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Car"po*phyte (kńr"p&osl;*līt), n. [Gr. karpo`s fruit + fyto`n plant.] (Bot.) A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization, as the red seaweeds, the Ascomycetes, etc.

&fist; The division of algŠ and fungi into four classes called Carpophytes, O÷phytes, Protophytes, and Zygophytes (or CarposporeŠ, O÷sporeŠ, Protophyta, and ZygosporeŠ) was proposed by Sachs about 1875.

Car"po*spore (?), n. [Gr. karpo`s + -spore.] (Bot.) A kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red algŠ. -- Car`po*spor"ic (&?;), a.

||Car"pus (kńr"pŭs), n.; pl. Carpi (- pī). [NL., fr. Gr. karpo`s wrist.] (Anat.) The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of eight short bones disposed in two rows.

Car"rack (?), n. See Carack.

{ Car"ra*geen` (?), Car"ri*geen` (?) }, n. A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce. [Also written carragheen, carageen.]

||Car*ran"cha (?), n. [Native name.] (Zo÷l.) The Brazilian kite (Polyborus Brasiliensis); -- so called in imitation of its notes.

Car"ra*way (?), n. See Caraway.

Car"rel (?), n. See Quarrel, an arrow.

Car"rel, n. (Arch.) Same as 4th Carol.

Car"ri*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being carried.

Car"riage (?), n. [OF. cariage luggage, carriage, chariage carriage, cart, baggage, F. charriage, cartage, wagoning, fr. OF. carier, charier, F. charrier, to cart. See Carry.] 1. That which is carried; burden; baggage. [Obs.]

David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage. 1. Sam. xvii. 22.

And after those days we took up our carriages and went up to Jerusalem. Acts. xxi. 15.

2. The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying.

Nine days employed in carriage. Chapman.

3. The price or expense of carrying.

4. That which carries of conveys, as: (a) A wheeled vehicle for persons, esp. one designed for elegance and comfort. (b) A wheeled vehicle carrying a fixed burden, as a gun carriage. (c) A part of a machine which moves and carries of supports some other moving object or part. (d) A frame or cage in which something is carried or supported; as, a bell carriage.

5. The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing; deportment; personal manners.

His gallant carriage all the rest did grace. Stirling.

6. The act or manner of conducting measures or projects; management.

The passage and whole carriage of this action. Shak.

Carriage horse, a horse kept for drawing a carriage. -- Carriage porch (Arch.), a canopy or roofed pavilion covering the driveway at the entrance to any building. It is intended as a shelter for those who alight from vehicles at the door; -- sometimes erroneously called in the United States porte- cochŔre.

Car"riage*a*ble (?), a. Passable by carriages; that can be conveyed in carriages. [R.] Ruskin.

Car"ri*boo (?), n. See Caribou.

Car"rick (?), n. (Naut.) A carack. See Carack.

Carrick bend (Naut.), a kind of knot, used for bending together hawsers or other ropes. -- Carrick bitts (Naut.), the bitts which support the windlass. Totten.

Car"ri*er (?), n. [From Carry.] 1. One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.