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||Car*pa"le (?), n.; pl.
Carpalia (#). [NL., fr. E. carpus.]
(Anat.) One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus;
esp. one of the series articulating with the
metacarpals.

Car*pa"thi*an (?), a. Of or
pertaining to a range of mountains in Austro-Hungary, called the
Carpathians, which partially inclose Hungary on the north, east,
and south.

{ Car"pel (kär"p&ebreve;l),
||Car*pel"lum (-p&ebreve;l"lŭm), }
n. [NL. carpellum, fr. Gr.
karpo`s fruit.] (Bot.) A simple pistil or
single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a
compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See Illust of
Carpaphore.

Car"pel*la*ry (?), a. (Bot.)
Belonging to, forming, or containing carpels.

Car"pen*ter (?), n. [OF.
carpentier, F. charpentier, LL.
carpentarius, fr. L. carpentum wagon, carriage.]
An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of
houses, ships, etc.

Syn. -- Carpenter, Joiner. The
carpenter frames and puts together roofs, partitions,
floors, and other structural parts of a building.


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