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Large stalks of hemp which bear the seed; -- called also carl hemp.

lucoside and possesses acid properties; -- hence called also carminic acid. Carmine red (Chem.), a coloring matter obtained from carmine as a purple-red substance, and probably allied to the phthaleïns.

Of or pertaining to flesh; specif. (Physiol. Chem.),

bear, seal, etc. They are adapted by their structure to feed upon flesh, though some of them, as the bears, also eat vegetable food. The teeth are large and sharp, suitable for cutting flesh, and the jaws powerful.

Pertaining to, or near, the carotids or one of them; as, the carotid gland.

A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables. Tables and beds covered with copes instead of carpets and coverle…

eet. Shak. He carried away all his cattle. Gen. xxxi. 18. Passion and revenge will carry them too far. Locke.

., from one place or country to another by water or land; freighting. We are rivals with them in . . . the carrying trade. Jay.

To take or make, as by cutting; to provide. Who could easily have carved themselves their own food. South.

A constellation of the northern hemisphere, situated between Capheus and Perseus; -- so called in honor of the wife of Cepheus, a fabuolous king of Ethiopia. Cassiopeia's Chair, a group of six stars, in Cassiopeia, somewhat resembling a chair.

parate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly hold intercourse among themselves. The tinkers then formed an hereditary caste. Macaulay. To lose caste, to be degraded from the caste to which one has belonged; to lose social position or consideration.

, used in the game of chess; a rook. Castle in the air, a visionary project; a baseless scheme; an air castle; -- sometimes called a castle in Spain (F. Château en Espagne).

Fig.: one who builds castles in the air or forms visionary schemes. -- Cas"tle*build`ing, n.

at which comes without design or without being foreseen; contingency. Losses that befall them by mere casualty. Sir W. Raleigh.

with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them are large, producing hard and heavy timber of excellent quality, called beefwood from its color.

of sensation and volition, the body and limbs preserving the position that may be given them, while the action of the heart and lungs continues.

, catalysis. "The catalytic power is ill understood." Ure. Catalytic force, that form of chemical energy formerly supposed to determine catalysis.

y feed on leaves, fruit, and succulent vegetables, being often very destructive, Many of them are popularly called worms, as the cutworm, cankerworm, army worm, cotton worm, silkworm.

Adherence to the doctrines of the church of Rome, or the doctrines themselves.

ans which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.