Part 1670

<h1>Cartridge</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Car"tridge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Formerlly <ets>cartrage</ets>, corrupted fr. F. <ets>cartouche</ets>. See <er>Cartouch</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A complete charge for a firearm, contained in, or held together by, a case, capsule, or shell of metal, pasteboard, or other material.</def>

<cs><col>Ball cartridge</col>, <cd>a cartridge containing a projectile. -- <i>Blank cartrige<i>, a cartridge without a projectile,</cd> -- <col>Center-fire cartridge</col>, <cd>a cartridge in which the fulminate occupies an axial position usually in the center of the base of the capsule, instead of being contained in its rim. In the Prussian needle gun the fulminate is applied to the middle of the base of the bullet. <i>Rim-fire cartridge<i>, a cartridge in which the fulminate is contained in a rim surrounding its base.</cd> -- <col>Cartridge bag</col>, <cd>a bag of woolen cloth, to hold a charge for a cannon.</cd> -- <col>Cartridge belt</col>, <cd>a belt having pocket for cartridges.</cd> -- <col>Cartridge box</col>, <cd>a case, usually of leather, attached to a belt or strap, for holding cartridges.</cd> -- <col>Cartridge paper</col>. <cd><sd>(a)</sd> A thick stout paper for inclosing cartridges. <sd>(b)</sd> A rough tinted paper used for covering walls, and also for making drawings upon.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cartulary</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Car"tu*la*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Cartularies</plw>.</plu> <ety>[LL. <ets>cartularium</ets>, <ets>chartularium</ets>, fr. L. <ets>charta</ets> paper: cf. F. <ets>cartulaire</ets>. See 1st <er>Card</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A register, or record, as of a monastery or church.</def> <def> <p><b>2.</b> <def>An ecclesiastical officer who had charge of records or other public papers.</def>

<h1>Cartway</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Cart"way`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A way or road for carts.</def>

<h1>Cartwright</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Cart"wright`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Cart</ets> + <ets>wright</ets>.]</ety> <def>An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.</def>

<h1>Carucage</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Car"u*cage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>carrucagium</ets> (OF. <ets>charuage</ets>.), fr. LL. <ets>carruca</ets> plow, fr. L. <ets>carruca</ets> coach.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Old Eng. Law.)</fld> <def>A tax on every plow or plowland.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The act of plowing.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Carucate</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Car"u*cate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>carucata</ets>, <ets>carrucata</ets>. See <er>Carucage</er>.]</ety> <def>A plowland; as much land as one team can plow in a year and a day; -- by some said to be about 100 acres.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<h1>Caruncle, Caruncula</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw><hw>Car"un*cle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ca*run"cu*la</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>caruncula</ets> a little piece of flesh, dim. of <ets>caro</ets> flesh.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the <i>caruncula lacrymalis</i>, in the inner angle of the eye.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey, etc.</def>

<h1>Caruncular, Carunculous</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw><hw>Ca*run"cu*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ca*run"cu*lous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of, pertaining to, or like, a caruncle; furnished with caruncles.</def>

<h1>Carunculate, Carunculated</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw><hw>Ca*run"cu*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ca*run"cu*la`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a caruncle or caruncles; caruncular.</def>

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<h1>Carus</h1> <Xpage=222>

<hw>Ca"rus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>Coma with complete insensibility; deep lethargy.</def>