‖n. [ F. See 1st Card. ]
‖ [ 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 ]
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v. t. To defy or challenge. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
You shall cartel him. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., fr. LL. cartellus a little paper, dim. fr. L. charta. See 1st Card. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel., Sir W. Scott.
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Cartel, or
Cartel ship
n.
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),
Cartesian devil,
Cartesion oval (Geom.),
n. An adherent of Descartes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The philosophy of Descartes. [ 1913 Webster ]