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He could draw an ill face, or caricature a
good one, with a masterly hand.

Lord Lyttelton.

Car"i*ca*tu`rist (?), n. One
who caricatures.

Car"i*cous (?), a. [L.
carica a kind of dry fig.] Of the shape of a fig; as,
a caricous tumor. Graig.

||Ca"ri*es (?), n.[L., decay.]
(Med.) Ulceration of bone; a process in which bone
disintegrates and is carried away piecemeal, as distinguished
from necrosis, in which it dies in masses.

Car"il*lon (?), n. [F.
carillon a chime of bells, originally consisting of four
bells, as if fr.. (assumed) L. quadrilio, fr.
quatuer four.]

1. (Mus.) A chime of bells
diatonically tuned, played by clockwork or by finger
keys.

2. A tune adapted to be played by musical
bells.

||Ca*ri"na (?), n. [L., keel.]
1. (Bot.) A keel.
(a) That part of a papilionaceous flower,
consisting of two petals, commonly united, which incloses the
organs of fructification.


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