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||Car"pus (kär"pŭs),
n.; pl. Carpi (-
pī). [NL., fr. Gr. karpo`s wrist.]
(Anat.) The wrist; the bones or cartilages between
the forearm, or antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man,
consisting of eight short bones disposed in two rows.

Car"rack (?), n. See
Carack.

{ Car"ra*geen` (?), Car"ri*geen` (?) },
n. A small, purplish, branching,
cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when
bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce. [Also
written carragheen, carageen.]

||Car*ran"cha (?), n. [Native
name.] (Zoöl.) The Brazilian kite (Polyborus
Brasiliensis); -- so called in imitation of its
notes.

Car"ra*way (?), n. See
Caraway.

Car"rel (?), n. See
Quarrel, an arrow.

Car"rel, n. (Arch.)
Same as 4th Carol.

Car"ri*a*ble (?), a. Capable
of being carried.

Car"riage (?), n. [OF.


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