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er of hydrogen and oxygen atoms, but with the two latter always in proportion as to form water; as dextrose, C6H12O6.

A salt or carbonic acid, as in limestone, some forms of lead ore, etc.

Combined or impregnated with carbonic acid.

The office, rank, or dignity of a cardinal.

Shaped like the keel or prow of a ship; having a carina or keel; as, a carinate calyx or leaf; a carinate sternum (of a bird).

Of, relating to, or mixed with, carmine; as, carminated lake. Tomlinson.

Invested with, or embodied in, flesh.

A plowland; as much land as one team can plow in a year and a day; -- by some said to be about 100 acres. Burrill.

Having a caruncle or caruncles; caruncular.

A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops.

Furnished with, protected by, or built like, a casemate. Campbell.

To render void or useless; to vacate or annul. [Obs.]

Inclosed within a building; as, a fountain or cistern castellated. [Obs.] Johnson.

To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely.

To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter.

A ditch or drain for catching water. See Catchdrain.

Food. [Obs.] See Cates.

asking questions and receiving answers, according to the ancient manner of teaching. Socrates introduced a catechetical method of arguing. Addison.

In a catechetical manner; by question and answer.

The science or practice of instructing by questions and answers.