Part 1639

<h1>Carcanet</h1> <Xpage=217>

<hw>Car"ca*net</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Dim. fr. F. <ets>carcan</ets> the iron collar or chain of a criminal, a chain of preciousstones, LL. <ets>carcannum</ets>, fr. Armor. <ets>kerchen</ets> bosom, neck, <ets>kechen</ets> collar, fr. <ets>kelch</ets> circle; or Icel. <ets>kverk</ets> troat, OHG, <ets>querca</ets> throat.]</ety> <def>A jeweled chain, necklace, or collar.</def> <altsp>[Also written <asp>carkenet</asp> and <asp>carcant</asp>.]</altsp>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Carcase</h1> <Xpage=217>

<hw>Car"case</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Carcass</er>.</def>

<h1>Carcass</h1> <Xpage=217>

<hw>Car"cass</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Carcasses</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <altsp>[Written also <asp>carcase</asp>.]</altsp> <ety>[F. <ets>carcasse</ets>, fr. It. <ets>carcassa</ets>, fr. L. <ets>caro</ets> flesh + <ets>capsa</ets> chest, box, case. Cf. <er>Carnal</er>, <er>Case</er> a sheath.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast.</def>

<blockquote>He turned to see the <b>carcass</b> of the lion. <i>Judges xiv. 8.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>This kept thousands in the town whose <b>carcasses</b> went into the great pits by cartloads. <i>De Foe.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The living body; -- now commonly used in contempt or ridicule.</def> "To pamper his own <i>carcass</i>."

<i>South.</i>

<blockquote>Lovely her face; was ne'er so fair a creature. For earthly <b>carcass</b> had a heavenly feature. <i>Oldham.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The abandoned and decaying remains of some bulky and once comely thing, as a ship; the skeleton, or the uncovered or unfinished frame, of a thing.</def>

<blockquote>A rotten <b>carcass</b> of a boat. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A hollow case or shell, filled with combustibles, to be thrown from a mortar or howitzer, to set fire to buldings, ships, etc.</def>

<blockquote>A discharge of <b>carcasses</b> and bombshells. <i>W. Iving.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Carcavelhos</h1> <Xpage=217>

<hw>Car`ca*vel"hos</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A sweet wine. See <er>Calcavella</er>.</def>

<h1>Carcelage</h1> <Xpage=217>

<hw>Car"ce*lage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>carcelladium</ets>, <ets>carceragium</ets>, fr. L. <ets>carcer</ets> prison.]</ety> <def>Prison fees.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Carcel lamp</h1> <Xpage=217>

<hw>Car"cel lamp`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[Named after <er>Carcel</er>, the inventor.]</ety> <def>A French mechanical lamp, for lighthouses, in which a superbundance of oil is pumped to the wick tube by clockwork.</def>

<h1>Carceral</h1> <Xpage=217>

<hw>Car"cer*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>carceralis</ets>, fr. <ets>carcer</ets> prison.]</ety> <def>Belonging a prison.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Foxe.</i>

<h1>Carcinological</h1> <Xpage=217>

<hw>Car`ci*no*log"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to carcinology.</def>

<h1>Carcinology</h1> <Xpage=217>