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; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at. Carping and caviling at faults of manner. Blackw. Mag. And at my actions carp or catch. Herbert.

Of or pertaining to the carpus, or wrist. -- n.

One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; esp. one of the series articulating with the metacarpals.

Of or pertaining to a range of mountains in Austro-Hungary, called the Carpathians, which partially inclose Hungary on the north, east, and south.

ed vessel, or one of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See Illust of Carpaphore.

Belonging to, forming, or containing carpels.

An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, ships, etc.

The occupation or work of a carpenter; the act of workingin timber; carpentry.

connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.

One who carps; a caviler. Shak.

iginally, also, a wrought cover for tables. Tables and beds covered with copes instead of carpets and coverlets. T. Fuller.

A portable bag for travelers; -- so called because originally made of carpet.

An adventurer; -- a term of contempt for a Northern man seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern part of the United States after the Civil War (1865). [U. S.]

1. The act of covering with carpets.

Without a carpet.

One who deals in carpets; a buyer and seller of carpets.

A border of greensward left round the margin of a plowed field. Ray.

See Flaccillation.

Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious. -- Carp"ing*ly, adv.

A california woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus), noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees. The acorns become infested by insect larvæ, which, when grown, are extracted for food by the bird.