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<i>Coleridge.</i>

<blockquote>Such heavenly notes and <b>carolings</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Carolinian</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Car`o*lin"i*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A native or inhabitant of north or South Carolina.</def>

<h1>Carolitic</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Car`o*lit"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Adorned with sculptured leaves and branches.</def>

<h1>Carolus</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Car"o*lus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. E. <plw>Caroluses</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>, L. <plw>Caroli</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[L., Charles.]</ety> <def>An English gold coin of the value of twenty or twenty-three shillings. It was first struck in the reign of Charles I.</def>

<blockquote>Told down the crowns and <b>Caroluses</b>. <i>Macawlay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Carom</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Car"om</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. corrupted fr. F. <ets>carumboler</ets> to carom, <ets>carambolage</ets> a carom, <ets>carambole</ets> the red ball in billiards.]</ety> <fld>(Billiards)</fld> <def>A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball. In England it is called <altname>cannon</altname>.</def>

<h1>Carom</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Car"om</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <fld>(Billiards)</fld> <def>To make a carom.</def>

<h1>Caromel</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Car"o*mel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Caramel</er>.</def>

<h1>Caroteel</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Car`o*teel"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>A tierce or cask for dried fruits, etc., usually about 700 lbs.</def>

<i>Simmonds.</i>

<h1>Carotic</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Ca*rot"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ stupefying. See <er>Carotid</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to stupor; <as>as, a <ex>carotic</ex> state</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Carotid; <as>as, the <ex>carotic</ex> arteries</as>.</def>

<h1>Carotid</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Ca*rot"id</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, pl., from <?/ heavy sleep: cf. F. <ets>carotide</ets>. The early Greeks believed that these arteries in some way caused drowsiness.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>One of the two main arteries of the neck, by which blood is conveyed from the aorta to the head. <note>[See <i>Illust</i>. of <er>Aorta</er>.]</note></def>

<h1>Carotid, Carotidal</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw><hw>Ca*rot"id</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ca*rot"id*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or near, the carotids or one of them; <as>as, the <ex>carotid</ex> gland</as>.</def>

<h1>Carotin</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Ca*ro"tin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A red crystallizable tasteless substance, extracted from the carrot.</def>

<h1>Carousal</h1> <Xpage=219>

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