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Carnelian – Carthage
Carnelian
or of the world. of a clear, bright tint; it is sometimes of a yellow or brown color and sometimes white. It is largely used for enof a clear, bright tint; it is sometimes of a yellow or brown color and some- times white. It is largely used for engraving seals. It is found principally Bay, Fla.
Carpel
a leaf forming the pistil.
Several carpels may enter into the composition of one pistil.
Carpentry
the art of combining pieces of timber to support a weight or sustain pressure. The work of the carpieces of timber to support a weight or sustain pressure. The work of the car- CARPET a structure, that of the joiner is applied to finishing and decoration.
Carpus
the name applied by anatomists to the wrist, which is made up of eight little bones, of different figures and thickness, placed in two ranks, four in each rank. They are strongly tied together by the ligaments which come from the radius, and by the annulary ligament.
Carriage
a general name for any vehicle intended for the conveyance of passengers either on roads or railways.
Carriages are structures mounted on two or more wheels, and in form, build, and accommodation they are exceedingly diverse. Carriages of one kind or other have existed from immemorial antiquity.
Carrick
a borough of Pennsylvania, in Allegheny co. It is almost entirely a residential town, but there are in the vicinity important deposits of coal. Pop. (1910) 6,117; (1920) 10,504.
Carron-Oil
a term for a liniment composed of linseed-oil and lime-water, so called from being much used in the CHARLES LUTWIDGE.
Carron-Oil
a term for a liniment so called from being much used in the composed of linseed-oil and lime-water, case of burns at the Carron Ironworks.
Cartago
a town of Cauca, in Colombia, foun founded in 1540, on the Rio Rio Viejo, three miles above its junction with the Cauca, and producing cocoa, tobacco, and coffee. Pop. about 10,000.
Cartago
a town of Costa Rica, 12 miles E. of the present capital, San José, on a plain to the S. of the constantly smoking volcano of Irazú (11,500 feet).
Founded in 1522, the place had 23,000 inhabitants in 1823, and was capital of the state till 1841, when it was all but destroyed by an earthquake. Pop., about 5,000.
Carte Blanche
a blank sheet of paper to be filled up with such conditions as the person to whom it is given may CARTERET think proper; hence an absolute freedom of action.
Carthage
CAPE, a headland of north Africa, jutting out into the Mediterranean, in 36° 52′ N. lat., 10° 22′ E. lon., with traces of the ancient city of Carthage to the N. of the Tunis lagoon.