<hw>Car"di*nal*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>cardinalat</ets>, LL. <ets>cardinalatus</ets>.]</ety> <def>The office, rank, or dignity of a cardinal.</def>
<h1>Cardinalize</h1> <Xpage=218>
<hw>Car"di*nal*ize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To exalt to the office of a cardinal.</def>
<i>Sheldon.</i>
<h1>Cardinalship</h1> <Xpage=218>
<hw>Car"di*nal*ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The condition, dignity, of office of a cardinal</def>
<h1>Carding</h1> <Xpage=218>
<hw>Card"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of preparing staple for spinning, etc., bycarding it. See the Note under <er>Card</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt></def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>A roll of wool or other fiber as it comes from the carding machine.</def>
<cs><mcol><col>Carding engine</col>, <col>Carding machine</col></mcol>, <cd>a machine for carding cotton, wool, or other fiber, by subjecting it to the action of cylinders, or drum covered with wire-toothed cards, revoling nearly in contact with each other, at different rates of speed, or in opposite directions, The staple issues in soft sheets, or in slender rolls called <i>sivers<i>.</cd></cs>
<h1>Cardiograph</h1> <Xpage=218>
<hw>Car"di*o*graph</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ heart + <ets>-graph</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An instrument which, when placed in contact with the chest, will register graphically the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements.</def>
<h1>Cardiographic</h1> <Xpage=218>
<hw>Car`di*o*graph"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Of or pertaining to, or produced by, a cardiograph.</def>
<h1>Cardioid</h1> <Xpage=218>
<hw>Car"di*oid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. (<?/) heart-sheped; <?/ herat + <?/ shape.]</ety> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>An algebraic curve, so called from its resemblance to a heart.</def>
<h1>Cardioinhibitory</h1> <Xpage=218>
<hw>Car`di*o*in*hib"i*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Checking or arresting the heart's action.</def>
<h1>Cardiolgy</h1> <Xpage=218>
<hw>Car`di*ol"*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ heat + <ets>-ology</ets>.]</ety> <def>The science which treats of the heart and its functions.</def>
<h1>Cardiometry</h1> <Xpage=218>
<hw>Car`di*om"e*try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ heart + <ets>-metry</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Measurement of the heart, as by percussion or auscultation.</def>
<h1>Cardiosphygmograph</h1> <Xpage=218>
<hw>Car`di*o*sphyg"mo*graph</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A combination of cardiograph and shygmograph.</def>
<h1>Carditis</h1> <Xpage=218>
<hw>Car*di"tis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ heart + <ets>-itis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>cardile</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med)</fld> <def>Inflammation of the fleshy or muscular substance of the heart. See <er>Endocardris</er> and <er>Pericarditis</er>.</def>
<i>Dunglison.</i>
<h1>Cardo</h1> <Xpage=218>
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