<hw>Ca*ri"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., keel.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A keel</def>. <sd>(a)</sd> <def>That part of a papilionaceous flower, consisting of two petals, commonly united, which incloses the organs of fructification</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The keel of the breastbone of birds.</def>
<h1>Carinaria</h1> <Xpage=218>
<hw>Car`i*na"ri*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. L. <ets>carina</ets> keel.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of oceanic heteropod Mollusca, having a thin, glassy, bonnet-shaped shell, which covers only the nucleus and gills.</def>
<h1>Carinat\'91</h1> <Xpage=218>
<hw>Car`i*na"t\'91</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., Fem. pl. fr. L. <er>carinatus</er>. See <er>Carinate</er>.]</ety> <def>A grand division of birds, including all existing flying birds; -- So called from the <i>carina</i> or keel on the breastbone.</def>
<h1>Carinate, Carinated</h1> <Xpage=218>
<hw><hw>Car"i*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Car"i*na`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>carinatus</ets>, fr. <ets>carina</ets> keel.]</ety> <def>Shaped like the keel or prow of a ship; having a carina or keel; <as>as, a <ex>carinate</ex> calyx or leaf; a <ex>carinate</ex> sternum (of a bird).</as></def>
<h1>Cariole</h1> <Xpage=218>
<hw>Car"i*ole</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>carriole</ets>, dim. fr. L. <ets>carrus</ets>. See <er>Car</er>, and <er>Carryall</er>.]</ety> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A small, light, open one-horse carriage</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A covered cart</def>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A kind of calash. See <er>Carryall</er>.</def>
<h1>Cariopsis</h1> <Xpage=218>
<hw>Car"i*op"sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Caryopsis</er>.</def>
<h1>Cariosity</h1> <Xpage=218>
<hw>Ca`ri*os"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Caries.</def>
<h1>Carious</h1> <Xpage=218>
<hw>Ca"ri*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>cariosus</ets>, fr. <ets>caries</ets> dacay.]</ety> <def>Affected with caries; decaying; <as>as, a <ex>carious</ex> tooth</as>.</def>
<h1>Cark</h1> <Xpage=218>
<hw>Cark</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>cark</ets>, fr. a dialectic form of F. <ets>charge</ets>; cf. W. <ets>carc</ets> anxiety, care, Arm <ets>karg</ets> charge, burden. See <er>Charge</er>, and cf. <er>Cargo</er>.]</ety> <def>A noxious or corroding care; solicitude; worry.</def> <mark>[Archaic.]</mark>
<blockquote>His heavy head, devoid of careful <b>cark</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote>Fling <b>cark</b> and care aside. <i>Motherwell.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote>Ereedom from the cares of money and the <b>cark</b> of fashion. <i>R. D. Blackmore.</i></blockquote>
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<h1>Cark</h1> <Xpage=219>
<hw>Cark</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To be careful, anxious, solicitous, or troubles in mind; to worry or grieve.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<i>Beau. & fl.</i>
<h1>Cark</h1> <Xpage=219>
<hw>Cark</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To vex; to worry; to make by anxious care or worry.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>
<blockquote>Nor can a man, independently . . . of God's blessing, care and <b>cark</b> himself one penny richer. <i>South.</i></blockquote>
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