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<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having the skeleton in the state of cartilage, the bones containing little or no calcareous matter; said of certain fishes, as the sturgeon and the sharks.</def>

<h1>Cartman</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Cart"man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <er>Cartmen</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>One who drives or uses a cart; a teamster; a carter.</def>

<h1>Cartographer</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Car*tog"ra*pher</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who make charts or maps.</def>

<h1>Cartographic, Cartographical</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw><hw>Car`to*graph"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Car`to*graph"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to cartography.</def>

<h1>Cartographically</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Car`to*graph"ic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By cartography.</def>

<h1>Cartography</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Car*tog"ra*phy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>cartographie</ets>. See <er>Card</er>, and <er>-graphy</er>.]</ety> <def>The act business of forming chart's or maps.</def>

<h1>Cartomancy</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Car"to*man`cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>cartomancie</ets>. See <er>Card</er>, and <er>-mancy</er>.]</ety> <def>The act of telling fortunes with cards.</def>

<h1>Carton</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Car"ton</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. See <er>Cartoon</er>.]</ety> <def>Pasteboard for paper boxes; also, a pasteboard box.</def>

<cs><col>Carton pierre</col> <tt>(<?/)</tt>, <cd>a species of <i>papier-mach\'82<i>, imitating stone or bronze sculpture.</cd>

<i>Knight.</i> </cs>

<h1>Cartoon</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Car*toon"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>carton</ets> (cf. It. <ets>cartons</ets> pasteboard, cartoon.); fr. L. <ets>charta</ets>. See 1st <er>card</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A design or study drawn of the full size, to serve as a model for transferring or copying; -- used in the making of mosaics, tapestries, fresco pantings and the like; <as>as, the <ex>cartoons</ex> of Raphael</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A large pictorial sketch, as in a journal or magazine; esp. a pictorial caricature; as , the <i>cartoons</i> of "Puck."</def>

<h1>Cartoonist</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Car"toon"ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One skilled in drawing cartoons.</def>

<h1>Cartouch</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Car*touch"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl.</plu> <plw>Cartouches</plw> <tt>(#)</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>cartouche</ets>, It. <ets>cartuccia</ets>, <ets>cartoccio</ets>, cornet, cartouch, fr. L. <ets>charta</ets> paper. See 1st <er>Card</er>, and cf. <er>Cartridge</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A roll or case of paper, etc., holding a charge for a firearm; a cartridge</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A cartridge box</def>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A wooden case filled with balls, to be shot from a cannon.</def> <sd>(d)</sd> <def>A gunner's bag for ammunition</def>. <sd>(e)</sd> <def>A military pass for a soldier on furlough.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A cantalever, console, corbel, or modillion, which has the form of a scroll of paper</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A tablet for ornament, or for receiving an inscription, formed like a sheet of paper with the edges rolled up; hence, any tablet of ornamental form.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Egyptian Antiq.)</fld> <def>An oval figure on monuments, and in papyri, containing the name of a sovereign.</def>

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