CARESS, ka-res', _v.t._ to treat with affection: to fondle: to
embrace.--_n._ any act or expression of affection. [Fr. _caresser_--It.
_carezza_, an endearment; Low L. _caritia_--L. _carus_, dear.]
CARET, k[=a]'ret, _n._ a mark, ^, used in writing when a word is left out.
[L. _caret_, there is wanting.]
CAREX, k[=a]'reks, _n._ a genus of plants including the sedges. [L.
_carex_, reed-grass, sedge.]
CARFAX, -FOX, kär'faks, -foks, _n._ a place where four roads meet--now used
only of particular examples, as at Oxford. [Fr.--L. _quadrifurc-us_,
four-forked.]