card 
card 2 (kiird), v. t. [< ME. CHruen (= 1 >. 
= L(j l.-aarteH = G. harden = Dan. Korte, Karat 
= Hw. /,>"'</ (cf. Icel. *;/) = F. card,;- = I'r. 
Sp. Pg. (-ardiir = l\. i-iinl'ii-i): < OOKP, .] 1. 
To comb or open, as wool, flax, hemp, etc., with 
a card, for the purpose of disentangling the 
fibers, cleansing from extraneous matter, sep- 
arating tin- courser parts, and making fine, and 
soft for spinning. 
"('/ :ilnl spin, 
\nil leave the business of the war to men. 
iir.i.i.'n, tr. of oviii'H IMamocpb., xii. 
Perhaps to card 
Wind for the Housewife's spindle. 
Fonlravrtk, Michael 
\Ve don't atrd silk with comb that dresses wool. 
/,','.', >',,/<l</. Hill- and Hook, II. l4. 
2f. To mingle ; mix ; weaken or debase by mix- 
ing. 
You card your beer, If you see your quests IK-HHI to be 
drunk, bait small, half stroiic. 
Briv/ir. <;nip for mi 1 pst. Courtier. 
The skipping kin;; . . . .-.I/-./."./ his state. 
Sl'J 
IV. of France, in the British Museum. 
Cardecuf quart il'eciT of Henry IV. of Franc. 
ver coin. The weight of the specimen repre- 
sented in the above cut is 146 grains. 
You see this DCfdoM, the last and the only <|UmtC88elice 
of fifty crown-. /;.. ml /'(., Thierry and Theodoret, v.l. 
I could never yet finger one canl :<>! of her l.uuty. 
I'lm/i mini. Monsieur D'olive, n. 1. 
A set of hilding fellows. . . . The bunch of them were 
not worth acardecu. 
cardel (kar'del), n. A hogshead containing 64 
<tl,at 1 Hen IV iii " CalUUl v 1 "" "-"-'/I " TV 
' - gallons, iii use among whalers. 
'i-ne),^i. [NL. (cf. F. ,-ar- Oardellina (knr-de-li'na), n. [NL. (cf. Sp. 
irili'lina = It. i'iiri/i/liiiii, cardffrmo, cardeuo 
Cardamine (kiir-dam 
cnnhiiiiinii= I'g. rardamma = It. 
cardiid 
arcaof deep d mini's.-, which marks tin tli IMS of tile heart 
itself, .-an ! distinguished onl> liy -Iron:: |ii-i 'i-u-sion. 
Cardiac ganglion. *ee wi/ ;(' ,. Cardiac glands, 
tubular glands of the min-ous membrane of the stoiinii-h, 
mo.st numerous in thr i-arili:M' region. 'I in- portion next 
the orilli'r. lilli-d with epithelium like that of the Mlrtai . "1 
uic niiiroiis nieiiiliraue. is short, and two or more 
tiiliiileiope to It. Phew are lined with -hm-i. roliunnar, 
coarsely uranular c-i-lls i-alled principal or central 
and hitwecii tlie-e and the lia.-eiueut membrane the 8O- 
oaOed parietal cells are found. - Cardiac line, in. /..,- 
muni''!, tlie line of the heart, which runs across the palm 
fi i the outer side toward the l.asr of the tiisl linger 
Cardiac orifice, the esopha^cal opening of tin- stomach. 
Cardiac paBSlOnt, an old name for heartbuin 
carJMijiii. Cardiac plate, cardiac ossicle, a trans 
verse arched ealcillcation extending across the Btomacll 
in some crustaceans, as a crawfish, and articulating at 
Mat end with a ptcrucai iliac ossidc. See cut under 
Attacidti'. Cardiac plexus, the plexus formed by the 
;m,i-tomosi- ot pncunio-a-trie and sympathetic and other 
-oinir t., the In-art. Cardiac sacs, in cchino- 
,1, mi- radial dilatations or diverticllla of the stomach, as 
of a starfish. Kach may be more or led MOCnlated, and 
i \|ei,d lomfl "'ay into the ray or arm to which it coin- 
sponds. Cardiactube.ii primitive, rudimentary, or em- 
hrronic heart, in a simply tuliuhir stage. Cardiac ves- 
sels, tlie arteries and veins of the heart. Cardiac 
Wheel in iiirrli.. a heart "heel ; a cam-wheel in the form 
of a heart. See li.-m-i .-,/,. - Middle cardiac nerve, the 
larijest of tlie three cardiac nerves, arising from the mid- 
dle cervical sympathetic ganglion, and proceeding to the 
deep cardiac plexus. Also called nermt cardiam* im"i 
__ medicine which excites action in the 
i and animates the spirits; a cordial. 
A genus of annual or perennial pungent herbs, an(1 SUD family Setophagina: ; the rose fly-catch- car( li ac et H. [Appar. < Gr. napAtaitj/, fern, of (top- 
no f 11 t'al cvTvloV f 't'llf'i f'f't'il' DHitlVCHOl I IH* COOlt'l* I'O- I,,,, ., ..I .1 , . ... TI. i : 1 1 : . , . , , . , i . , . 1 ,., i ,,. tisl c/>aiv*>lv , T., 4-J.-, _ 4- n 4-1. n I ..... ..t 
times made to include the toothwort, Deniaria. who plays at cards ; a gamester : as, coggers, 
cardamom (kiir'da-mom), n. [Also cardamum, carders, dicers," Bp. Woolton, Chnstian Manual, 
and formerly cardaniijmc, cardamon ; = D. kar- I. vi. 
damom = MHG. kardamuome, kardemuome, car- 
demome, G. kardamomcn (dim. kardamumel) = 
Dan. kardemome = Sw. kardi-mitmma, < F. car- r . ._ 
damome (OF. cardemoine) = Sp. Pg. It. carda- 1. One who or that which cards wool ; specin- 
momo (Pg. also cardamo, It. also cardamom), < cally, the machine employed in carding wool. 
L. cardamonnim, < Gr. Kapfa/iuuav, cardamom, T)le spinsters, carders, fullers, weavers. 
for 'Kapfafidpwftov, < KdpSa/iov, a kind of cress, + Skah., Hen. VIII., i. 2. 
fyuftov, a kind of Eastern spice-plant: see Car- 2. [cap.] One of an association of Irish rebels (3^"^"^ (kar^di'a-de),"n. pi. [NL., < Car- 
damine and Amomum.] One of the capsules of w ho tortured their victims by driving a wool- ,/,, + _,/>] Same a's Cardiida: 
different species of plants of the genera Amo- or flax-card into their backs and then dragging cgWH.- (kiir-di-ag'rii) n [NL., < Gr. napiia, 
iiii/ni and Elettaria, natural order Ziiujiberacecs : it down along the spine. _ K /f,.,,,^ + fypa, a "catching. Cf. chiragra, 
generally used in the plural. Thesejjapules are This shaH a Carder, that a White-boy be ; ^ ^ podagra.] ' In pathol., pain or gout of the heart. 
bi lye moHugjcg formed for the families Car- 
AiaMia< .'jr en (Uiehe, and Glossidae. 
[NL., < Car- 
term, -le, < 
, . having pain 
-^ fhe hea ' rt; sge cardiac j A pain about 
h( ar( ,/,,., ,. 
"di-ak-pul-mon'ik), a. 
thin and filled with brown aromatic seeds, which are used 
, 
Ferocious leaders of atrocious bands. 
A less cor- 
cardiagraphy (kiir-di-ag'ra-n), n 
in medicine as a carminative and stomachic, as well as 
tin In variety of the same species lonnii m i cyion. ine /i -- - , _t:_ii,, +!, ,' ' . ' " 7. J 
plant is reed-like, with large lanceolate leaves, and grows large bees of the genus Bombus, especially the j n , >at / lo l^ the heartburn ; a burning sensation 
in the upper, left, or cardiac orifice of the 
stomach, rising into the esophagus, due to in- 
digestion; gastralgia. 
Siam, obtained from A. xanthioide*; the Bengal carda- a nne iroiii uie new w. .<= .""=.. ...>... .= ." . car di a lgy (kiir-di-al'ji), . [= F. cardialgif = 
mom's, from A. oalta; the Javan, from A. * ^$%$^J^ffi$ l 'g Sp. Pg^It. .arrf^^/a, < NL. cardialgia, q. v.] 
rC^U-i". ^,,i <J Q a ?/. and passes it to the second, who further manipulates it Same as cttrdialgia. 
Cardans rule. Beef**. ifore passing it to the third, and soon until the material 
cardaSS (kar-das'), n. [= G. kardetsche, lor- reac hes the nest, where other bees are employed in felting 
merly kartatsche, < F. cardasse, < It. cardasso, and plaiting the bits with wax into a dome-like form made 
olor> niiir fnriJn<ttnne fobs 1 fcf So carduza = to harmonize with the irregularities of the ground, so that tv .. 
n f: C( , ,;..,; ool witM 1 il is " aral >' 'listinguishable In the beginning of the year tion in which the heart is placed upon the right 
Pg. cardMca), a card (to card woo ,n), <, tlle ,, et . 9 ^,, rk 8in 5i y , each female starting a new colony. i ngt ead of the left side. 
cardo, a card: see caro^.] A card to card wool ^rf -rfnde, (kard ' grin * der), n. A machine ,HJS^ (kar-di-ast'ma), n. [NL, < Gr. 
W]t fj ... .T -_ il X Al_ * < t , .,3 iinnH ! ^f*W* T^ . * ..rt'".i . 
card 
basket 
been 
cardboard 
upper part of the stomach, where the 
* ' -- gee cardiac. 
(kar * di - a - nas ' tro - fe), 
ia, = E. Aear, + avaarpo^ii, a 
>e aas<roy)A.] A malfonna- 
. . 
having the quality of stimulating action in the 
circulatory system. Hence 3. Cordial; pro- 
per made by pasting together two or more 
thicknesses of paper, drying and pressing; a esop hagus or gullet enters it 
thin pasteboard. __.& A /i r ;;'^i< n v\ n ..,1,1 
card-case (kiird'kas), n. A small pocket-case, 
generally of an ornamental kind, for holding 
the visiting-cards of the bearer, 
card-catalogue (kard'kat ; 'a-log), n. A cata- 
logue, as ot books in a library, in which the 
entries are made on separate cards, which are 
then arranged in order in boxes or drawers. 
card-clothing (kard'Ho'^Hing), n. Wire card 
used to cover the cylinders and slats of a card- 
ing-machine and for other purposes. See card 2 . 
card-cutter (kard'kut"er), n. A machine or an 
instrument for trimming, squaring, and cutting 
cardboard, 
cardecut, cardicuet (kar'de-ku), n. [< F. 
quart d'ecu : quart, fourth part (see quart) ; de, 
of; ecu, shield, crown-piece, < OF. escu = Sp. 
Pg. escutlo = It. scmlo, shield, kind of coin, < L. 
scutum, shield: see scudo and escutcheon.'] A 
quarter-crown (quart d'ecu), an old French sil- 
atmphy.] In pathol., atrophy of 
the heart, 
cardicentesis (kar"di-sen-te'sis), n. Same as 
It. cardiaco, < L. cardiacus, "< Gr. nap6iaii.&t, < car di cue t n. See cardecu. 
KapSia = E. heart.'] I. a. 1. Of or pertaining Qar^dgg (kiir'di-de), n. pi. Same as Cardiida;. 
to the heart. 2. Exciting action in the heart ; car diectasis (kar-di-ek'te-sis), n. [NL. (> F. 
.-= ,:... _* i ,. * , ctll . llicct<lliif)t < Gr Kap( j/ a? " = E. heart, + I 
stretching out, dilatation: see ectasis.~\ 
, 
ducing strength and cheerfulness. 4. Per- tation of the hcart 
Dila- 
caecum, the carJiac end of the stomach, when it is elon- card. 
gated and convoluted like a ctecum, as in the blood-sucking car( Ji ean (kiir'di-gan), n. 
bats, Demiodida?. Cardiac crisis, an attack of angina V S*"; 6 , r ..,..); n , '"C17Q7 
tO* <- 
, . , 
peet oris and irregular pulse, especially such as occurs in the 
course of loeomot, ,r ataxia.- Cardiac dullness, the dull- 
[Named from the 
Earl'of Cocrf((7ar'(1797-1868).] A close-fit- 
ting knitted woolen jacket or waistcoat. Also 
A bivalve mollusk of 
