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Car"di*gan jack`et (#). [From the Earl of
Cardigan, who was famous in the Crimean campaign of 1854-
55.] A warm jacket of knit worsted with or without
sleeves.

Car"di*nal (?), a. [L.
cardinalis, fr. cardo the hinge of a door, that on
which a thing turns or depends: cf. F. cardinal.] Of
fundamental importance; preëminent; superior; chief;
principal.

The cardinal intersections of the
zodiac.

Sir T. Browne.

Impudence is now a cardinal virtue.

Drayton.

But cardinal sins, and hollow hearts, I
fear ye.

Shak.

Cardinal numbers, the numbers one, two,
three, etc., in distinction from first, second,
third, etc., which are called ordinal numbers.
-- Cardinal points (a)
(Geol.) The four principal points of the compass, or
intersections of the horizon with the meridian and the prime
vertical circle, north, south east, and west.


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