Emily Dickinson Lexicon
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.]
- Literally, flesh, or heaps of flesh, as in shambles.
- Slaughter; great destruction of men; havock; massacre. – Hayward.
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