Part 1638

<blockquote>He has deserves it [armor], were it <b>carbuncled</b> Like holy Phabus' car. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Affected with a carbuncle or carbuncles; marked with red sores; pimpled and blotched.</def> "A <i>carbuncled</i> face."

<i>Brome.</i>

<h1>Carbuncular</h1> <Xpage=217>

<hw>Car*bun"cu*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Belonging to a carbuncle; resembling a carbuncle; red; inflamed.</def>

<h1>Carbunculation</h1> <Xpage=217>

<hw>Car*bun`cu*la"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>carbunculatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>The blasting of the young buds of trees or plants, by excessive heat or caold.</def>

<i>Harris.</i>

<h1>Carburet</h1> <Xpage=217>

<hw>Car"bu*ret</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Carbon</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A carbide. See <er>Carbide</er></def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<h1>Carburet</h1> <Xpage=217>

<hw>Car"bu*ret</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp & p. p.</tt> <er>Carbureted</er> or <er>Carburetted</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Carbureting</er> or <er>Carburetting</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To combine or to impregnate with carbon, as by passing through or over a liquid hydrocarbon; to carbonize or carburize.</def>

<blockquote>By <b>carbureting</b> the gas you may use poorer coal. <i>Knight.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Carburetant</h1> <Xpage=217>

<hw>Car"bu*ret`ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Any volatile liquid used in charging illuminating gases.</def>

<h1>Carbureted</h1> <Xpage=217>

<hw>Car"bu*ret`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Combined with carbon in the manner of a carburet or carbide.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Saturated or impregnated with some volatile carbon compound; <as>as, water gas is <ex>carbureted</ex> to increase its illuminating power</as>.</def>

<altsp>[Written also <asp>carburetted</asp>.]</altsp>

<cs><col>Carbureted hydrogen gas</col>, <cd>any one of several gaseous compounds of carbon and hydrogen, some of with make up illuminating gas.</cd> -- <col>Light carbureted hydrogen</col>, <cd>marsh gas, <chform>CH4</chform>; fire damp<--; methane-->.</cd></cs>

<h1>Carburetor</h1> <Xpage=217>

<hw>Car"bu*ret`or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>An apparatus in which coal gas, hydrogen, or air is passed through or over a volatile hydrocarbon, in order to confer or increase illuminating power.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>carburettor</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Carburization</h1> <Xpage=217>

<hw>Car"bu*ri*za`tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The act, process, or result of carburizing.</def>

<h1>Carburize</h1> <Xpage=217>

<hw>Car"bu*rize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Carburized</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. N.</tt> <er>Carburizing</er>.]</wordforms> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>To combine wtih carbon or a carbon compound; -- said esp. of a process for conferring a higher degree of illuminating power on combustible gases by mingling them with a vapor of valatile hydrocarbons.</def>

<h1>Carcajou</h1> <Xpage=217>

<hw>Car"ca*jou</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Probably a Canadian French corruption of an Indian name of the wolverene.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The wolverence; -- also applied, but erroneously, to the Canada lynx, and sometimes to the American badger. See <er>Wolverene</er>.</def>