Emily Dickinson Lexicon

CA'RI-A-TED, a.

Carious. [Not used. See Carious.]

CAR'I-BOO, n.

A quadruped of the stag kind.

CAR'I-CA, n.

A genus of plants, one species of which is popularly called Papaw; also the trivial name of the species of Ficus which produces the common fig.

CAR'I-CA-TURE, n. [It. caricatura, formed from carica, a load, caricare, to load. See Cargo.]

A figure or description in which beauties are concealed and blemishes exaggerated, but still bearing a resemblance to the object. – Encyc.

CAR'I-CA-TURE, v.t.

To make or draw a caricature; to represent as more ugly than the life. – Lyttleton.

CAR'I-CA-TUR-ED, pp.

Made ridiculous by grotesque resemblance.

CAR'I-CA-TUR-ING, ppr.

Making ridiculous by grotesque resemblance.

CAR'I-CA-TUR-IST, n.

One who caricatures others.

CAR-I-COG'RA-PHY, n. [L. carex, sedge, and γραφω, to describe.]

A description of the plants of the genus Carex or Sedge. – Dewey. Journal of Science.

CAR'I-COUS, a. [L. carica, a fig.]

Resembling a fig; an epithet given to tumors that resemble a fig, such as occur often in the piles. – Encyc.

CA'RI-ES, n. [L.]

The mortification of a bone; an ulcer of a bone.

CAR'IL-LON, n. [Fr.]

A little bell. Also, a simple air in music, adapted to the performance of small bells or clocks. [See Carol.] – Busby.

CAR'I-NATE, or CAR'I-NA-TED, a. [L. carinatus, from carina, a keel.]

In botany, shaped like the keel of a ship; having a longitudinal prominency on the back like a keel; applied to a calyx, corol or leaf. – Martyn.

CA-RIN'THIN, n.

A mineral from Carinthia, regarded as a variety of hornblend. – Cleaveland.

CAR'I-OLE, n. [Fr.]

1. A small open carriage.
2. A covered cart.
3. A kind of calash.

CA-RI-OS'I-TY, n. [See Caries.]

Mortification or ulceration of a bone. – Wiseman.

CA'RI-OUS, a.

Mortified; ulcerated, as a bone. – Wiseman.

CARK, n. [W. carc, care, restraint; carcar, a prison, L. carcer; Sax. carc, care; cearcian, to cark, to creak, to grumble. The primary sense is, to strain.]

Care; anxiety; concern; solicitude; distress. [Obs.] – Sidney.

CARK, v.i.

To be careful, anxious, solicitous, concerned. [Obs.] – Sidney.

CARK'ING, ppr.

Distressing; perplexing; giving anxiety. [Obs.]

CARL, n. [Sax. carl, a male, whence Carolus, Charles. The word signifies primarily, strong, robust. Whence the English carl-cat, and carl-hemp; house-carl, a domestic servant; Ger. kerl, a fellow; kerl-haft, masculine, stout. See Churl.]

1. A rude, rustic, rough, brutal man. [Obs.] [See Churl.]
2. A kind of hemp. – Tusser.

CARL, v.i.

To act like a churl. [Not in use.] – Burton.

CAR'LINE, or CAR'O-LINE, n.

A silver coin in Naples.

CAR'LINE, or CAR'LING, n. [Fr. carlingue, or escarlingue.]

A piece of timber in a ship, ranging fore and aft, from one deck beam to another, directly over the keel, serving as a foundation for the body of the ship. On these rest the ledges on which the planks of the deck are made fast. – Encyc. Mar. Dict. Carline-knees are timbers in a ship, lying across from the sides to the hatchway, and serving to sustain the deck. – Encyc.

CAR-LINE-THIS'TLE, n.

The popular name of some species of plants.