer Old French
carneux , French
charneux .]
1. Of or pertaining to flesh; fleshy. A distinct carnose muscle.
Ray.
2. (Botany) Of a fleshy consistence; -- applied to succulent leaves, stems, etc.
Carnosity Car·nos"i·ty noun [ Confer French
carnosité .]
1. (Medicine) A fleshy excrescence; esp. a small excrescence or fungous growth. Wiseman. 2. Fleshy substance or quality; fleshy covering. [ Consciences] overgrown with so hard a carnosity .
Spelman.
The olives, indeed be very small there, and bigger than capers; yet commended they are for their carnosity .
Holland.
Carnot's cycle Car`not's" cy"cle [ After N. Latin S. Carnot , French physicist.] (Thermodynamics) An ideal heat-engine cycle in which the working fluid goes through the following four successive operations: (1) Isothermal expansion to a desired point; (2) adiabatic expansion to a desired point; (3) isothermal compression to such a point that (4) adiabatic compression brings it back to its initial state.
Carob Car"ob noun [ Confer French
caroube fruit of the carob tree, Spanish
garrobo ,
al-garrobo , carob tree, from Arabic
kharrūb , Persian
Kharnūb . Confer
Clgaroba .]
1. (Botany) An evergreen leguminous tree ( Ceratania Siliqua ) found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean; the St. John's bread; -- called also carob tree . 2. One of the long, sweet, succulent, pods of the carob tree, which are used as food for animals and sometimes eaten by man; -- called also St. John's bread , carob bean , and algaroba bean .
Caroche Ca·roche" noun [ Old French
carrache , French
carrose from Italian
carrocio ,
carrozza , from
carro , Latin
carus . See
Car .]
A kind of pleasure carriage; a coach. [ Obsolete]
To mount two-wheeled caroches .
Butler.
Caroched Ca·roched" adjective Placed in a caroche. [ Obsolete]
Beggary rides caroched .
Massenger.
Caroigne Car"oigne noun [ See
Carrion .]
Dead body; carrion. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer.
Carol Car"ol noun [ Old French
carole a kind of dance wherein many dance together, from
caroler to dance; perhaps from Celtic; confer Armor.
koroll , noun ,
korolla ,
korolli , v., Ir.
car music, turn, circular motion, also Latin
choraula a flute player,
charus a dance, chorus, choir.]
1. A round dance. [ Obsolete]
Chaucer. 2. A song of joy, exultation, or mirth; a lay. The costly feast, the carol , and the dance.
Dryden
It was the carol of a bird.
Byron.
3. A song of praise of devotion; as, a Christmas or Easter carol . Heard a carol , mournful, holy.
Tennyson.
In the darkness sing your carol of high praise.
Keble.
4. Joyful music, as of a song. I heard the bells on Christmans Day
Their old, familiar carol play.
Longfellow.
Carol Car"ol transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Caroled , or
Carolled ;
present participle & verbal noun Caroling , or
Carolling .]
1. To praise or celebrate in song. The Shepherds at their festivals
Carol her goodness.
Milton.
2. To sing, especially with joyful notes. Hovering swans . . . carol sounds harmonious.
Prior.
Carol Car"ol intransitive verb To sing; esp. to sing joyfully; to warble. And carol of love's high praise.
Spenser.
The gray linnets carol from the hill.
Beattie.
Carol, Carrol Car"ol, Car"rol noun [ Old French
carole a sort of circular space, or carol.]
(Architecture) A small closet or inclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study. The word was used as late as the 16th century. A bay window may thus be called a carol .
Parker.
Carolin Car"o·lin noun [ Latin
Carolus Charles.]
A former gold coin of Germany worth nearly five dollars; also, a gold coin of Sweden worth nearly five dollars.
Carolina pink Car`o·li"na pink` (Botany) See Pinkboot .
Caroline Car"o·line noun A coin. See Carline .
Caroling Car"ol·ing noun A song of joy or devotion; a singing, as of carols. Coleridge. Such heavenly notes and carolings .
Spenser.
Carolinian Car`o·lin"i·an noun A native or inhabitant of north or South Carolina.
Carolitic Car`o·lit"ic adjective (Architecture) Adorned with sculptured leaves and branches.
Carolus Car"o·lus noun ;
plural English
Caroluses , Latin
Caroli . [ Latin , Charles.]
An English gold coin of the value of twenty or twenty-three shillings. It was first struck in the reign of Charles I. Told down the crowns and Caroluses .
Macawlay.
Carom Car"om noun [ Prob. corrupted from French
carumboler to carom,
carambolage a carom,
carambole the red ball in billiards.]
(Billiards) A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball. In England it is called cannon .
Carom Car"om intransitive verb (Billiards) To make a carom.
Caromel Car"o·mel noun See Caramel .
Caroteel Car`o·teel" noun (Com.) A tierce or cask for dried fruits, etc., usually about 700 lbs. Simmonds.
Carotic Ca·rot"ic adjective [ Greek ... stupefying. See
Carotid .]
1. Of or pertaining to stupor; as, a carotic state. 2. (Anat.) Carotid; as, the carotic arteries.
Carotid Ca·rot"id noun [ Greek ..., plural, from ... heavy sleep: confer French
carotide . The early Greeks believed that these arteries in some way caused drowsiness.]
(Anat.) One of the two main arteries of the neck, by which blood is conveyed from the aorta to the head. [ See Illust. of Aorta .]
Carotid, Carotidal Ca·rot"id, Ca·rot"id·al adjective (Anat.) Pertaining to, or near, the carotids or one of them; as, the carotid gland.
Carotin Ca·ro"tin noun (Chemistry) A red crystallizable tasteless substance, extracted from the carrot.
Carotte Ca`rotte" noun [ French, prop., carrot.]
A cylindrical roll of tobacco; as, a carotte of perique.
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