<hw>Car"lot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Carl</er>.]</ety> <def>A churl; a boor; a peasant or countryman.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<i>Shak.</i>
<h1>Carlovingian</h1> <Xpage=219>
<hw>Car`lo*vin"gi*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>Carlovingen</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to, founded by, of descended from, Charlemagne; <as>as, the <ex>Carlovingian</ex> race of kings</as>.</def>
<h1>Carmagnole</h1> <Xpage=219>
<hw>Car`ma`gnole"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A popular or Red Rebublican song and dance, of the time of the first French Revolution.</def>
<blockquote>They danced and yelled the <b>carmagnole</b>. <i>Compton Reade.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>A bombastic report from the French armies.</def>
<h1>Carman</h1> <Xpage=219>
<hw>Car"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <er>Carmen</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt></plu> <def>A man whose employment is to drive, or to convey goods in, a car or car.</def>
<h1>Carmelite, Carmelin</h1> <Xpage=219>
<hw><hw>Car"mel*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Car"mel*in</hw><hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the order of Carmelites.</def>
<h1>Carmelite</h1> <Xpage=219>
<hw>Car"mel*ite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>A friar of a mendicant order (the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel) established on Mount Carmel, in Syria, in the twelfth century; a White Friar.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>A nun of the Order of Our lady of Mount Carmel.</def>
<h1>Carminated</h1> <Xpage=219>
<hw>Car"mi*na`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of, relating to, or mixed with, carmine; <as>as, <ex>carminated</ex> lake</as>.</def>
<i>Tomlinson.</i>
<h1>Carminative</h1> <Xpage=219>
<hw>Car*min"ative</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[NL. <ets>carminativus</ets> (<?/), fr. <ets>carminare</ets> to card hence to cleanse, fr. <ets>carmen</ets> a card for freeing wool or flax from the coarser parts, and from extraneous matter: cf. F. <ets>carminatif</ets>.]</ety> <def>Expelling wind from the body; warning; antispasmodic.</def> "<i>Carmenative</i> hot seeds."
<i>Dunglison.</i>
<h1>Carminative</h1> <Xpage=219>
<hw>Car*min"a*tive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A substance, esp. an aromatic, which tends to expel wind from the alimentary canal, or to relieve colic, griping, or flatulence.</def>
<h1>Carmine</h1> <Xpage=219>
<hw>Car"mine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>carmin</ets> (cf. Sp. <ets>carmin</ets>, It. <ets>carminio</ets>), contr. from LL. <ets>carmesinus</ets> purple color. See <er>Crimson</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A rich red or crimson color with a shade of purple.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>A beautiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared from cochineal, and used in miniature painting.</def>
<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>The essential coloring principle of cochineal, extracted as a purple-red amorphous mass. It is a glucoside and possesses acid properties; -- hence called also <altname>carminic acid</altname>.</def>
<cs><col>Carmine red</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a coloring matter obtained from carmine as a purple-red substance, and probably allied to the phthale\'8bns.</cd></cs>
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