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‖n. [ L., fr. caro, carnis, flesh + facere to make. ] (Antiq.) The public executioner at Rome, who executed persons of the lowest rank; hence, an executioner or hangman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. carnification. ] The act or process of turning to flesh, or to a substance resembling flesh. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ LL. carnificare, fr. L. caro, carnis, flesh + facere to make: cf. F. carnifier. ] To form flesh; to become like flesh. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. caro, canis , flesh. ] (Chem.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, found in extract of meat, and related to xanthin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. carnevale, prob. for older carnelevale, prop., the putting away of meat; fr. L. caro, carnis, flesh + levare to take away, lift up, fr. levis light. ] 1. A festival celebrated with merriment and revelry in Roman Catholic countries during the week before Lent, esp. at Rome and Naples, during a few days (three to ten) before Lent, ending with Shrove Tuesday. [ 1913 Webster ]

The carnival at Venice is everywhere talked of. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any merrymaking, feasting, or masquerading, especially when overstepping the bounds of decorum; a time of riotous excess. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

He saw the lean dogs beneath the wall
Hold o'er the dead their carnival Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., neut. pl. from L. carnivorus. See Carnivorous. ] (Zoöl.) An order of Mammallia including the lion, tiger, wolf bear, seal, etc. They are adapted by their structure to feed upon flesh, though some of them, as the bears, also eat vegetable food. The teeth are large and sharp, suitable for cutting flesh, and the jaws powerful. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Greediness of appetite for flesh. [ Sportive. ] Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. carnivore. ] (Zoöl.) One of the Carnivora. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. carnivorus; caro, carnis, flesh + varare to devour. ] Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food; (c) to substances which destroy animal tissue, as caustics. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. ex out + LL. carnificatus, p. p. carnificare to carnify; cf. L. excarnificare to tear to pieces, torment. See Carnify. ] To clear of flesh; to excarnate. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of excarnificating or of depriving of flesh; excarnation. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Incarnation, and -fy. ] The act of assuming, or state of being clothed with, flesh; incarnation. [ 1913 Webster ]