<h1>Carrol</h1> <Xpage=220>
<hw>Car"rol</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>See 4th <er>Carol</er>.</def>
<h1>Carrom</h1> <Xpage=220>
<hw>Car"rom</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Billiards)</fld> <def>See <er>Carom</er>.</def>
<h1>Carronade</h1> <Xpage=220>
<hw>Car`ron*ade</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Carron</ets>, in Scotland where it was first made.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side.</def>
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<h1>Carron oil</h1> <Xpage=221>
<hw>Car"ron oil</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A lotion of linseed oil and lime water, used as an application to burns and scalds; -- first used at the Carron iron works in Scotland.</def>
<h1>Carrot</h1> <Xpage=221>
<hw>Car"rot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>carotte</ets>, fr. L. <ets>carota</ets>; cf. Gr. <?/]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An umbelliferous biennial plant (<spn>Daucus Carota</spn>), of many varieties.</def>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>The esculent root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped, and of a reddish yellow color.</def>
<h1>Carroty</h1> <Xpage=221>
<hw>Car"rot*y</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like a carrot in color or in taste; -- an epithet given to reddish yellow hair, etc.</def>
<h1>Carrow</h1> <Xpage=221>
<hw>Car"row</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ir & Gael. <ets>carach</ets> cunning.]</ety> <def>A strolling gamester.</def> <mark>[Ireland]</mark>
<i>Spenser.</i>
<h1>Carry</h1> <Xpage=221>
<hw>Car"ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Carried</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Carrying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>carier</ets>, <ets>charier</ets>, F. <ets>carrier</ets>, to cart, from OF. <ets>car</ets>, <ets>char</ets>, F. <ets>car</ets>, car. See <er>Car</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with <i>away</i> or <i>off</i>.</def>
<blockquote>When he dieth he small <b>carry</b> nothing away. <i>Ps. xiix. 17.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote>Devout men <b>carried</b> Stephen to his burial. <i>Acts viii, 2.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote>Another <b>carried</b> the intelligence to Russell. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote>The sound will be <b>carried</b>, at the least, twenty miles. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>2.</b> <def>To have or hold as a burden, while moving from place to place; to have upon or about one's person; to bear; <as>as, to <ex>carry</ex> a wound; to <ex>carry</ex> an unborn child.</as></def>
<blockquote>If the ideas . . . were <b>carried</b> along with us in our minds. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>
<p><b>3.</b> <def>To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.</def>
<blockquote>Go, <b>carry</b> Sir John Falstaff to the Fleet. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>
<blockquote>He <b>carried</b> away all his cattle. <i>Gen. xxxi. 18.</i></blockquote>
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