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n. [ F. barcarolle, fr. It. barcaruola, fr. barca bark, barge. ] (Mus.) (a) A popular song or melody sung by Venetian gondoliers. (b) A piece of music composed in imitation of such a song. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. caroube fruit of the carob tree, Sp. garrobo, al-garrobo, carob tree, fr. Ar. kharrūb, Per. Kharnūb. Cf. Clgaroba. ] 1. (Bot.) An evergreen leguminous tree (Ceratania Siliqua) found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean; the St. John's bread; -- called also carob tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of the long, sweet, succulent, pods of the carob tree, which are used as food for animals and sometimes eaten by man; -- called also St. John's bread, carob bean, and algaroba bean. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. carrache, F. carrose from It. carrocio, carrozza, fr. carro, L. carus. See Car. ] A kind of pleasure carriage; a coach. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To mount two-wheeled caroches. Butler. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Placed in a caroche. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Beggary rides caroched. Massenger. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Carrion. ] Dead body; carrion. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. carole a kind of dance wherein many dance together, fr. caroler to dance; perh. from Celtic; cf. Armor. koroll, n., korolla, korolli, v., Ir. car music, turn, circular motion, also L. choraula a flute player, charus a dance, chorus, choir. ] 1. A round dance. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A song of joy, exultation, or mirth; a lay. [ 1913 Webster ]

The costly feast, the carol, and the dance. Dryden [ 1913 Webster ]

It was the carol of a bird. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A song of praise of devotion; as, a Christmas or Easter carol. [ 1913 Webster ]

Heard a carol, mournful, holy. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the darkness sing your carol of high praise. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Joyful music, as of a song. [ 1913 Webster ]

I heard the bells on Christmans Day
Their old, familiar carol play. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Caroled or Carolled; p. pr. & vb. n. Caroling, or Carolling. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To praise or celebrate in song. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Shepherds at their festivals
Carol her goodness. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To sing, especially with joyful notes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hovering swans . . . carol sounds harmonious. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To sing; esp. to sing joyfully; to warble. [ 1913 Webster ]

And carol of love's high praise. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gray linnets carol from the hill. Beattie. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Carolus Charles. ] A former gold coin of Germany worth nearly five dollars; also, a gold coin of Sweden worth nearly five dollars. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) See Pinkboot. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ F. carin; cf. It. carlino; -- so called from Carlo (Charles) VI. of Naples. ] A silver coin once current in some parts of Italy, worth about seven cents. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A coin. See Carline. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A song of joy or devotion; a singing, as of carols. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such heavenly notes and carolings. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native or inhabitant of north or South Carolina. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Arch.) Adorned with sculptured leaves and branches. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Caroluses L. Caroli [ L., Charles. ] An English gold coin of the value of twenty or twenty-three shillings. It was first struck in the reign of Charles I. [ 1913 Webster ]

Told down the crowns and Caroluses. Macawlay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. corrupted fr. F. carumboler to carom, carambolage a carom, carambole the red ball in billiards. ] (Billiards) A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball. In England it is called cannon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. (Billiards) To make a carom. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Caramel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Com.) A tierce or cask for dried fruits, etc., usually about 700 lbs. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; stupefying. See Carotid. ] 1. Of or pertaining to stupor; as, a carotic state. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Carotid; as, the carotic arteries. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, pl., from &unr_; heavy sleep: cf. F. carotide. The early Greeks believed that these arteries in some way caused drowsiness. ] (Anat.) One of the two main arteries of the neck, by which blood is conveyed from the aorta to the head. [ See Illust. of Aorta. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or near, the carotids or one of them; as, the carotid gland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A red crystallizable tasteless substance, extracted from the carrot. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., prop., carrot. ] A cylindrical roll of tobacco; as, a carotte of perique. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ See Carouse, but also cf. F. carrousel tilt. ] A jovial feast or festival; a drunken revel; a carouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

The swains were preparing for a carousal. Sterne.

Syn. -- Banquet; revel; orgie; carouse. See Feast. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. carrousse, earlier carous, fr. G. garaus finishing stroke, the entire emptying of the cup in drinking a health; gar entirely + aus out. See Yare, and Out. ] 1. A large draught of liquor. [ Obs. ] “A full carouse of sack.” Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

Drink carouses to the next day's fate. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A drinking match; a carousal. [ 1913 Webster ]

The early feast and late carouse. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Caroused p. pr. & vb. n. Carousing. ] To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take part in a carousal; to engage in drunken revels. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had been aboard, carousing to his mates. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To drink up; to drain; to drink freely or jovially. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Guests carouse the sparkling tears of the rich grape. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

Egypt's wanton queen,
Carousing gems, herself dissolved in love. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a continuous belt oriented horizontally or near-horizontally around a central structure, driven in a circular motion by some mechanism, which carries luggage delivered from the luggage hold of an airplane to air travelers; -- used at airports.
Syn. -- luggage carousel. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. same as merry-go-round.
Syn. -- merry-go-round, roundabout, whirligig. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who carouses; a reveler. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That carouses; relating to a carouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of a carouser. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. [ OF. carole a sort of circular space, or carol. ] (Arch.) A small closet or inclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study. The word was used as late as the 16th century. The term carrel, of the same has largely superseded its use. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

A bay window may thus be called a carol. Parker. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. cascarón. ] Lit., an eggshell; hence, an eggshell filled with confetti to be thrown during balls, carnivals, etc. [ Western U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Fr., from OFr. scariole. fr. LL. escariola, L. escarius of food, fit to eat, esca food, fr. edere to eat. ] a variety of endive (Cichorium endivia) often used in salads, having leaves with irregular frilled edges.
Syn. -- endive, curly endive. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ NL. Formicarius, the typical genus + -oid. ] (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the family Formicaridæ or ant thrushes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated between the external and internal carotid arteries; as, an intercarotid ganglion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Macaronis or Macaronies. [ Prov. It. macaroni, It. maccheroni, fr. Gr. &unr_; happiness, later, a funeral feast, fr. &unr_; blessed, happy. Prob. so called because eaten at such feasts in honor of the dead; cf. Gr. &unr_; blessed, i. e., dead. Cf. Macaroon. ] 1. Long slender tubes made of a paste chiefly of a wheat flour such as semolina, and used as an article of food; a form of Italian pasta. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A paste similarly prepared is largely used as food in Persia, India, and China, but is not commonly made tubular like the Italian macaroni. Balfour (Cyc. of India). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A medley; something droll or extravagant. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A sort of droll or fool. [ Obs. ] Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A finical person; a fop; -- applied especially to English fops of about 1775, who affected the mannerisms and clothing of continental Europe. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. pl. (U. S. Hist.) The designation of a body of Maryland soldiers in the Revolutionary War, distinguished by a rich uniform. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. It. maccheronico, F. macaronique. ] 1. Pertaining to, or like, macaroni (originally a dish of mixed food); hence, mixed; confused; jumbled. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the burlesque composition called macaronic; as, macaronic poetry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A heap of things confusedly mixed together; a jumble. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of burlesque composition, in which the vernacular words of one or more modern languages are intermixed with genuine Latin words, and with hybrid formed by adding Latin terminations to other roots. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. macaron, It. maccherone. See Macaroni. ] 1. A small cake, composed chiefly of the white of eggs, almonds or coconut, and sugar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A finical fellow, or macaroni. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A type of wheat (Triticum durum) with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta; grown especially in South Russia, North Africa, and North central North America.
Syn. -- durum, durum wheat, hard wheat, Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Sp. picaron, aug. of picaro roguish, n., a rogue. ] One who plunders; especially, a plunderer of wrecks; a pirate; a corsair; a marauder; a sharper. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Scarus + -oid. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Scaridae, a family of marine fishes including the parrot fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]