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Belonging to the Carangidæ, a family of fishes allied to the mackerels, and including the caranx, American bluefish, and the pilot fish.

A genus of fishes, common on the Atlantic coast, including the yellow or goldon mackerel.

The thick shell or sheild which cover the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals.

A south American tick of the genus Amblyamma. There are several species, very troublesome to man and beast.

See Carapace.

The weight by which precious stones and pearls are weighed.

A company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, organized and equipped for a long journey, or marching or traveling together, esp. through deserts and countries infested by robbers or hostile tribes, as in Asia or Africa.

The leader or driver of the camels in caravan.

A kind of inn, in the East, where caravans rest at night, being a large, rude, unfurnished building, surrounding a court. [Written also caravanserai and caravansera.]

The caravel of the 16th century was a small vessel with broad bows, high, narrow poop, four masts, and lateen sails. Columbus commanded three caravels on his great voyage.

A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds. Caraways, or biscuits, or some other [comfits]. Cogan.

buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshiana) of the Pacific coast of the United States, which yields cascara sagrada.

Holy bark; the bark of the California buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshianus), used as a mild cathartic or laxative.

y Sir Sidney Smith for destroying the French flotilla at Boulogne, 1804, were called catamarans. Knight.

A great fall of water over a precipice; a large waterfall.

Of the nature of a cataract in the eye; affected with cataract.

space or storerooms of a cellar; a cellar. Sir W. Scott. You hear this fellow in the cellarage. Shak.

Overalls of sheepskin or leather, usually open at the back, worn, esp. by cowboys, to protect the legs from thorny bushes, as in the chaparral; -- called also chapareras or colloq. chaps. [Sp. Amer.]

A genus of flowerless plants, having articulated stems and whorled branches. They flourish in wet places.

A distinctive mark; a character; a letter or sign. [Obs.] See Character. In all his dressings, characts, titles, forms. Shak.