Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 19

Card (n.) A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game played with cards.

Card (n.) A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, or the like; as, to put a card in the newspapers. Also, a printed programme, and (fig.), an attraction or inducement; as, this will be a good card for the last day of the fair.

Card (n.) A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass.

Card (n.) A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See Jacquard.

Card (n.) An indicator card. See under Indicator.

Carded (imp. & p. p.) of Card

Carding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Card

Card (v. i.) To play at cards; to game.

Card (n.) An instrument for disentangling and arranging the fibers of cotton, wool, flax, etc.; or for cleaning and smoothing the hair of animals; -- usually consisting of bent wire teeth set closely in rows in a thick piece of leather fastened to a back.

Card (n.) A roll or sliver of fiber (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine.

Card (v. t.) To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding; as, to card wool; to card a horse.

Card (v. t.) To clean or clear, as if by using a card.

Card (v. t.) To mix or mingle, as with an inferior or weaker article.

Cardamine (n.) A genus of cruciferous plants, containing the lady's-smock, cuckooflower, bitter cress, meadow cress, etc.

Cardamom (n.) The aromatic fruit, or capsule with its seeds, of several plants of the Ginger family growing in the East Indies and elsewhere, and much used as a condiment, and in medicine.

Cardamom (n.) A plant which produces cardamoms, esp. Elettaria Cardamomum and several species of Amomum.

Cardboard (n.) A stiff compact pasteboard of various qualities, for making cards, etc., often having a polished surface.

Cardcase (n.) A case for visiting cards.

Cardecu (n.) A quarter of a crown.

Carder (n.) One who, or that which cards wool flax, etc.

Cardia (n.) The heart.

Cardia (n.) The anterior or cardiac orifice of the stomach, where the esophagus enters it.

Cardiac (a.) Pertaining to, resembling, or hear the heart; as, the cardiac arteries; the cardiac, or left, end of the stomach.

Cardiac (a.) Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant.

Cardiac (n.) A medicine which excites action in the stomach; a cardial.

Cardiacal (a.) Cardiac.

Cardiacle (n.) A pain about the heart.

Cardiagraph (n.) See Cardiograph.

Cardialgla (n.) Alt. of Cardialgy

Cardialgy (n.) 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 () A warm jacket of knit worsted with or without sleeves.

Cardinal (a.) Of fundamental importance; preeminent; superior; chief; principal.

Cardinal (a.) One of the ecclesiastical princes who constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college.

Cardinal (a.) A woman's short cloak with a hood.

Cardinal (a.) Mulled red wine.

Cardinalate (n.) The office, rank, or dignity of a cardinal.

Cardinalize (v. t.) To exalt to the office of a cardinal.

Cardinalship (n.) The condition, dignity, of office of a cardinal

Carding (a.) The act or process of preparing staple for spinning, etc., by carding it. See the Note under Card, v. t.

Carding (v. t.) A roll of wool or other fiber as it comes from the carding machine.

Cardiograph (n.) An instrument which, when placed in contact with the chest, will register graphically the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements.

Cardiographic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or produced by, a cardiograph.

Cardioid (n.) An algebraic curve, so called from its resemblance to a heart.

Cardioinhibitory (a.) Checking or arresting the heart's action.

Cardiolgy (n.) The science which treats of the heart and its functions.

Cardiometry (n.) Measurement of the heart, as by percussion or auscultation.

Cardiosphygmograph (n.) A combination of cardiograph and sphygmograph.

Carditis (n.) Inflammation of the fleshy or muscular substance of the heart. See Endocarditis and Pericarditis.

Cardines (pl. ) of Cardo

Cardo (n.) The basal joint of the maxilla in insects.

Cardo (n.) The hinge of a bivalve shell.

Cardol (n.) A yellow oily liquid, extracted from the shell of the cashew nut.

Cardoon (n.) A large herbaceous plant (Cynara Cardunculus) related to the artichoke; -- used in cookery and as a salad.

Care (n.) A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

Care (n.) Charge, oversight, or management, implying responsibility for safety and prosperity.

Care (n.) Attention or heed; caution; regard; heedfulness; watchfulness; as, take care; have a care.

Care (n.) The object of watchful attention or anxiety.

Cared (imp. & p. p.) of Care

Caring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Care

Care (n.) To be anxious or solicitous; to be concerned; to have regard or interest; -- sometimes followed by an objective of measure.

Careened (imp. & p. p.) of Careen

Careening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Careen

Careen (v. t.) 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 (v. i.) To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel.

Careenage (n.) Expense of careening ships.

Careenage (n.) A place for careening.

Career (n.) A race course: the ground run over.

Career (n.) A running; full speed; a rapid course.

Career (n.) 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.

Career (n.) The flight of a hawk.

Careered (imp. & p. p.) of Career

Careering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Career

Career (v. i.) To move or run rapidly.

Careful (a.) Full of care; anxious; solicitous.

Careful (a.) Filling with care or solicitude; exposing to concern, anxiety, or trouble; painful.

Careful (a.) 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.

Carefully (adv.) In a careful manner.

Carefulness (n.) Quality or state of being careful.

Careless (a.) Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted.

Careless (a.) Having no care; not taking ordinary or proper care; negligent; unconcerned; heedless; inattentive; unmindful; regardless.

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

Careless (a.) Not receiving care; uncared for.

Carelessly (adv.) In a careless manner.

Carelessness (n.) The quality or state of being careless; heedlessness; negligenece; inattention.

Carene (n.) A fast of forty days on bread and water.

Caress (n.) An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness.

Caressed (imp. & p. p.) of Caress

Caressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Caress

Caress (n.) To treat with tokens of fondness, affection, or kindness; to touch or speak to in a loving or endearing manner; to fondle.

Caressingly (ad.) In caressing manner.

Caret (n.) 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 (n.) The hawkbill turtle. See Hawkbill.

Caretuned (a.) Weary; mournful.

Careworn (a.) Worn or burdened with care; as, careworn look or face.

Carex (n.) A numerous and widely distributed genus of perennial herbaceous plants of the order Cypreaceae; the sedges.

Carf () pret. of Carve.

Cargason (n.) A cargo.

Cargoes (pl. ) of Cargo

Cargo (n.) The lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods, merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load; freight.

Cargoose (n.) A species of grebe (Podiceps crisratus); the crested grebe.

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