carrion 
II f a. Dead and putrefying, as a carcass, carrot (kar'ot), n. [Early mod. E. also carot, 
fl. TP mi carote; =G. carotte, Tcarotte, < F. carote, now ca- 
Cam'on men groaning for burial. Shak., J. C., ill. 1. ^^ ^ Jt _ ^^ < ^^ prob < Gl ! KapuT6Vt 
carrion-beetle (kar'i-on-be"tl), H. A necroph- a carrot.] 1. The common name of plants of 
agous coleopter; a beetle that feeds upon or tne umbelliferous genus Daueus, the best-known 
deposits its eggs in carrion. species, D. Carota, yielding in cultivation the 
carrion-crow (kar'i-on-kro), . 1. The com- vegetable of the same name. It is a native of Eu- 
inon crow of Europe, Corvus corone : so called 
carry 
rry h 
I must carry her word U-i 
Her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn. 
Isa. xiii. 7. 
because it often feeds on carrion. See cut 
under crow. 2. The urubu or black vulture 
of America, Catharista atrata, a common bird 
of the southern United States, resembling the 
turkey-buzzard, and feeding entirely upon car- 
rion. 3. The common crow of America, Cor- 
c,s americanus. 4. A name of the European 
rook, Corvus frugilegus. 
carrion-feeder (kar ' i-on-fe " d&r), n. An ani- 
mal that feeds upon carrion: said especially of 
vultures and caracaras. Darwin. 
carrion-flower (kar'i-on-flou"er), n. A name 
given to various plants the flowers of which 
have an offensive carrion-like odor, especially 
to species of the genus Stapelia and to Smilax 
tierbacea. 
carrion-hawk (kar'i-qn-hak), n. A hawk or 
other bird of prey that feeds upon carrion; 
one of the Cathartklte or Polyborinw, as a con- 
dor, turkey-vulture, or caracara. Darwin. 
carrion-Vulture (kar'i-ou-vul"tur), n. A vul- 
ture that feeds on carrio'n ; especially, an Amer- 
ican vulture of the family Cathartkloi : as, " con- 
dors, like other carrion-vultures," Darwin. 
carritch (kar'ich), n. [Also written caritcli, 
and in quasi-plural form caritchcs, a humorous 
perversion of catechism, q. v.] A catechism. 
[Scotch.] 
rope and northern Asia, and was used as a vegetable in 
early times. The wild carrot is the same species growing 
spontaneously in the fields, where it becomes a noxious 
weed with a small and tough white root. The seeds are 
used as a diuretic and stimulant. The native carrot of 
Australia is D. brachiatus. See cut under Daueus. 
2. The tap-root of Daueus Carota, cultivated for 
the table and for cattle. There are numerous varie- 
ties, differing much in size and shape. The grated root is 
used in poultices for ulcers, and the juice for the coloring 
of butter. 
3. A solid round piece of rock, cut out in a 
hole made by a machine-drill: called in the 
United States, and often in England, a core. 
4. pi. Rolls of tobacco formed by placing the 
moist prepared leaves together in large hand- 
fuls, and winding about them grasses or strips 
of dry fibrous wood, thus partially consolidat- 
ing the leaves, so that they require only to be 
ground, or rasped and sifted, to make the finest 
and purest snuff, called rappee. 5. pi. [From 
the resemblance of color.] Yellowish-red hair 
on a human being. [Slang.] Candy or Cretan 
carrot, the Athamanta Cretensis, an umbelliferous spe- 
cies of the Levant, the seeds of which have properties 
similar to those of Daueus Carota. Deadly carrot, the 
Thapsia Garganica, an umbellate of southern Europe, an 
acrid irritant, formerly used in plasters for the relief of 
rheumatic and other local pains. Oil of carrot, a vol- 
atile oil, whose composition is not known with certainty, 
obtained in small quantity by distilling the roots of car- 
rots with water. 
". a .vTJ pelt, by rubbing a preparation into it designed 
.] An absurd question ;, a quibble; a co- P ' * . f? O m the ravaees of insects 
nundrum ; a pun ; a piece of jocularity or f ace- 
tiousness. [Obsolete or rare.] 
A bare clinch will serve the turn ; a car-wicket, a quar- 
ter-quibble, or a pun. Dryden, The Wild Gallant, i. 1. 
He has all sorts of echoes, rebuses, chronograms, etc., 
besides carwhichets, clenches, and quibbles. Butler. 
Sir John had always his budget full of punns, conun- 
drums, and carrawitchets. Arbuthnot. 
Fun, pun, conundrum, carrimtchet. 
Oarrick, Correspondence, etc., II. 296. 
. dressed, carroted, and cut from the skin. 
Encyc. Brit., IX. 837. 
carrotiness (kar'pt-i-nes), n. [< carroty + 
-ness.] The condition of being of a carroty or 
reddish-yellow color; especially, this condition 
of the hair. 
carrot-tree (kar'ot-tre), n. A curious, some- 
what woody, umbelliferous plant, Monizia edu- 
lis, found only upon the uninhabited islands 
lying southeast of Madeira, on high cliffs over- 
hanging the sea. The roots are sometimes used for 
food in case of need by temporary sojourners upon the 
islands. 
carroty (kar'ot-i), a. [< carrot + *r*j Like a 
carrot in color: an epithet given to yellowish 
or reddish hair. 
caiTO (kar'o), . [It., prop, a cart-load : see 
carl.] A wine measure of Lombardy and Nice, 
equal to 130 United States (wine) gallons, 108 
imperial gallons, or 492.5 liters. 
carroccio (ka-roch'io), n. [It., a car, carriage. 
coach, aug. of carro, a car: see caroche and 
carl.] The car of war, on which the standard carrousel (kar'6-zel), n. [P.] 1 . See carousal*, 
was borne into battle, peculiar to the Italian 1. 2. A merry-go-round (which see). Also 
republics of the middle ages. written carousal, carousel. 
The carroccio, or "great car," that bore the standard of CarrOwH (kar'o), n. [< Ir. and Gael, carach. 
the commune, was a symbol of independence widely in cunning, deceitful, < ear, a twist, turn, trick, j 
use among the free cities of Italy. Its invention is as- j n Ireland, one who wandered about and made 
cribed toiriberto, Archbishop of Milan in the eleventh hig liying ^ y eardg and dice . ft stro lling game- 
.enjiry^ Ngftm ^ church-building in Middle Ages, p. 110. Ster. Spenser. 
carrock, n. See carack. 
carrolt, n. See carol 1 , carol 2 . 
carrolllte (kar'q-lit), n. [< Carroll (see def.) 
+ -ite 2 .] A sulphid of copper and cobalt ob- 
tained from Carroll county, Maryland. 
carrom, . and v. See carom. 
ancient Irish subdivision of land. 
The Ceathran-hadh, carrow or quarter. 
W. K. Sullivan, O'Curry. 
carr-swallow, . See car-swallow. 
carruca, . See caruca. 
carronade (kar-o-nad'), n. [< Carron, in Scot- carrucaget, n. See carucage. 
land, where it was first made, + -odei as in carrucatet, n. See carucate. 
grenade, etc. ; hence F. caronade = Sp. Pg. ca- carry (kar'i), v. ; pret. and pp. carried, ppr. car- 
' 
ronada.] A short piece of ordnance having a 
large caliber 
and a cham- 
ber for the 
powder, like 
a mortar. 
carron-oil 
(kar'on-oil), 
n. A lini- 
ment COm- Carronade. 
posed of lin- 
seed-oil and lime-water : so called from being 
much used for burns at the Carron Iron Works 
in Stirlingshire, Scotland. 
carroon 1 , . See caroon. 
carroon 2 (ka-ron'), re. [Also in corrupt form 
caroome; prob. < OF. carron, F. charron, < ML. 
caro(n-) for *carro(-), a wagon-maker, cart- 
wright, prob. also (like the similar L. carpen- 
tarius, a wagon-maker: see carpenter) a cart- 
driver, < L. carrus, a car, cart: see carl.] A 
license from the lord mayor of London to keep 
a cart. Wharton. 
carrosset, . See caroche. 
rying. [Early mod. E. also came, cary, carie, 
< ME. car Jew, < OF. carter, caroier (> F. char- 
rier, also charroyer) = Pr. carregar = OCat. 
carrejar = OSp. earrear = It. carreggiare (ML. 
carricare), carry, orig. transport in a vehicle, 
< L. carrus (> OF. car, etc.), a cart, car: see 
carl. Hence, from ML. carricare, ult. E. cari- 
cature, carJc, cargo, charge, etc.] I. trans. 1. 
To bear or convey from a starting-point, or in 
going; take along or transport by the use of 
physical strength or means; move or cause to 
be moved along with one : as, to carry a cane 
in the hand, or goods in a ship. 
When he dieth, he shall carry nothing away. 
Ps. xlix. 17. 
They will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young 
asses. Isa. xxx. 6. 
Nay, daughter, carry the wine in ; we will drink within. 
Shak., M. W. of W.', i. 1. 
2. To be the means of conveying; serve as the 
vehicle of, or as a transporting or transmitting 
agency for: as, a ship or a wagon carries goods 
to market; the wind carried the ship out of her 
course ; the atmosphere carries sounds. 
We shall probably not be far wrong in saying that the 
Thames carries down to the sea, every year, 14 million 
cubic feet of solid matter. Huxleii, Physiog., p. 148. 
3. To lead or conduct in going; escort, urge, 
or drive along: as, to carry off a friend, or a 
squad of prisoners. 
And he carried away all his cattle. Gen. xxi. 18. 
Why hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out 
of Egypt? Ex. xiv. 11. 
I carried him home to dinner with me. 
Smollett, Roderick Random. Ixviii. 
4. To lead or project in a specified direction, 
physically or mentally; direct or continue to 
or toward some point in space, time, or contem- 
plation: as, to carry forward a line of survey, 
or an undertaking; he carried his history, or 
his readers, back to the remotest times; he 
carried his theory to its logical result. 
Manethes, that wrote of the Egyptians, hath carried up 
their government to an incredible distance. 
Sir M. Hale, Orig. of Mankind. 
War was to be diverted from Greece by being carried 
into Asia. Mitford. 
Nothing short of a miracle could carry far the improve- 
ments which have been attempted and in part begun. 
Brougham. 
Like all beliefs found successful in one subject, it was 
carried over into another. W. K. Clifford, Lectures, 1. 143. 
Hence 5. To impel; drive: as, the gale car- 
ried the fleet out of its course. 6. To put or 
place forward; transfer to an advanced posi- 
tion or stage : as, to carry a case into court, or 
up to the supreme court; in adding, we set 
down the units and carry the tens (that is, trans- 
fer them to the next column in advance). 7. 
To conduct ; manage : often with an indefinite 
it: as, to carry matters with a high hand; he 
carried it bravely : archaic, except with on: as, 
to carry on business. See phrases below. 
Will the elephant Ajax carry it thus? 
Shak., T. and C., it 3. 
We have carried the business nobly. 
Middleton (and others), The Widow, L 2. 
He being reconciled the day before, all things were car- 
ried very lovingly amongst all. 
Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 91. 
8. To bear to a consummation ; conduct to a 
desired or a successful issue ; gain or achieve 
by management: as, to carry a legislative mea- 
sure, or an election; to carry out one's purpose. 
I look by her means for a reformation, 
And such a one, and such a rare way carried, 
That all the world shall wonder at. 
Beau, and Fl., Valentinian, i. 2. 
You must either carry the Bill, or make it as clear as 
day that you have done all in your power to do so. 
Sydney Smith, To the Countess Grey. 
9. To gain by effort or contest; gain posses- 
sion or control of ; succeed in gaining or taking ; 
take or win from or as from an enemy; cap- 
ture : as, to carry a fortress by assault ; to car- 
ry a district in an election ; to carry off a prize. 
Gonsalvo, availing himself of these friendly dispositions, 
pushed forward his successes, carrying one stronghold 
after another. Prescott, Ferd. and Isa., ii. 2. 
The Republicans had carried the country upon an issue 
in which ethics were more distinctly and visibly mingled 
with politics than usual. Lowell, Study Windows, p. 157. 
Hence 10. To succeed in electing: as, to car- 
ry a candidate. [Eng.] 11. To lead or draw 
mentally; transport, urge, or impel the mind 
of ; influence to a course of action, thought, or 
feeling: as, the speaker carried his audience 
with him; his passion carried him away or 
astray ; he was carried out of himself. 
Why doth thine heart carry thee away ? Job xv. 12. 
Ill-nature, passion, and revenge will carry them too far 
in punishing others. Locke. 
12. To bear up and support, whether in mo- 
tion or at rest; move, hold, or sustain the mass 
or weight of: as, to carry the body gracefully; 
he carries his woun ded arm in a sling ; the bridge 
carries a permanent load of so many tons ; the 
wall c.annot carry such a weight. 
To carry up the body faire, is decent, and doth shew 
A comely grace in any one, Where ever he doth goe. 
Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 295. 
Set them a reasonable depth, and they will carry more 
shoots upon the stem. Bacon, Nat. Hist. 
13. To bear, or bear about, as a fixed or inher- 
ent accompaniment, physical or moral j hold as 
an appurtenance, quality, or characteristic : as, 
he carries a bullet in his body; his opinions car- 
ry great weight. 
No man hath . 
of it. 
. an attaint but he carries some stain 
Shak., T. and C., i. 2. 
