Definition for CAR'NAGE

CAR'NAGE, n. [Fr. carnage; Sp. carniceria, carnage, and shambles; It. carnaggio, flesh-meat, and carnaccia, carrion; Port. carnagem, from L. caro, flesh.]

  1. Literally, flesh, or heaps of flesh, as in shambles.
  2. Slaughter; great destruction of men; havock; massacre. – Hayward.

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