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Car"rol (?), n. (Arch.)
See 4th Carol.

Car"rom (?), n. (Billiards)
See Carom.

Car`ron*ade (?), n. [From
Carron, in Scotland where it was first made.]
(Med.) A kind of short cannon, formerly in use,
designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used
for the purpose of breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing,
the object aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions,
but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop
on its under side.

Car"ron oil (?). A lotion of linseed oil and
lime water, used as an application to burns and scalds; -- first
used at the Carron iron works in Scotland.

Car"rot (?), n. [F. carotte,
fr. L. carota; cf. Gr. &?;] 1.
(Bot.) An umbelliferous biennial plant (Daucus
Carota), of many varieties.

2. The esculent root of cultivated
varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped, and of a reddish
yellow color.


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