Their many wounds and careless harms.
Spenser.
Syn. -- Negligent; heedless; thoughtless; unthinking; inattentive; incautious; remiss; supine; forgetful; regardless; inconsiderate; listless.
Care"less*ly, adv. In a careless manner.
Care"less*ness, n. The quality or state of being careless; heedlessness; negligence; inattention.
Ca*rene" (?), n. [LL. carena, corrupted fr. quarentena. See Quarantine.] (Ecol.) A fast of forty days on bread and water. [Obs.]
Ca*ress" (k&adot;*r&ebreve;s"), n. [F. caresse, It. carezza, LL. caritia dearness, fr. L. carus dear. See Charity.] An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness.
Wooed her with his soft caresses.
Langfellow.
He exerted himself to win by indulgence and caresses the hearts of all who were under his command.
Macaulay.
Ca*ress", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caressed (-r&ebreve;st"); p. pr. & vb. n. Caressing.] [F. caresser, fr. It. carezzare, fr. carezza caress. See Caress., n.] To treat with tokens of fondness, affection, or kindness; to touch or speak to in a loving or endearing manner; to fondle.
The lady caresses the rough bloodhound.
Sir W. Scott.
Syn. -- To fondle; embrace; pet; coddle; court; flatter. -- Caress, Fondle. "We caress by words or actions; we fondle by actions only." Crabb.
Ca*ress"ing*ly, adv. In caressing manner.
Ca"ret (kā"r&ebreve;t or kăr"&ebreve;t), n. [L. caret there is wanting, fr. carere to want.] A mark [^] used by writers and proof readers to indicate that something is interlined above, or inserted in the margin, which belongs in the place marked by the caret.
||Ca`ret" (?), n. [F., a species of tortoise.] (Zo÷l.) The hawkbill turtle. See Hawkbill.
Care"-tuned (?), a. Weary; mournful. Shak.
Care"worn` (?), a. Worn or burdened with care; as, careworn look or face.
||Ca"rex (?), n. [L., sedge.] (Bot.) A numerous and widely distributed genus of perennial herbaceous plants of the order CypreaceŠ; the sedges.
Carf (kńrf), pret. of Carve. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Car"ga*son (?), n. [F. cargaison, Sp. cargazon, LL. cargare to load. See rgo.] A cargo. [Obs.]
Car"go (?), n.; pl. Cargoes (#). [Sp. cargo, carga, burden, load, from cargar to load, from cargar to load, charge, See Charge.] The lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods, merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load; freight.
Cargoes of food or clothing.
E. Everett.
&fist; The term cargo, in law, is usually applied to goods only, and not to live animals or persons. Burill.
Car"goose` (?), n. [Perh. fr. Gael. & Ir. cir, cior (pronounced kir, kior), crest, comb + E. goose. Cf. Crebe.] (Zo÷l.) A species of grebe (Podiceps crisratus); the crested grebe.
||ăa`ri*a"ma (sń`r&esl;*&adot;"m&adot;), n. [Native name.] (Zo÷l.) A large, long-legged South American bird (Dicholophus cristatus) which preys upon snakes, etc. See Seriema.
Car"ib (?), n.; pl. Caries. [See Cannibal.] (Ethol.) A native of the Caribbee islands or the coasts of the Caribbean sea; esp., one of a tribe of Indians inhabiting a region of South America, north of the Amazon, and formerly most of the West India islands.
{ Car`ib*be"an (?), Car`ib*bee (?), } a. Of or pertaining to the Caribs, to their islands (the eastern and southern West Indies), or to the sea (called the Caribbean sea) lying between those islands and Central America.
Car"ib*bee, n. A Carib.
||Ca*ri"be (?), n. [Sp. a cannibal.] (Zo÷l). A south American fresh water fish of the genus Serrasalmo of many species, remarkable for its voracity. When numerous they attack man or beast, often with fatal results.
Car"i*bou (kăr"&ibreve;*b&oomac;), n. [Canadian French.] (Zo÷l.) The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species (Rangifer Caribou).
Barren Ground caribou. See under Barren. -- Woodland caribou, the common reindeer (Rangifer Caribou) of the northern forests of America.
Car"i*ca*ture (?), n. [It. caricatura, fr. caricare to charge, overload, exaggerate. See Charge, v. t.] 1. An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture.
2. A picture or other figure or description in which the peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody. [Formerly written caricatura.]
The truest likeness of the prince of French literature will be the one that has most of the look of a caricature.
I. Taylor.
A grotesque caricature of virtue.
Macaulay.
Car"i*ca*ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caricatured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Caricaturing.] To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous exaggeration; to burlesque.
He could draw an ill face, or caricature a good one, with a masterly hand.
Lord Lyttelton.
Car"i*ca*tu`rist (?), n. One who caricatures.
Car"i*cous (?), a. [L. carica a kind of dry fig.] Of the shape of a fig; as, a caricous tumor. Graig.
||Ca"ri*es (?), n.[L., decay.] (Med.) Ulceration of bone; a process in which bone disintegrates and is carried away piecemeal, as distinguished from necrosis, in which it dies in masses.
Car"il*lon (?), n. [F. carillon a chime of bells, originally consisting of four bells, as if fr.. (assumed) L. quadrilio, fr. quatuer four.]
1. (Mus.) A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clockwork or by finger keys.