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<h1>Caret</h1> <Xpage=218>

<hw>Ca"ret</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>caret</ets> there is wanting, fr. <ets>carere</ets> to want.]</ety> <def>A mark [^] used by writers and proof readers to indicate that something is interlined above, or inserted in the margin, which belongs in the place marked by the caret.</def>

<h1>Caret</h1> <Xpage=218>

<hw>Ca`ret"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., a species of tortoise.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The hawkbill turtle. See <er>Hawkbill</er>.</def>

<h1>Caretuned</h1> <Xpage=218>

<hw>Care"*tuned</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Weary; mournful.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Careworn</h1> <Xpage=218>

<hw>Care"worn`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Worn or burdened with care; <as>as, <ex>careworn</ex> look or face</as>.</def>

<h1>Carex</h1> <Xpage=218>

<hw>Ca"rex</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., sedge.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A numerous and widely distributed genus of perennial herbaceous plants of the order <i>Cypreace\'91</i>; the sedges.</def>

<h1>Carf</h1> <Xpage=218>

<hw>Carf</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <def><tt>pret.</tt> of <er>Carve</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Cargason</h1> <Xpage=218>

<hw>Car"ga*son</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cargaison</ets>, Sp. <ets>cargazon</ets>, LL. <ets>cargare</ets> to load. See <er>rgo</er>.]</ety> <def>A cargo.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Cargo</h1> <Xpage=218>

<hw>Car"go</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Cargoes</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[Sp. <ets>cargo</ets>, <ets>carga</ets>, burden, load, from <ets>cargar</ets> to load, from <ets>cargar</ets> to load, charge, See <er>Charge</er>.]</ety> <def>The lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods, merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load; freight.</def>

<blockquote><b>Cargoes</b> of food or clothing. <i>E. Everett.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; The term <i>cargo</i>, in law, is usually applied to goods only, and not to live animals or persons.</note>

<i>Burill.</i>

<h1>Cargoose</h1> <Xpage=218>

<hw>Car"goose`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Perh. fr. Gael. & Ir. <ets>cir</ets>, <ets>cior</ets> (pronounced kir, kior), crest, comb + E. <ets>goose</ets>. Cf. <er>Crebe</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A species of grebe (<spn>Podiceps crisratus</spn>); the crested grebe.</def>

<h1>\'80ariama</h1> <Xpage=218>

<hw>\'80a"ri*a"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A large, long-legged South American bird (<spn>Dicholophus cristatus</spn>) which preys upon snakes, etc. See <er>Seriema</er>.</def>

<h1>Carib</h1> <Xpage=218>

<hw>Car"ib</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Caries</plw>.</plu> <ety>[See <er>Cannibal</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Ethol.)</fld> <def>A native of the Caribbee islands or the coaste of the Caribbean sea; esp., one of a tribe of Indians inhabiting a region of South America, north of the Amazon, and formerly most of the West India islands.</def>

<h1>Caribbean, Caribbee</h1> <Xpage=218>

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