CPage 59
- English Word Carbone Definition To broil. [Obs.] "We had a calf's head carboned".
- English Word Carbonic Definition Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, carbon; as, carbonic oxide.
- English Word Carbonide Definition A carbide.
- English Word Carboniferous Definition Producing or containing carbon or coal.
- English Word Carbonization Definition The act or process of carbonizing.
- English Word Carbonize Definition To convert (an animal or vegetable substance) into a residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent; to char.
- English Word Carbonize Definition To impregnate or combine with carbon, as in making steel by cementation.
- English Word Carbonized Definition of Carbonize
- English Word Carbonizing Definition of Carbonize
- English Word Carbonometer Definition An instrument for detecting and measuring the amount of carbon which is present, or more esp. the amount of carbon dioxide, by its action on limewater or by other means.
- English Word Carbonyl Definition The radical (CO)'', occuring, always combined, in many compounds, as the aldehydes, the ketones, urea, carbonyl chloride, etc.
- English Word Carbostyril Definition A white crystalline substance, C9H6N.OH, of acid properties derived from one of the amido cinnamic acids.
- English Word Carboxide Definition A compound of carbon and oxygen, as carbonyl, with some element or radical; as, potassium carboxide.
- English Word Carboxyl Definition The complex radical, CO.OH, regarded as the essential and characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic, acetic, benzoic acids, etc.) have in common; -- called also oxatyl.
- English Word Carboy Definition A large, globular glass bottle, esp. one of green glass, inclosed in basket work or in a box, for protection; -- used commonly for carrying corrosive liquids; as sulphuric acid, etc.
- English Word Carbuncle Definition A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When held up to the sun, it loses its deep tinge, and becomes of the color of burning coal. The name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire, though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet.
- English Word Carbuncle Definition A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called anthrax.
- English Word Carbuncle Definition A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone. It has eight scepters or staves radiating from a common center. Called also escarbuncle.
- English Word Carbuncled Definition Set with carbuncles.
- English Word Carbuncled Definition Affected with a carbuncle or carbuncles; marked with red sores; pimpled and blotched.
- English Word Carbuncular Definition Belonging to a carbuncle; resembling a carbuncle; red; inflamed.
- English Word Carbunculation Definition The blasting of the young buds of trees or plants, by excessive heat or cold.
- English Word Carburet Definition A carbide. See Carbide
- English Word Carburet Definition To combine or to impregnate with carbon, as by passing through or over a liquid hydrocarbon; to carbonize or carburize.
- English Word Carburetant Definition Any volatile liquid used in charging illuminating gases.
- English Word Carbureted Definition of Carburet
- English Word Carbureted Definition Combined with carbon in the manner of a carburet or carbide.
- English Word Carbureted Definition Saturated or impregnated with some volatile carbon compound; as, water gas is carbureted to increase its illuminating power.
- English Word Carbureting Definition of Carburet
- English Word Carburetor Definition An apparatus in which coal gas, hydrogen, or air is passed through or over a volatile hydrocarbon, in order to confer or increase illuminating power.