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a. [ L. carnalis, fr. caro, carnis, flesh; akin to Gr. &unr_;, Skr. kravya; cf. F. charnel, Of. also carnel. Cf. Charnel. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the body or its appetites; animal; fleshly; sensual; given to sensual indulgence; lustful; human or worldly as opposed to spiritual. [ 1913 Webster ]

For ye are yet carnal. 1 Cor. iii. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not sunk in carnal pleasure. Milton [ 1913 Webster ]

Carnal desires after miracles. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Flesh-devouring; cruel; ravenous; bloody. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This carnal cur
Preys on the issue of his mother's body. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carnal knowledge, sexual intercourse; -- used especially of an unlawful act on the part of the man. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being carnal; carnality; sensualism. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sensualist. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. carnalitas. ] The state of being carnal; fleshly lust, or the indulgence of lust; grossness of mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

Because of the carnality of their hearts. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Carnalized p. pr. & vb. n. Carnalizing. ] To make carnal; to debase to carnality. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sensual and carnalized spirit. John Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. carnallit, fr. Von Carnall, a Prussian. ] (Min.) A hydrous chloride of potassium and magnesium, sometimes found associated with deposits of rock salt. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. According to the flesh, to the world, or to human nature; in a manner to gratify animal appetites and lusts; sensually. [ 1913 Webster ]

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Rom. viii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Worldly-minded. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Grossness of mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. carnarium, fr. caro, carnis, flesh. ] A vault or crypt in connection with a church, used as a repository for human bones disintered from their original burial places; a charnel house. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. carnassier carnivorous, and L. caro, carnis, flesh. ] (Anat.) Adapted to eating flesh. -- n. A carnassial tooth; especially, the last premolar in many carnivores. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. carnatus fleshy. ] Invested with, or embodied in, flesh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. carnation the flesh tints in a painting, It carnagione, fr. L. carnatio fleshiness, fr. caro, carnis, flesh. See Carnal. ] 1. The natural color of flesh; rosy pink. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her complexion of the delicate carnation. Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. (Paint.) Those parts of a picture in which the human body or any part of it is represented in full color; the flesh tints. [ 1913 Webster ]

The flesh tints in painting are termed carnations. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) A species of Dianthus (Dianthus Caryophyllus) or pink, having very beautiful flowers of various colors, esp. white and usually a rich, spicy scent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a flesh color. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Bot.) The Brazilian wax palm. See Wax palm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of plants consisting of one species, the saguaro.
Syn. -- genus Carnegiea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ For carnelian; influenced by L. carneus fleshy, of flesh, because of its flesh red color. See Cornellan. ] (Min.) A variety of chalcedony, of a clear, deep red, flesh red, or reddish white color. It is moderately hard, capable of a good polish, and often used for seals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. carneus, from caro, carnis, flesh. ] Consisting of, or like, flesh; carnous; fleshy. “Carneous fibers.” Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. L. carneus flesh. ] (Far.) A disease of horses, in which the mouth is so furred that the afflicted animal can not eat. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. caro, carnis, flesh. ] Of or pertaining to flesh; specif. (Physiol. Chem.), pertaining to or designating a hygroscopic monobasic acid, C10H15O5N3, obtained as a cleavage product from an acid of muscle tissue. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖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 ]

n. [ Cf. F. carnosité. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Med.) A fleshy excrescence; esp. a small excrescence or fungous growth. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fleshy substance or quality; fleshy covering. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Consciences ] overgrown with so hard a carnosity. Spelman. [ 1913 Webster ]

The olives, indeed be very small there, and bigger than capers; yet commended they are for their carnosity. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ After N. L. S. Carnot, French physicist. ] (Thermodynamics) An ideal heat-engine cycle in which the working fluid goes through the following four successive operations: (1) Isothermal expansion to a desired point; (2) adiabatic expansion to a desired point; (3) isothermal compression to such a point that (4) adiabatic compression brings it back to its initial state. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } a. [ L. carnosus, fr. caro, carnis, flesh: cf. OF. carneux, F. charneux. ] 1. Of or pertaining to flesh; fleshy. [ 1913 Webster ]

A distinct carnose muscle. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Of a fleshy consistence; -- applied to succulent leaves, stems, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dis- + carnatus fleshy, fr. caro, carnis, flesh. ] Stripped of flesh. [ Obs. ] “Discarnate bones.” Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To carnalize; to make gross. [ R. ] “Encarnalize their spirits.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ LL. excarnatus, p. p. of excarnare; L. ex out + caro, carnis, flesh. ] To deprive or clear of flesh. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of depriving or divesting of flesh; excarnification; -- opposed to incarnation. [ 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 ]

v. i. To develop flesh. [ R. ] Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. F. incarner. See Incarnate. ] To cover or invest with flesh. [ R. ] Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. incarnadin, It. incarnatino; L. pref. in- in + caro, carnis, flesh. Cf. Carnation, Incarnate. ] Flesh-colored; of a carnation or pale red color. [ Obs. ] Lovelace. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To dye red or crimson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood
Clean from my hand? No; this my hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine,
Making the green one red. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + carnate. ] Not in the flesh; spiritual. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I fear nothing . . . that devil carnate or incarnate can fairly do. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. incarnatus, p. p. of incarnare to incarnate, pref. in- in + caro, carnis, flesh. See Carnal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Invested with flesh; embodied in a human nature and form; united with, or having, a human body. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here shalt thou sit incarnate. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

He represents the emperor and his wife as two devils incarnate, sent into the world for the destruction of mankind. Jortin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Flesh-colored; rosy; red. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Incarnated p. pr. & vb. n. Incarnating ] To clothe with flesh; to embody in flesh; to invest, as spirits, ideals, etc., with a human from or nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

This essence to incarnate and imbrute,
That to the height of deity aspired. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To form flesh; to granulate, as a wound. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

My uncle Toby's wound was nearly well -- 't was just beginning to incarnate. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. incarnation, LL. incarnatio. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of clothing with flesh, or the state of being so clothed; the act of taking, or being manifested in, a human body and nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Theol.) The union of the second person of the Godhead with manhood in Christ. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An incarnate form; a personification; a manifestation; a reduction to apparent from; a striking exemplification in person or act. [ 1913 Webster ]

She is a new incarnation of some of the illustrious dead. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

The very incarnation of selfishness. F. W. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A rosy or red color; flesh color; carnation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Med.) The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. incarnatif. ] Causing new flesh to grow; healing; regenerative. -- n. An incarnative medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]