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Carvacrol: Definition and part of speech

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Carvacrol

  1. n. A thick oily liquid, C10H13.OH, of a strong taste and disagreeable odor, obtained from oil of caraway (Carum carui).

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cartouch: Definition and part of speech

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Cartouch

  1. n. An oval figure on monuments, and in papyri, containing the name of a sovereign.
  2. n. A roll or case of paper, etc., holding a charge for a firearm; a cartridge
  3. n. A cartridge box.
  4. n. A wooden case filled with balls, to be shot from a cannon.
  5. n. A gunner’s bag for ammunition
  6. n. A military pass for a soldier on furlough.
  7. n. A cantalever, console, corbel, or modillion, which has the form of a scroll of paper
  8. n. A tablet for ornament, or for receiving an inscription, formed like a sheet of paper with the edges rolled up; hence, any tablet of ornamental form.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cartridge: Definition and part of speech

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Cartridge

  1. n. A complete charge for a firearm, contained in, or held together by, a case, capsule, or shell of metal, pasteboard, or other material.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Cartulary: Definition and part of speech

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Cartulary

  1. n. An ecclesiastical officer who had charge of records or other public papers.
  2. n. A register, or record, as of a monastery or church.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Carucate: Definition and part of speech

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Carucate

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

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.