<h1>Carpospore</h1> <Xpage=220>
<hw>Car"po*spore</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ + <ets>-spore</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red alg\'91.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Car`po*spor"ic</wf> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt></wordforms>
<h1>Carpus</h1> <Xpage=220>
<hw>Car"pus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Carpi</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ wrist.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of eight short bones disposed in two rows.</def>
<h1>Carrack</h1> <Xpage=220>
<hw>Car"rack</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Carack</er>.</def>
<h1>Carrageen, Carrigeen</h1> <Xpage=220>
<hw><hw>Car"ra*geen`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Car"ri*geen`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (<spn>Chondrus crispus</spn>), which, when bleached, is the <altname>Irish moss</altname> of commerce.</def> <altsp>[Also written <asp>carragheen</asp>, <asp>carageen</asp>.]</altsp>
<h1>Carrancha</h1> <Xpage=220>
<hw>Car*ran"cha</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The Brazilian kite (<spn>Polyborus Brasiliensis</spn>); -- so called in imitation of its notes.</def>
<h1>Carraway</h1> <Xpage=220>
<hw>Car"ra*way</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Caraway</er>.</def>
<h1>Carrel</h1> <Xpage=220>
<hw>Car"rel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Quarrel</er>, an arrow.</def>
<h1>Carrel</h1> <Xpage=220>
<hw>Car"rel</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>Same as 4th <er>Carol</er>.</def>
<h1>Carriable</h1> <Xpage=220>
<hw>Car"ri*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being carried.</def>
<h1>Carriage</h1> <Xpage=220>
<hw>Car"riage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>cariage</ets> luggage, carriage, <ets>chariage</ets> carriage, cart, baggage, F. <ets>charriage</ets>, cartage, wagoning, fr. OF. <ets>carier</ets>, <ets>charier</ets>, F. <ets>charrier</ets>, to cart. See <er>Carry</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which is carried; burden; baggage.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>
<blockquote>David left his <b>carriage</b> in the hand of the keeper of the <b>carriage</b>. <i>1. Sam. xvii. 22.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote>And after those days we took up our <b>carriages</b> and went up to Jerusalem. <i>Acts. xxi. 15.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying.</def>
<blockquote>Nine days employed in <b>carriage</b>. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>3.</b> <def>The price or expense of carrying.</def>
<p><b>4.</b> <def>That which carries of conveys, as: <sd>(a)</sd> A wheeled vehicle for persons, esp. one designed for elegance and comfort. <sd>(b)</sd> A wheeled vehicle carrying a fixed burden, as a gun <i>carriage</i>. <sd>(c)</sd> A part of a machine which moves and carries of supports some other moving object or part. <sd>(d)</sd> A frame or cage in which something is carried or supported; <as>as, a bell <ex>carriage</ex></as>.</def>
<p><b>5.</b> <def>The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing; deportment; personal manners.</def>
<blockquote>His gallant <b>carriage</b> all the rest did grace. <i>Stirling.</i></blockquote>
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