car 
grown wilh brushwood: mi/rr = K. miri'), = 
Norw. kjrrr. kjnrr, a marsh, esp. a marsh over- 
grown with brushwood, = Sw. kiirr, a. marsh, 
fen, morass, moor, = Dan. kirr, formerly //"/, 
a marsh, bog, thicket, pool. Cf. earscS.] 1. 
A wood or grove, generally of alders, on a moist 
soil. 2. Any hollow place or marsh. [Prov. 
Eng. in both senses. | 
car :t t (kar), a. [Sc., also written kar, krr, tatr, 
I'linr, nirri/, < ME. ctir. krrn;<. duel, rm-rr, left, 
left-handed, awkward.] Left, as opposed to 
right. 
In a knot, bi a clylfc, nt the kerre tide, 
Ther us the rogh rochet- vn rydely watg fallen, 
Tbay lerden to the fymUnu, .\ iivk.-,; hem after. 
.S'.';- linirniiii,' null Hi'' <:r,, n Kni ; ilil ( K. K. T. S.), 1. 1431. 
car 1 (kiir), r. t.; pret. and pp. cnrraj.ppr. car- 
i-iin/. [K. dial., abbr. of carry.'] To carry. 
[Prov. Eng. (Kent).] 
car 5 (kiir), n. [< ME. 'car, 'carre. < AS. 
(ONorth.) carr, a rock, appar. < Gael, carr, a. 
rocky shelf or projecting part of a rock. Cf . 
cairn.] A rock. [Prov. Eug.] 
car. An abbreviation of carat. 
Car-. Sec nil r-. 
Carabaya bark. See bark*. 
Carabici (ka-rab'i-si), H. pi. [NL., pi. of *Ca- 
rabicus, dim. of Carabus, q. v.J In Latreille's 
system of classification, a group of carnivorous 
or adephagous pentamerous Coleoptera, embra- 
cino; the caraboid beetles. 
carabid (kar'a-bid), H. A beetle of the family 
Ciirnliiila-; a caraboid ; aground-beetle. 
Carabidae (ka-rab'i-de), . pi. [NL., < Carabus 
+ -iVte.] A family of Coleoptera or beetles 
whose metastt-rnum has an antecoxal piece 
separated by a well-marked suture, reaching 
from one side to the other, and extending in a 
triangular process between the hind coxae, with 
the antennae 11-jointed, and the hind coxae 
movable and small. The antennic arise at the aide 
of the head Iwtween the base of the mandibles and the 
eyes. The species are usually large and adonied with bril- 
liant metallic colors, and are either wingless or have wings 
not adapteil for flying. There are more than 6,000 known 
species, all c.f which are commonly called around-beetle*, 
varying from a very minute size up to 2 or 3 Inches In 
length. The liombardier-lteetle, Brac/miu* creintaiui, be- 
longs to this family. Other names of the caraboid group 
of insects are Carabi, Carabici, Carabida, Carabini, Cara- 
boidtv, Carabiteg, Carabidea, CarabitteM, Carabina. See cuts 
under bombardier-beetle and around-beetle. 
carabideous (kar-a-bid'e-us), a. [< Carabida; 
+ -eaus.~\ Of or pertaining to or having the 
characters of the Carabida;. 
carabidoid (ka-rab'i-doid). a. Same as eara- 
Ixiid, 2. 
Carabinae (kar-a-bi'ne), n. pi. [NL., < Cara- 
bus + -ina;."] The typical subfamily of Cara- 
bida;, containing large handsome species whose 
mesosternal epiraeron reaches the coxa, and 
whose middle eoxal cavities are not entirely 
closed by the sterna. 
carabinet, . See oariiim-. 
carabineer, See carbinn r. 
caraboid (kar'a-boid), . and n. [< Or. napa^oet- 
o'/c, like a carabus, < napajio^, a carabus, -r e 
form.] I. a. 1 
Carabus; resembling a carabus. 2. Of or pe: 
(.-lining to the second larval stage of insects 
which undergo hypermetamorphosis, as the 
blister-beetles, Mcloidic. The caraboid stage 
succeeds the triunguline and precedes the sear- 
abwoid stage. Also carabidoid. 
II. . A member of the genus Carabus, or of 
the family Carabida;; a carabus. 
Carabus (kar'a-bus), w. [NL., < Or. icdpa/Jof, a 
horned beetle, also the sea-crawfish or spiny 
lobster (also a kind of light ship). See oara- 
/.] 1. The typical genus of Carabina!, now 
restricted to species of medium or large size 
918 
cent a upot under each eye, and hai tufu of long black 
hair which terminate the ear. whence it* name. It po- 
eue* great strength and ferocity, and Is sometime! used 
, I 
.Caracal (Ijrnx earatat). 
Caramania gum 
It. caragolo, aUo i-iirinjni>l>\ i-,ii mini, in . a snail, 
winding stair, i-nrm-nllii. a caracole, = (II 
t/iii mil; !'. dial. i-in/iitri ulli. a snail. Origin un- 
certain; erroneously derived by the Spanish 
Academy from L. cocUea, coelea, a Hnail. simil- 
shell: see nichlca.] 1. In the manege, a nrini- 
rounil or half-turn which a horseman makes, 
either to the right or to the left. 8. In arc*., 
a spiral staircase. 
caracole (kar'a-kdl), v. i. ; pret. and pp. cara- 
coled, ppr. caracoling. [< caracole, n. ; = F. 
caraenter = 8p. caracolear = Pg. caracolar = 
It. cararolhire.] 1. To move or advance in a 
series of caracoles ; prance. 
Prince John eararoleit within the lliU at the hea.l .,f hi. 
Jovial party. .sv-.rfr, Ivanhoe, I. BZ. 
Hay youth*, In rich brilliant drcue, caracole up to ti,- 
carriages on fiery steed*. 
J. K. Cnolce, Virginia Comedialu, II. xxl. 
In the chase of the (mailer quadrupeds and of the larger 2. To wheel, as cavalry, 
kinds of birds. It ha* been supposed to .he the lynx of caraCOli, n. See eariimly. 
family Pulyho, 
genera folyliorii.t, I'halnilurnu*, , s w-<v, Milraijn, 
Ibycter, and Diiptriun, all of which are confined 
to America. The name Is specially applicable U> the 
species of Polybonu, of which there are several, as /'. 
chrrieay, P. audubuni, and /'. lulwnu, of the southeni 
I "nited States and wanner parts of America. TheK are 
large, vulture-like hnwks, of terrestrial, ambulatory, not 
saltatory, habits, preying chiefly upon carrion. The head 
IU8, \ Kapa/io^, a carabus, + e/ooc, "- inches long. Also called carcara and carranfha. 
. Of or pertaining to the genus Caraccesque, Carraccesque (k&r-a-ohesk'), a. 
ibling a carabus. 2. Of or per- I" " r> < resembling or characteristic of the Ca- 
rhombic crystals, which are hexagonal in aspect 
through twinning. 
caracolla (kar-a-kol'a), . [NL. ; also writ- 
ten, less prop., carocolla ; < Sp. caracol, a snail : 
see caracole.] 1. A snail of the family Ifeliri- 
dte, with the whorls of the shell flattened to- 
ward and keeled at the edges. 2f. (<<///.] A 
genus of such land-snails. 
caracoly, caracoli (kar'a-kol-i), n. [Origin 
unknown.] An alloy of gold, silver, and cop- 
per, of which an inferior kind of jewelry is 
made by the Caribs. 
caracora (kar-a-ko'rS), . [Formerly also 
caracol; a Malay word.] A proa of Borneo 
and other islands of the East Indies. 
caract't, [Also charact, < ME. caract, carect, 
< OF. caract, charact, m., caracte, carecte, ka- 
recte, carate, t. (= Pr. carecta, f.), character, 
sign, mark, shortened from caracter, ME. car- 
acter : see character.'] 1. A distinctive mark, 
especially as indicating character or value. 
They are men that set the caract and value upon things 
as they love them. B. JOIUOH, Discoveries. 
2. Character; kind; sort. 
No, beauty, no ; you are of too good i-nmi-t 
To be left so, without a guard. 
B. Jonton, Every Man In hi* Humour, III. S. 
3. Estimate. 
You do mistake 
My caract of your friendship all this while, 
or at what rate I reckon your assistance. 
II. Jonton, Magnetlck Lady, I. 1. 
4. A formula of enchantment. 
lie -liiil.li- make his sacrifice 
And rede hi* carect in the wise, 
As she him taught. 
Qavxr, Coiif. Amant., II. 347. 
Whan that a man 
With hi* carecte him wolde enchalliite. 
Gomr, Conf. Amant, I. 57. 
An obsolete form of carat. 
and neck are extensively denuded ; the legs ami wings are 
comparatively long; the lieak is toothless, with the cere 
ending vertically, the nostrils high up, linear, and oblique, 
with concealed tubercle. Though vulturine in general as- 
pect and economy, the caracaras approach the typical fal- 
con* in some anatomical characters, as in the peculiar 
structure of the shoulder-joint, the extensively oasined 
nasal bones with central nasal tulercle, and the anterior 
keel of the palate. The common caracara is much varied 
with white and black barring of the plumage, and I* about caract 2 ! " 
_22 inches long. AJso called carcara and rarmnrha. A Ilmrki Mw . irv y, U divided Into twenty. 
four equal parts, called caractt. Coctxr. 
Diamond*, two whereof 
racci or Carracci, Italian painters of the latter Do double the twelfth caraet. CarttrnyM. 
part of the sixteenth and the earlier part of caractert, An earlier form of character. 
the seventeenth century, founders of the eclec- Caradoc sandstone. See sandstone. 
tic or Bolognese school of painting. carafe, caraffe (ka-raf), n. [= D. karaf= Q. 
carack, carrack (kar'ak), n. [Also written karaffe = Dan. karaffc, karaffel, < F. carafe, 
cnrac, carick, carrick, carrock, < ME. caracke. < It. caraffa = Sp. Pg. garrafa, a vessel for 
carrik; = D. kraak = G. Icaraeke, kracke, < OF. cooling liquids, prob. < AT. ghirdf, a vessel, < 
carraque, F. caraque = Sp. Pg. carraca = It. gltarafa, draw, as water.] A glass water-bottle 
caracca, < ML. carraca, caraca (also caracata or decanter. 
(i. e., carricata) navis, 'laden ship'), prop, car- Caragana (kar-a-ga'na), n. [NL., < caragan, 
rica, a ship of burden, < carricare, load a car, the name of the original species among the 
r , < L. carrus, a ca": see carl, caricature, cargo^, Mogul Tatars.] A genus of leguminous tree, 
and handsome coloration, having the third an- a "d charge.] A large round-biiilt vessel of con- or shrubs, all Asiatic and chiefly Siberian, wit h 
tennal joint cylindrical, the labrum not fur- siderable depth, fitted for fighting as well as for feathery pale-green foliage and yellow flowers 
call', the mandibles with no external setigerous burden, such as were used by the Portuguese appearing in early spring. The species are all 
puncture, the posterior coxse contiguous, and an d Spaniards in trading with America and ornamental, and several are in cultivation. 
the anterior coxal cavities open behind. There the Kast Indies. 
arc many species, especially in Em-o|K>, where the genus The Oenuois comen In sundry wtoec 
i-eiicbes its highest ile\ elopin, -lit, C. terrotui is the com- Into this land with diners marchandUei 
m. .nest American species, j) to J of an inch long, black, In great Caraek*. arrayed withouteu lacke 
with bhiisli edges of the prothorux and elytra, the latter With cloth of gold. llatluyt's Voyayei, I. 193. 
betag punctate. On core airs galley, carack tall, 
2. [i.e.] A member of this genus, or of the fam- And plundered Christian cararaL 
ily Caraliitlii: 3f. [I. c.] A caravel. Wkittier, Derne. 
caract, . See ainick. caracol 1 (kar'a-kol), H. Same as caracole, 2. 
caracal (kar'a-kal), n. [< F. caracal, said to caracol'-'t (kar'a-kol), n. An obsolete form of 
be < Turk, i/nra i/ii/n// : r/nm. black ; i/iilm/. ear.] 
carageen, n. See carrageen. 
caragenin, n. See carragecnin. 
caragheen, . See carrageen. 
caramgt, n. An obsolete form of carrion. 
caraipT (kar-a-e'pe), n. [8. Amer.] The pot- 
tery-tree of Part, Moqvitta iitilix. the powdered 
bark of which is mixed with clay for making 
vessels for domestic use. Pottery "thus made is 
capable of withstanding a high degree of heat. 
Caraite, . Sec Karaite. 
\ carnivorous (lipitigrade quadruped of the /'<- caracole (kar'a-kol), . [Also written caracol carajara, carajura (kar-a-ja'ra, -jS'rS), . [A 
liila', or cat family, and genus I.ynr, L. cara- ( es P- in sense L'), < F. caracole, a caracole, a native S. Amer. name.] A red coloring mmt- 
ciil, inhabiting portions of northern Africa and gambol, a spiral staircase, formerly caracal, a ter obtained from Bignonin chica. See chico. 
southwestern Asia. H j s ulH.nt the size of a fox, snail, < Sp. eiirurnl = Cat. I'linnjol = Pg. cara- Caramania gum. Same as Bamora gum (which 
is of a uniform deep-brown or wine-red color above, ex nil, a snail, a winding staircase, a caracole, = see, under gum-). 
