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Car*toon" (?), n. [F. carton
(cf. It. cartone pasteboard, cartoon); fr. L.
charta. See 1st card.]

1. A design or study drawn of the full
size, to serve as a model for transferring or copying; -- used in
the making of mosaics, tapestries, fresco pantings and the like;
as, the cartoons of Raphael.

2. A large pictorial sketch, as in a
journal or magazine; esp. a pictorial caricature; as, the
cartoons of "Puck."

Car*toon"ist, n. One skilled
in drawing cartoons.

Car*touch" (?), n.; pl.
Cartouches (#). [F. cartouche, It.
cartuccia, cartoccio, cornet, cartouch, fr. L.
charta paper. See 1st Card, and cf.
Cartridge.]

1. (Mil.) (a) A
roll or case of paper, etc., holding a charge for a firearm; a
cartridge. (b) A cartridge box.
(c) A wooden case filled with balls, to be
shot from a cannon. (d) A gunner's bag
for ammunition. (e) A military pass
for a soldier on furlough.


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