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n. [ AS. cræt; cf. W. cart, Ir. & Gael. cairt, or Icel. kartr. Cf. Car. ] 1. A common name for various kinds of vehicles, as a Scythian dwelling on wheels, or a chariot. “Phœbus' cart.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A two-wheeled vehicle for the ordinary purposes of husbandry, or for transporting bulky and heavy articles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Packing all his goods in one poor cart. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen, butchers, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An open two-wheeled pleasure carriage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cart horse, a horse which draws a cart; a horse bred or used for drawing heavy loads; -- also spelled carthorse. --
Cart rope, a stout rope for fastening a load on a cart; any strong rope. --
To put the cart before the horse,
To get the cart before the horse, or
To set the cart before the horse, to invert the order of related facts or ideas, as by putting an effect for a cause; to do things in an improper order. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Carted; p. pr. & vb. n. Carting. ] 1. To carry or convey in a cart. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To expose in a cart by way of punishment. [ 1913 Webster ]

She chuckled when a bawd was carted. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To carry burdens in a cart; to follow the business of a carter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of carrying in a cart. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The price paid for carting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cart + bote. ] (Old Eng. Law.) Wood to which a tenant is entitled for making and repairing carts and other instruments of husbandry. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See 1st Card. ] 1. Bill of fare. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Short for Carte de visite. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ . ‖ } n. [ F. quarte, prop., a fourth. Cf. Quart. ] (Fencing) A position in thrusting or parrying, with the inside of the hand turned upward and the point of the weapon toward the adversary's right breast. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F., fr. OF. carte paper + -blanc, blanche, white. See 1st Card. ] A blank paper, with a person's signature, etc., at the bottom, given to another person, with permission to superscribe what conditions he pleases. Hence: Unconditional terms; unlimited authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖pl. Cartes de visite /plu>. [ F. ] 1. A visiting card. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A photographic picture of the size formerly in use for a visiting card. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. LL. cartellus a little paper, dim. fr. L. charta. See 1st Card. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Mil.) An agreement between belligerents for the exchange of prisoners. Wilhelm. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel., Sir W. Scott.

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Cartel, or
Cartel ship, a ship employed in the exchange of prisoners, or in carrying propositions to an enemy; a ship beating a flag of truce and privileged from capture. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To defy or challenge. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

You shall cartel him. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A charioteer. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A man who drives a cart; a teamster. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) (a) Any species of Phalangium; -- also called harvestman. (b) A British fish; the whiff. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Renatus Cartesius, Latinized from of René Descartes: cf. F. cartésien. ] Of or pertaining to the French philosopher René Descartes, or his philosophy. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Cartesion argument for reality of matter. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cartesian coordinates (Geom), distance of a point from lines or planes; -- used in a system of representing geometric quantities, invented by Descartes. --
Cartesian devil, a small hollow glass figure, used in connection with a jar of water having an elastic top, to illustrate the effect of the compression or expansion of air in changing the specific gravity of bodies. --
Cartesion oval (Geom.), a curve such that, for any point of the curve mr + m′r′ = c, where r and r′ are the distances of the point from the two foci and m, m′ and c are constant; -- used by Descartes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An adherent of Descartes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The philosophy of Descartes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of a pertaining to ancient Carthage, a city of northern Africa. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Carthage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A red coloring matter obtained from the safflower, or Carthamus tinctorius. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a horse kept for pulling carts; a horse bred or used for drawing heavy loads.
Syn. -- drayhorse. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ LL. Cartusianus, Cartusiensis, from the town of Chartreuse, in France. ] (Eccl. Hist.) A member of an exceeding austere religious order, founded at Chartreuse in France by St. Bruno, in the year 1086. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the Carthusian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cartilago; cf. F. cartilage. ] (Anat.) A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Cartilage contains no vessels, and consists of a homogeneous, intercellular matrix, in which there are numerous minute cavities, or capsules, containing protoplasmic cells, the cartilage corpuscul. See Illust under Duplication. [ 1913 Webster ]

Articular cartilage, cartilage that lines the joints. --
Cartilage bone (Anat.), any bone formed by the ossification of cartilage. --
Costal cartilage, cartilage joining a rib with he sternum. See Illust. of Thorax. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cartilageneus. ] See Cartilaginous. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cartilago, -laginis, cartilage + facere to make. ] The act or process of forming cartilage. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cartilaginosus: cf. F. cartilagineux. ] 1. Of or pertaining to cartilage; gristly; firm and tough like cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Having the skeleton in the state of cartilage, the bones containing little or no calcareous matter; said of certain fishes, as the sturgeon and the sharks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. cartista, fr. carta paper, document (cf. Pg. carta). See Charta; cf. Chartist. ] In Spain and Portugal, one who supports the constitution. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. as much as will fill or load a cart; the quantity that a cart holds. In excavating and carting sand, gravel, earth, etc., one third of a cubic yard of the material before it is loosened is estimated to be a cart load. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Cartmen One who drives or uses a cart; a teamster; a carter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cartogramme. ] A map showing geographically, by shades or curves, statistics of various kinds; a statistical map. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One who makes charts or maps. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. Of or pertaining to cartography. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By cartography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cartographie. See Card, and -graphy. ] The art or business of forming charts or maps. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cartomancie. See Card, and -mancy. ] The art of telling fortunes with cards. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Cartoon. ] Pasteboard for paper boxes; also, a pasteboard box. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖Carton pierre a species of papier-maché, imitating stone or bronze sculpture. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the quantity contained in a carton.
Syn. -- carton. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. carton (cf. It. cartone pasteboard, cartoon); fr. L. charta. See 1st card. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A design or study drawn of the full size, to serve as a model for transferring or copying; -- used in the making of mosaics, tapestries, fresco pantings and the like; as, the cartoons of Raphael. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A large pictorial sketch, as in a journal or magazine; esp. a pictorial caricature; as, the cartoons of “Puck.” [ 1913 Webster ]

3. same as comic strip. [ PJC ]

4. a motion picture consisting of a series of frames, each being a photograph of a drawing rather than a frame produced by filming a scene of true action, and in which the objects are displaced slightly in succeeding frames so as to give the appearance of motion when projected as a motion picture on the screen. The types of characters portrayed in such films are often similar or identical to those in a comic strip. [ PJC ]

n. One skilled in drawing cartoons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Cartouches [ F. cartouche, It. cartuccia, cartoccio, cornet, cartouch, fr. L. charta paper. See 1st Card, and cf. Cartridge. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Mil.) (a) A roll or case of paper, etc., holding a charge for a firearm; a cartridge. (b) A cartridge box. (c) A wooden case filled with balls, to be shot from a cannon. (d) A gunner's bag for ammunition. (e) A military pass for a soldier on furlough. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) (a) A cantalever, console, corbel, or modillion, which has the form of a scroll of paper. (b) A tablet for ornament, or for receiving an inscription, formed like a sheet of paper with the edges rolled up; hence, any tablet of ornamental form. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Egyptian Antiq.) An oval figure on monuments, and in papyri, containing the name of a sovereign. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Formerly cartrage, corrupted fr. F. cartouche. See Cartouch. ] (Mil.) A complete charge for a firearm, contained in, or held together by, a case, capsule, or shell of metal, pasteboard, or other material. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ball cartridge, a cartridge containing a projectile. --
Blank cartridge, a cartridge without a projectile. --
Center-fire cartridge, a cartridge in which the fulminate occupies an axial position usually in the center of the base of the capsule, instead of being contained in its rim. In the Prussian needle gun the fulminate is applied to the middle of the base of the bullet. --
Rim-fire cartridge, a cartridge in which the fulminate is contained in a rim surrounding its base. --
Cartridge bag, a bag of woolen cloth, to hold a charge for a cannon. --
Cartridge belt, a belt having pockets for cartridges. --
Cartridge box, a case, usually of leather, attached to a belt or strap, for holding cartridges. --
Cartridge paper. (a) A thick stout paper for inclosing cartridges. (b) A rough tinted paper used for covering walls, and also for making drawings upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any road or path affording passage especially a rough one.
Syn. -- track, cart track. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Cartularies. [ LL. cartularium, chartularium, fr. L. charta paper: cf. F. cartulaire. See 1st Card. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A register, or record, as of a monastery or church. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An ecclesiastical officer who had charge of records or other public papers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A way or road for carts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the type of wheel used on a cart; it typically has wooden spokes and a metal rim. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. an acrobatic maneuver in which the arms and legs are outstretched like the spokes of a wheel, and the body is turned sideways through one or more revolutions, by first touching the hands and then the feet to the ground, in rapid succession so as to mimic the rolling of a wheel; in the course of this feat, the person performing it is alternately upright and upside-down. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

3. a silver dollar; a dollar made of silver. [ Colloq. ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. 1 to perform a cartwheel{ 2 }.
Syn. -- do cartwheels. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cart + wright. ] An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker. [ 1913 Webster ]

. See under Cartridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>prop. n. René Descartes, a French philosopher and mathematician, born 1596, died 1650. See biography, below.
Syn. -- Rene Descartes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Descartes, René (Latinized Renatus Cartesius). Born at La Haye, Touraine, France, March 31, 1596: died at Stockholm, Feb. 11, 1650. A. celebrated French philosopher, founder of Cartesianism and of modern philosophy in general. He was graduated at seventeen from the Jesuit college of La Flèche, spent five years in Paris (1613-18), and then roamed about in search of knowledge in Germany, Italy, Holland, and Poland. In 1628 he attended the siege of La Rochelle as a volunteer. From 1629 to 1649 he led a retired life in Holland, spreading and defending his philosophical ideas. He finally went to Stockholm on the invitation of Queen Christina of Sweden; five months later he died there of pneumonia. The work that has made him famous as a philosopher is a short treatise entitled "Discours de la méthode" (Leyden, 1637). It was published in French together with three essays in support of his theories, "La dioptrique," "Les météores," and "La géométrie." In it he revolutionized the science of thought. Descartes himself published during his lifetime "Meditationes de prima philosophia "(Paris, 1641; Amsterdam, 1642; translated into French, 1647), "Principia philosophiae" (Amsterdam, 1644), "Traité des passions de l'âme" (Amsterdam, 1649), and a polemic pamphlet entitled "Epistola Renati Descartes ad Gisbertum Voëitum" (Amsterdam, 1643). After his death his friends published his "De l'homme" (1664), "Traité de la formation du foetus" (1664), "Le monde ou traité de la lumière de Descartes" (1664), "Lettres" (1657-67), and "Opuscula posthuma, physica et mathematica" (Amsterdam, 1701). Descartes ranked among the foremost mathematicians of his day. A separate reprint was made of his geometry, and the work itself was translated into Latin in 1649, and reëdited in 1659 with notes and comments. In this form it constituted a classic standard throughout Europe, and presented an entirely new basis for the study of algebra and geometry. [ Century Dict. 1906 ]

n. A light one-horse carriage, commonly two-wheeled, patterned after a cart. The original dogcarts used in England by sportsmen had a box at the back for carrying dogs.