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Card \Card\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Carded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Carding}.] To play at cards; to game. --Johnson. | |
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Cardioid \Car"di*oid\, n. [Gr. kardio-eidh`s heart-shaped; kardi`a heart + e'i^dos shape.] (Math.) An algebraic curve, so called from its resemblance to a heart. | |
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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 arteries of the neck, by which blood is conveyed from the aorta to the head. Note: [See Illust. of {Aorta}.] | |
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Carotid \Ca*rot"id\, Carotidal \Ca*rot"id*al\, a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or near, the carotids or one of them; as, the carotid gland. | |
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Carotid \Ca*rot"id\, Carotidal \Ca*rot"id*al\, a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or near, the carotids or one of them; as, the carotid gland. | |
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Cart \Cart\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Carted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Carting}.] 1. To carry or convey in a cart. 2. To expose in a cart by way of punishment. She chuckled when a bawd was carted. --Prior. | |
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Caryatic \Car`y*at"ic\, Caryatid \Car`y*at"id\, a. Of or pertaining to a caryatid. | |
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Caryatid \Car`y*at"id\, n.; pl. {Caryatids}. [See {Caryatides}.] (Arch.) A draped female figure supporting an entablature, in the place of a column or pilaster. | |
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Caryatid \Car`y*at"id\, n.; pl. {Caryatids}. [See {Caryatides}.] (Arch.) A draped female figure supporting an entablature, in the place of a column or pilaster. | |
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Cerated \Ce"ra*ted\, p. a. [L. ceratus, p. p. of cerare to wax, fr. cera wax.] Covered with wax. | |
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Mediterranean fruit fly \Mediterranean fruit fly\ A two-winged fly ({Ceratitis capitata}) with black and white markings, native of the Mediterranean countries, but now widely distributed. Its larva lives in ripening oranges, peaches, and other fruits, causing them to decay and fall. | |
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Certitude \Cer"ti*tude\, n. [LL. certitudo, fr. L. certus: cf. F. certitude. See {Certain}.] Freedom from doubt; assurance; certainty. --J. H. Newman. | |
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Chariot \Char"i*ot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Charioted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Charioting}.] To convey in a chariot. --Milton. | |
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Chart \Chart\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Charted}.] To lay down in a chart; to map; to delineate; as, to chart a coast. | |
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Chord \Chord\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chorded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Chording}.] To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune. When Jubal struck the chorded shell. --Dryden. Even the solitary old pine tree chords his harp. --Beecher. | |
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3. Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity. The knots that tangle human creeds, The wounding cords that bind and strain The heart until it bleeds. --Tennyson. 4. (Anat.) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under {Spermatic}, {Spinal}, {Umbilical}, {Vocal}. 5. (Mus.) See {Chord}. [Obs.] {Cord wood}, wood for fuel cut to the length of four feet (when of full measure). | |
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Cordate \Cordate\ (k?r"d?t), a. [L. cor, cordis, heart.] (Bot.) Heart-shaped; as, a cordate leaf. | |
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Cordately \Cor"date*ly\, adv. In a cordate form. | |
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Cord \Cord\ (k?rd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cording}.] 1. To bind with a cord; to fasten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment. 2. To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord. | |
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Corded \Cord"ed\ (k?rd"?d), a. 1. Bound or fastened with cords. 2. Piled in a form for measurement by the cord. 3. Made of cords. [Obs.] [bd]A corded ladder.[b8] --Shak. 4. Striped or ribbed with cords; as, cloth with a corded surface. 5. (Her.) Bound about, or wound, with cords. | |
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Cordite \Cord"ite\, n. [From {Cord}, n.] (Mil.) A smokeless powder composed of nitroglycerin, guncotton, and mineral jelly, and used by the British army and in other services. In making it the ingredients are mixed into a paste with the addition of acetone and pressed out into cords (of various diameters) resembling brown twine, which are dried and cut to length. A variety containing less nitroglycerin than the original is known as {cordite M. D.} | |
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Cordite \Cord"ite\, n. [From {Cord}, n.] (Mil.) A smokeless powder composed of nitroglycerin, guncotton, and mineral jelly, and used by the British army and in other services. In making it the ingredients are mixed into a paste with the addition of acetone and pressed out into cords (of various diameters) resembling brown twine, which are dried and cut to length. A variety containing less nitroglycerin than the original is known as {cordite M. D.} | |
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Corradiate \Cor*ra"di*ate\ (k?r-r?"d?-?t), v. t. To converge to one point or focus, as light or rays. | |
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Corradiation \Cor*ra`di*a"tion\ (k?r-r?`d?-?"sh?n), n. A conjunction or concentration of rays in one point. --Bacom | |
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Corrode \Cor*rode"\ (k?r-r?d") v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Corroded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Corroding}.] [L. corrodere, -rosum; cor + rodere to gnaw: cf. F. corroder. See {Rodent}.] 1. To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali. Aqua fortis corroding copper . . . is wont to reduce it to a green-blue solution. --Boyle. 2. To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair. | |
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Corrodiate \Cor*ro"di*ate\ (k?r-r?"d?-?t), v. t. [See {Corrode}.] To eat away by degrees; to corrode. [Obs.] --Sandys. | |
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Court \Court\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Courted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Courting}.] 1. To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one's self with. By one person, hovever, Portland was still assiduously courted. --Macaulay. 2. To endeavor to gain the affections of; to seek in marriage; to woo. If either of you both love Katharina . . . leave shall you have to court her at your pleasure. --Shak. 3. To attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek. They might almost seem to have courted the crown of martyrdem. --Prescott. Guilt and misery . . . court privacy and silitude. --De Quincey. 4. To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract. A well-worn pathway courted us To one green wicket in a privet hedge. --Tennyson. | |
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Cowhearted \Cow"heart`ed\ (-h?rt`?d), a. Cowardly. The Lady Powis . . . patted him with her fan, and called him a cowhearted fellow. --R. North. | |
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Crate \Crate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Crating}.] To pack in a crate or case for transportation; as, to crate a sewing machine; to crate peaches. | |
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Create \Cre*ate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Created}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Creating}.] 1. To bring into being; to form out of nothing; to cause to exist. In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. --Gen. i. 1. 2. To effect by the agency, and under the laws, of causation; to be the occasion of; to cause; to produce; to form or fashion; to renew. Your eye in Scotland Would create soldiers. --Shak. Create in me a clean heart. --Ps. li. 10. 3. To invest with a new form, office, or character; to constitute; to appoint; to make; as, to create one a peer. [bd]I create you companions to our person.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Credit \Cred"it\ (kr[ecr]d"[icr]t), n. [F. cr[82]dit (cf. It. credito), L. creditum loan, prop. neut. of creditus, p. p. of credere to trust, loan, believe. See {Creed}.] 1. Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence. When Jonathan and the people heard these words they gave no credit unto them, nor received them. --1 Macc. x. 46. 2. Reputation derived from the confidence of others; esteem; honor; good name; estimation. John Gilpin was a citizen Of credit and renown. --Cowper. 3. A ground of, or title to, belief or confidence; authority derived from character or reputation. The things which we properly believe, be only such as are received on the credit of divine testimony. --Hooker. 4. That which tends to procure, or add to, reputation or esteem; an honor. I published, because I was told I might please such as it was a credit to please. --Pope. 5. Influence derived from the good opinion, confidence, or favor of others; interest. Having credit enough with his master to provide for his own interest. --Clarendon. 6. (Com.) Trust given or received; expectation of future playment for property transferred, or of fulfillment or promises given; mercantile reputation entitling one to be trusted; -- applied to individuals, corporations, communities, or nations; as, to buy goods on credit. Credit is nothing but the expectation of money, within some limited time. --Locke. 7. The time given for payment for lands or goods sold on trust; as, a long credit or a short credit. 8. (Bookkeeping) The side of an account on which are entered all items reckoned as values received from the party or the category named at the head of the account; also, any one, or the sum, of these items; -- the opposite of {debit}; as, this sum is carried to one's credit, and that to his debit; A has several credits on the books of B. {Bank credit}, or {Cash credit}. See under {Cash}. {Bill of credit}. See under {Bill}. {Letter of credit}, a letter or notification addressed by a banker to his correspondent, informing him that the person named therein is entitled to draw a certain sum of money; when addressed to several different correspondents, or when the money can be drawn in fractional sums in several different places, it is called a {circular letter of credit}. {Public credit}. (a) The reputation of, or general confidence in, the ability or readiness of a government to fulfill its pecuniary engagements. (b) The ability and fidelity of merchants or others who owe largely in a community. He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet. --D. Webster. | |
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Credit \Cred"it\ (kr[ecr]d"[icr]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Credited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Crediting}.] 1. To confide in the truth of; to give credence to; to put trust in; to believe. How shall they credit A poor unlearned virgin? --Shak. 2. To bring honor or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of. You credit the church as much by your government as you did the school formerly by your wit. --South. 3. (Bookkeeping) To enter upon the credit side of an account; to give credit for; as, to credit the amount paid; to set to the credit of; as, to credit a man with the interest paid on a bond. {To credit with}, to give credit for; to assign as justly due to any one. Crove, Helmholtz, and Meyer, are more than any others to be credited with the clear enunciation of this doctrine. --Newman. | |
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Creditable \Cred"it*a*ble\ (-?-b'l), a. 1. Worthy of belief. [Obs.] Divers creditable witnesses deposed. --Ludlow. 2. Deserving or possessing reputation or esteem; reputable; estimable. This gentleman was born of creditable parents. --Goldsmith. 3. Bringing credit, reputation, or honor; honorable; as, such conduct is highly creditable to him. --Macaulay. He settled him in a good creditable way of living. --Arbuthnot. | |
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Creditableness \Cred"it*a*ble*ness\, n. The quality of being creditable. | |
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Creditably \Cred"it*a*bly\ (-?-bl?), adv. In a creditable manner; reputably; with credit. | |
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Credit \Cred"it\ (kr[ecr]d"[icr]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Credited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Crediting}.] 1. To confide in the truth of; to give credence to; to put trust in; to believe. How shall they credit A poor unlearned virgin? --Shak. 2. To bring honor or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of. You credit the church as much by your government as you did the school formerly by your wit. --South. 3. (Bookkeeping) To enter upon the credit side of an account; to give credit for; as, to credit the amount paid; to set to the credit of; as, to credit a man with the interest paid on a bond. {To credit with}, to give credit for; to assign as justly due to any one. Crove, Helmholtz, and Meyer, are more than any others to be credited with the clear enunciation of this doctrine. --Newman. | |
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Credit \Cred"it\ (kr[ecr]d"[icr]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Credited}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Crediting}.] 1. To confide in the truth of; to give credence to; to put trust in; to believe. How shall they credit A poor unlearned virgin? --Shak. 2. To bring honor or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of. You credit the church as much by your government as you did the school formerly by your wit. --South. 3. (Bookkeeping) To enter upon the credit side of an account; to give credit for; as, to credit the amount paid; to set to the credit of; as, to credit a man with the interest paid on a bond. {To credit with}, to give credit for; to assign as justly due to any one. Crove, Helmholtz, and Meyer, are more than any others to be credited with the clear enunciation of this doctrine. --Newman. | |
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Creditor \Cred"it*or\ (kr?d"?t-?r), n. [L.: cf. F. cr[?]diteur. See {Credit}.] 1. One who credits, believes, or trusts. The easy creditors of novelties. --Daniel. 2. One who gives credit in business matters; hence, one to whom money is due; -- correlative to debtor. Creditors have better memories than debtors. --Franklin. | |
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Creditress \Cred"it*ress\ (kr?d"?t-r?s), Creditrix \Cred"i*trix\ (kr?d"?-tr?ks), n. [L. creditrix.] A female creditor. | |
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Creditress \Cred"it*ress\ (kr?d"?t-r?s), Creditrix \Cred"i*trix\ (kr?d"?-tr?ks), n. [L. creditrix.] A female creditor. | |
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Crowd \Crowd\ (kroud), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crowded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Crowding}.] [OE. crouden, cruden, AS. cr[?]dan; cf. D. kruijen to push in a wheelbarrow.] 1. To push, to press, to shove. --Chaucer. 2. To press or drive together; to mass together. [bd]Crowd us and crush us.[b8] --Shak. 3. To fill by pressing or thronging together; hence, to encumber by excess of numbers or quantity. The balconies and verandas were crowded with spectators, anxious to behold their future sovereign. --Prescott. 4. To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably. [Colloq.] {To crowd out}, to press out; specifically, to prevent the publication of; as, the press of other matter crowded out the article. {To crowd sail} (Naut.), to carry an extraordinary amount of sail, with a view to accelerate the speed of a vessel; to carry a press of sail. | |
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Crudity \Cru"di*ty\ (kr[udd]"d[icr]*t[ycr]), n.; pl. {Crudities} (-t[icr]z). [L. cruditas, fr. crudus: cf. F. crudit[82]. See {Crude}.] 1. The condition of being crude; rawness. 2. That which is in a crude or undigested state; hence, superficial, undigested views, not reduced to order or form. [bd]Crudities in the stomach.[b8] --Arbuthnot. | |
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Crudity \Cru"di*ty\ (kr[udd]"d[icr]*t[ycr]), n.; pl. {Crudities} (-t[icr]z). [L. cruditas, fr. crudus: cf. F. crudit[82]. See {Crude}.] 1. The condition of being crude; rawness. 2. That which is in a crude or undigested state; hence, superficial, undigested views, not reduced to order or form. [bd]Crudities in the stomach.[b8] --Arbuthnot. | |
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Curd \Curd\ (k?rd), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Curding}.] To cause to coagulate or thicken; to cause to congeal; to curdle. Does it curd thy blood To say I am thy mother? --Shak. | |
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Curette \Cu*rette"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curetted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Curetting}.] (Med.) To scrape with a curette. | |
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Curtate \Cur"tate\ (k?r"t?t), a. [L. curtatus, p. p. of curtare to shorten, fr. curtus. See {Curt}.] (Astron.) Shortened or reduced; -- said of the distance of a planet from the sun or earth, as measured in the plane of the ecliptic, or the distance from the sun or earth to that point where a perpendicular, let fall from the planet upon the plane of the ecliptic, meets the ecliptic. {Curtate cycloid}. (Math.) See {Cycloid}. | |
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Curtate \Cur"tate\ (k?r"t?t), a. [L. curtatus, p. p. of curtare to shorten, fr. curtus. See {Curt}.] (Astron.) Shortened or reduced; -- said of the distance of a planet from the sun or earth, as measured in the plane of the ecliptic, or the distance from the sun or earth to that point where a perpendicular, let fall from the planet upon the plane of the ecliptic, meets the ecliptic. {Curtate cycloid}. (Math.) See {Cycloid}. | |
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Curtation \Cur*ta"tion\ (k?r-t?"sh?n), n. (Astron.) The interval by which the curtate distance of a planet is less than the true distance. |