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To cover (an animal or vegatable substance) into a residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent; to char.

carcass of the lion. Judges xiv. 8. This kept thousands in the town whose carcasses went into the great pits by cartloads. De Foe.

ld and expected but not yet brought to pass; -- a phrase of fortune tellers that has come into common use; also, according to the programme. -- Playing card, cards used in playing games; specifically, the cards cards used playing which and other games of chance, and having each pack divided onto four kinds or suits ca…

A leaf converted into a fruit or a constituent portion of a fruit; a carpel.

in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel. Carrier pigeon (Zoöl.), a variety of the domestic pigeon used to convey letters from a distant point to to its home. -- Carrier shell (Zoöl.), a univalve shell of the genus Phorus; -- so called because it fastens…

om one place (as a country, book, or column) to another; as, to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to carry an account to the ledger; to carry a number in adding figures.

To cut into small pieces or slices, as meat at table; to divide for distribution or apportionment; to apportion. "To carve a capon." Shak.

ake of its fragrance, mixed with smoking tobacco, when it is said to occasion vertigo and intoxication.

A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type.

A degeneration of animal tissue into a cheesy or curdy mass.

To subject to a process which converts the surface of iron into steel.

The act or process of converting the surface of iron into steel. Ure.

A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side of the frame into which it is fitted. (Poetically) A window. A casement of the great chamber window. Shak.

in scrofulous or consumptive persons, in which the products of inflammation are converted into a cheesy substance which is neither absorbed nor organized.

or specie; but also applied to bank notes, drafts, bonds, or any paper easily convertible into money.

To put into a cask.

To put into, or preserve in, a casket. [Poetic] "I have casketed my treasure." Shak.

To form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal or other material into a mold; to fashion; to found; as, to cast bells, stoves, bullets.

the direct product of the blast furnace; -- used for making castings, and for conversion into wrought iron and steel. It can not be welded or forged, is brittle, and sometimes very hard. Besides carbon, it contains sulphur, phosphorus, silica, etc.

One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindoos are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism.