carro

n. (Arch.) See 4th Carol. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Billiards) See Carom. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. in Phil. I. ] In the Philippines, a light, two-wheeled, boxlike vehicle usually drawn by a single native pony and used to convey passengers within city limits or for traveling. It is the common public carriage. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ From Carron, in Scotland where it was first made. ] (Med.) A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side. [ 1913 Webster ]

A lotion of linseed oil and lime water, used as an application to burns and scalds; -- first used at the Carron iron works in Scotland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. carotte, fr. L. carota; cf. Gr. &unr_; ] 1. (Bot.) An umbelliferous biennial plant (Daucus Carota), of many varieties. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The esculent root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped, and of a reddish yellow color. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a carrot in color or in taste; -- an epithet given to reddish yellow hair, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]