a. [ Gr. &unr_; thorn + &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) Having the fruit covered with spines. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. a- not + carpel. ] (Bot.) Having no carpels. Opposite of carpellate.
Syn. -- acarpe [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + karpo`s fruit. ] (Bot.) Not producing fruit; unfruitful. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; extreme, highest + &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) (a) Having a terminal fructification; having the fruit at the end of the stalk. (b) Having the fruit stalks at the end of a leafy stem, as in certain mosses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 dioecious evergreen trees or shrubs; equatorial to S and SE Africa: yellowwood2; similar to trees or genus Podocarpus.
Syn. -- genus Afrocarpus [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The painting or piece of sculpture above and behind the altar; reredos. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. 'amfi` + karpo`s fruit. ] (Bot.) Producing fruit of two kinds, either as to form or time of ripening. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. tree bearing fruit enclosed in a shell or involucre or husk. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. 1 of or pertaining to an angiocarp; angiocarpous.
Syn. -- angiocarpous [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Angio- + Gr. karpo`s fruit. ] (Bot.) (a) Having fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule. Brande & C. (b) Having the seeds or spores covered, as in certain lichens. Gray.
Syn. -- angiocarpic [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a`nqos flower + karpo`s fruit. ] (Bot.) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. apo- + Gr. karpo`s fruit. ] (Bot.) Either entirely or partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil; -- opposed to syncarpous. Lindley. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. 1. 1 a genus of slow-growing geophytic cacti; northern and eastern Mexico; southern Texas.
Syn. -- genus Ariocarpus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ It., fr. arpeggiare to play on the harp, fr. arpa harp. ] (Mus.) The production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, as in playing the harp, and not simultaneously; a strain thus played. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. arpent, fr. L. arepennis, arapennis. According to Columella, a Gallic word for a measure equiv. to half a Roman jugerum. ] Formerly, a measure of land in France, varying in different parts of the country. The arpent of Paris was 4, 088 sq. yards, or nearly five sixths of an English acre. The woodland arpent was about 1 acre, 1 rood, 1 perch, English. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Arpent. ] The Anglicized form of the French arpenteur, a land surveyor. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An arpent. [ Obs. ] Webster (1623). [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_; bread + &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the breadfruit, or to the genus Artocarpus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'asko`s a bladder + karpo`s fruit. ] (Bot.) In ascomycetous fungi, the spherical, discoid, or cup-shaped body within which the asci are collected, and which constitutes the mature fructification. The different forms are known in mycology under distinct names. Called also spore fruit. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. of or pertaining to an ascocarp. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ Auto- + Gr. karpo`s fruit. ] (Bot.) Consisting of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Auto- + harp. ] A zitherlike musical instrument, provided with dampers which, when depressed, deaden some strings, leaving free others that form a chord. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ n., or }. (a) [ More fully chenille Axminster. ] A variety of Turkey carpet, woven by machine or, when more than 27 inches wide, on a hand loom, and consisting of strips of worsted chenille so colored as to produce a pattern on a stout jute backing. It has a fine soft pile. So called from Axminster, England, where it was formerly (1755 -- 1835) made. (b) A similar but cheaper machine-made carpet, resembling moquette in construction and appearance, but finer and of better material. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A post sunk in the ground to receive the bars closing a passage into a field. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; sprout, germ + &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) Germinating inside the pericarp, as the mangrove. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. secure against burglary.
Syn. -- burglar-proof. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Carped p. pr. & vb. n. Carping. ] [ OE. carpen to say, speak; from Scand. (cf. Icel. karpa to boast), but influenced later by L. carpere to pluck, calumniate. ] 1. To talk; to speak; to prattle. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carping and caviling at faults of manner. Blackw. Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

And at my actions carp or catch. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To say; to tell. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To find fault with; to censure. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Carp, formerly Carps. [ Cf. Icel. karfi, Dan. karpe, Sw. karp, OHG. charpho, G. karpfen, F. carpe, LL. carpa. ] (Zool.) A fresh-water herbivorous fish (Cyprinus carpio.). Several other species of Cyprinus, Catla, and Carassius are called carp. See Cruclan carp. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The carp was originally from Asia, whence it was early introduced into Europe, where it is extensively reared in artificial ponds. Within a few years it has been introduced into America, and widely distributed by the government. Domestication has produced several varieties, as the leather carp, which is nearly or quite destitute of scales, and the mirror carp, which has only a few large scales. Intermediate varieties occur. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carp louse (Zool.), a small crustacean, of the genus Argulus, parasitic on carp and allied fishes. See Branchiura. --
Carp mullet (Zool.), a fish (Moxostoma carpio) of the Ohio River and Great Lakes, allied to the suckers. --
Carp sucker (Zool.), a name given to several species of fresh-water fishes of the genus Carpiodes in the United States; -- called also quillback. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Carpus. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the carpus, or wrist. -- n. One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; a carpale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carpal angle (Zool.), the angle at the last joint of the folded wing of a bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Carpalia [ NL., fr. E. carpus. ] (Anat.) One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; esp. one of the series articulating with the metacarpals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a range of mountains in Austro-Hungary, called the Carpathians, which partially inclose Hungary on the north, east, and south. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Belonging to, forming, or containing carpels. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. (Botany) bearing or consisting of carpels. Opposite of acarpelous.
Syn. -- pistillate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. carpellum, fr. Gr. karpo`s fruit. ] (Bot.) A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See Illust of Carpaphore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. carpentier, F. charpentier, LL. carpentarius, fr. L. carpentum wagon, carriage. ] An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, ships, etc.

Syn. -- Carpenter, Joiner. The carpenter frames and puts together roofs, partitions, floors, and other structural parts of a building. The joiner supplies stairs, doors shutters, mantelpieces, cupboards, and other parts necessary to finishing the building. In America the two trades are commonly united. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carpenter ant (Zool.), any species of ant which gnaws galleries in the wood of trees and constructs its nests therein. They usually select dead or somewhat decayed wood. The common large American species is Formica Pennsylvanica. --
Carpenter bee (Zool.), a large hymenopterous insect of the genus Xylocopa; -- so called because it constructs its nest by gnawing long galleries in sound timber. The common American species is Xylocopa Virginica. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a California evergreen shrub (Carpenteria californica) having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The occupation or work of a carpenter; the act of working in timber; carpentry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. charpenterie, OF. also carpenterie. See Carpenter. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, as in the construction of buildings. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who carps; a caviler. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. carpite rug, soft of cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L. carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E. Harvest. ] 1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tables and beds covered with copes instead of carpets and coverlets. T. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet. “The grassy carpet of this plain.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carpet beetle or
Carpet bug (Zool.), a small beetle (Anthrenus scrophulariæ), which, in the larval state, does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; -- also called buffalo bug. --
Carpet knight. (a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of the drawing room; an effeminate person. Shak. (b) One made a knight, for some other than military distinction or service. --
Carpet moth (Zool.), the larva of an insect which feeds on carpets and other woolen goods. There are several kinds. Some are the larvæ of species of Tinea (as Tinea tapetzella); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus. --
Carpet snake (Zool.), an Australian snake. See Diamond snake, under Diamond. --
Carpet sweeper, an apparatus or device for sweeping carpets. --
To be on the carpet, to be under consideration; to be the subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression derived from the use of carpets as table cover. --
Brussels carpet. See under Brussels. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Carpeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Carpeting. ] To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets; to furnish with a carpet or carpets. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carpeted temples in fashionable squares. E. Everett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A portable bag for travelers; -- so called because originally made of carpet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An adventurer; -- a term of contempt for a Northern man seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern part of the United States after the Civil War (1865). [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. covered with or as if with carpeting or with carpeting as specified; often used in combination; as, the carpeted hallway; a flower-carpeted hillside. Opposite of uncarpeted. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The act of covering with carpets. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Cloth or materials for carpets; carpets, in general. [ 1913 Webster ]

The floor was covered with rich carpeting. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without a carpet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who deals in carpets; a buyer and seller of carpets. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One fond of pleasure; a gallant. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Agric.) A border of greensward left round the margin of a plowed field. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]