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To deprive of carbonic acid.

The action or process of depriving a substance of carbon.

To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel; to decarbonize the blood. Decarbonized iron. See Malleable iron. -- Decarbonized steel, homogenous wrought iron made by a steel process, as that of Bessemer; ingot iron.

He who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance.

The act, process, or result of decarburizing.

To deprive of carbon; to remove the carbon from.

To discard. [Obs.] You have cast those by, decarded them. J. Fletcher.

To depose from the rank of cardinal.

Containing two carbon residues, or two carboxyl or radicals; as, oxalic acid is a dicarbonic acid.

Having the heart completely divided or double, one side systemic, the other pulmonary.

A genus of trees found in the East Indies, some species of which produce a fragrant resin, other species wood oil. The fruit has two long wings.

To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards).

Rejection; dismissal. [R.] Hayter.

Stripped of flesh. [Obs.] "Discarnate bones." Glanvill.

To liberate from prison. [R.] Harvey.

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.

An order of Brachiopoda; the Lyopomata. See Brachiopoda.

A game at cards, played usually by two persons, in which the players may discard any or all of the cards dealt and receive others from the pack.

One who holds lands by emphyteusis.

To carnalize; to make gross. [R.] "Encarnalize their spirits." Tennyson.