Part 1654

<h1>Carneous</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Car"ne*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>carneus</ets>, from <ets>caro</ets>, <ets>carnis</ets>, flesh.]</ety> <def>Consisting of, or like, flesh; carnous; fleshy.</def> "<i>Carneous</i> fibers."

<i>Ray.</i>

<h1>Carney</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Car"ney</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. L. <ets>carneus</ets> flesh.]</ety> <fld>(Far.)</fld> <def>A disease of horses, on which the mouth is so furred that the afflicted animal can not eat.</def>

<h1>Carnifex</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Car"ni*fex</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>caro</ets>, <ets>carnis</ets>, flesh + <ets>facere</ets> to make.]</ety> <fld>(Antiq.)</fld> <def>The public executioner at Rome, who executed persons of the lowest rank; hence, an executioner or hangman.</def>

<h1>Carnification</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Car`ni*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>carnification</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act or process of turning to flesh, or to a substance resembling flesh.</def>

<h1>Carnify</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Car"ni*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>carnificare</ets>, fr. L.<ets>o</ets>, <ets>carnis</ets>, flesh + <ets>facere</ets> to make: cf. F. <ets>carnifier</ets>.]</ety> <def>To form flesh; to become like flesh.</def>

<i>Sir M. Hale.</i>

<h1>Carnin</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Car"nin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>caro</ets>, <ets>canis</ets> , flesh.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, found in extract of meat, and related to xanthin.</def>

<h1>Carnival</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Car"ni*val</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[It. <ets>carnevale</ets>, prob. for older <ets>carnelevale</ets>, prop., the putting away of meat; fr. L. <ets>caro</ets>, <ets>carnis</ets>, flesh _ <ets>levare</ets> to take away, lift up, fr. <ets>levis</ets> light.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A festival celebrated with merriment and revelry in Roman Gatholic countries during the week before Lent, esp. at Rome and Naples, during a few days (three to ten) before Lent, ending with Shrove Tuesday.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>carnival</b> at Venice is everywhere talked of. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Any merrymaking, feasting, or masquerading, especially when overstepping the bounds of decorum; a time of riotous excess.</def>

<i>Tennyson.</i>

<blockquote>He saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold o'er the dead their <b>carnival</b> <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Carnivora</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Car*niv"o*ra</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., neut. pl. from L. <ets>carnivorus</ets>. See <er>Carnivorous</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of Mammallia including the lion, tiger, wolf bear, seal, etc. They are adapted by their structure to feed upon flesh, though some of them, as the bears, also eat vegetable food. The teeth are large and sharp, suitable for cutting flesh, and the jaws powerful.</def>

<h1>Carnivoracity</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Car*niv`o*rac"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Greediness of appetite for flesh.</def> <mark>[Sportive.]</mark>

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Carnivore</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Car`ni*vore</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>carnivore</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of the <i>Carnivora</i>.</def>

<h1>Carnivorous</h1> <Xpage=219>