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Cartel, or Cartel ship,
a ship employed in the exchange of prisoners, or in carrying
propositions to an enemy; a ship beating a flag of truce and
privileged from capture.

Car"tel (?), v. t. To defy or
challenge. [Obs.]

You shall cartel him.

B. Jonson.

Cart"er (?), n. 1.
A charioteer. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. A man who drives a cart; a
teamster.

3. (Zoöl.) (a)
Any species of Phalangium; -- also called
harvestman. (b) A British fish;
the whiff.

Car*te"sian (?), a. [From Renatus
Cartesius, Latinized from of René Descartes:
cf. F. cartésien.] Of or pertaining to the
French philosopher René Descartes, or his
philosophy.

The Cartesion argument for reality of
matter.

Sir W. Hamilton.

Cartesian coördinates (Geom),
distance of a point from lines or planes; -- used in a system
of representing geometric quantities, invented by Descartes.


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