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Acarpellous
Acarpellous Ac`ar*pel"lous, a. [Pref. a- not + carpel.] (Bot.)
Having no carpels.
ArtocarpeousArtocarpeous Ar`to*car"pe*ous, Artocarpous Ar`to*car"pous,
a. [Gr. ? bread + ? fruit.] (Bot.)
Of or pertaining to the breadfruit, or to the genus
Artocarpus. Axminster carpet
Axminster Ax"min*ster, n., or Axminster carpet Axminster
carpet .
(a) [More fully chenille Axminster.] A variety of Turkey
carpet, woven by machine or, when more than 27 inches
wide, on a hand loom, and consisting of strips of worsted
chenille so colored as to produce a pattern on a stout
jute backing. It has a fine soft pile. So called from
Axminster, England, where it was formerly (1755 -- 1835)
made.
(b) A similar but cheaper machine-made carpet, resembling
moquette in construction and appearance, but finer and of
better material.
Brussels carpetBrussels Brus"sels, n.
A city of Belgium, giving its name to a kind of carpet, a
kind of lace, etc.
Brussels carpet, a kind of carpet made of worsted yarn
fixed in a foundation web of strong linen thread. The
worsted, which alone shows on the upper surface in drawn
up in loops to form the pattern.
Brussels ground, a name given to the handmade ground of
real Brussels lace. It is very costly because of the
extreme fineness of the threads.
Brussels lace, an expensive kind of lace of several
varieties, originally made in Brussels; as, Brussels
point, Brussels ground, Brussels wire ground.
Brussels net, an imitation of Brussels ground, made by
machinery.
Brussels point. See Point lace.
Brussels sprouts (Bot.), a plant of the Cabbage family,
which produces, in the axils of the upright stem, numerous
small green heads, or ``sprouts,' each a cabbage in
miniature, of one or two inches in diameter; the
thousand-headed cabbage.
Brussels wire ground, a ground for lace, made of silk, with
meshes partly straight and partly arched. Brussels carpetCarpet Car"pet (k[aum]r"p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of
cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita
rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L.
carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E.
Harvest.]
1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also
of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made
in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor,
as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a
wrought cover for tables.
Tables and beds covered with copes instead of
carpets and coverlets. --T. Fuller.
2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.
``The grassy carpet of this plain.' --Shak.
Carpet beetle or Carpet bug (Zo["o]l.), a small beetle
(Anthrenus scrophulari[ae]), which, in the larval state,
does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; --
also called buffalo bug.
Carpet knight.
(a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and
has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of
the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak.
(b) One made a knight, for some other than military
distinction or service.
Carpet moth (Zo["o]l.), the larva of an insect which feeds
on carpets and other woolen goods. There are several
kinds. Some are the larv[ae] of species of Tinea (as T.
tapetzella); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus.
Carpet snake (Zo["o]l.), an Australian snake. See Diamond
snake, under Diamond.
Carpet sweeper, an apparatus or device for sweeping
carpets.
To be on the carpet, to be under consideration; to be the
subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression
derived from the use of carpets as table cover.
Brussels carpet. See under Brussels. CarpedCarp Carp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Carped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Carping.] [OE. carpen to say, speak; from Scand. (cf. Icel.
karpa to boast), but influenced later by L. carpere to pluck,
calumniate.]
1. To talk; to speak; to prattle. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions
without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by
at.
Carping and caviling at faults of manner. --Blackw.
Mag.
And at my actions carp or catch. --Herbert. CarpelCarpel Car"pel (k[aum]r"p[e^]l), Carpellum Car*pel"lum
(-p[e^]l"l[u^]m), n. [NL. carpellum, fr. Gr. karpo`s fruit.]
(Bot.)
A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one
of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See
Illust of Carpaphore. Carpellary
Carpellary Car"pel*la*ry, a. (Bot.)
Belonging to, forming, or containing carpels.
CarpellumCarpel Car"pel (k[aum]r"p[e^]l), Carpellum Car*pel"lum
(-p[e^]l"l[u^]m), n. [NL. carpellum, fr. Gr. karpo`s fruit.]
(Bot.)
A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one
of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See
Illust of Carpaphore. CarpenterCarpenter Car"pen*ter, n. [OF. carpentier, F. charpentier, LL.
carpentarius, fr. L. carpentum wagon, carriage.]
An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of
houses, ships, etc.
Syn: Carpenter, Joiner.
Usage: The carpenter frames and puts together roofs,
partitions, floors, and other structural parts of a
building. The joiner supplies stairs, doors shutters,
mantelpieces, cupboards, and other parts necessary to
finishing the building. In America the two trades are
commonly united.
Carpenter ant (Zo["o]l.), any species of ant which gnaws
galleries in the wood of trees and constructs its nests
therein. They usually select dead or somewhat decayed
wood. The common large American species is Formica
Pennsylvanica.
Carpenter bee (Zo["o]l.), a large hymenopterous insect of
the genus Xylocopa; -- so called because it constructs
its nest by gnawing long galleries in sound timber. The
common American species is Xylocopa Virginica. Carpenter antCarpenter Car"pen*ter, n. [OF. carpentier, F. charpentier, LL.
carpentarius, fr. L. carpentum wagon, carriage.]
An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of
houses, ships, etc.
Syn: Carpenter, Joiner.
Usage: The carpenter frames and puts together roofs,
partitions, floors, and other structural parts of a
building. The joiner supplies stairs, doors shutters,
mantelpieces, cupboards, and other parts necessary to
finishing the building. In America the two trades are
commonly united.
Carpenter ant (Zo["o]l.), any species of ant which gnaws
galleries in the wood of trees and constructs its nests
therein. They usually select dead or somewhat decayed
wood. The common large American species is Formica
Pennsylvanica.
Carpenter bee (Zo["o]l.), a large hymenopterous insect of
the genus Xylocopa; -- so called because it constructs
its nest by gnawing long galleries in sound timber. The
common American species is Xylocopa Virginica. Carpenter beeCarpenter Car"pen*ter, n. [OF. carpentier, F. charpentier, LL.
carpentarius, fr. L. carpentum wagon, carriage.]
An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of
houses, ships, etc.
Syn: Carpenter, Joiner.
Usage: The carpenter frames and puts together roofs,
partitions, floors, and other structural parts of a
building. The joiner supplies stairs, doors shutters,
mantelpieces, cupboards, and other parts necessary to
finishing the building. In America the two trades are
commonly united.
Carpenter ant (Zo["o]l.), any species of ant which gnaws
galleries in the wood of trees and constructs its nests
therein. They usually select dead or somewhat decayed
wood. The common large American species is Formica
Pennsylvanica.
Carpenter bee (Zo["o]l.), a large hymenopterous insect of
the genus Xylocopa; -- so called because it constructs
its nest by gnawing long galleries in sound timber. The
common American species is Xylocopa Virginica. Carpentering
Carpentering Car"pen*ter*ing, n.
The occupation or work of a carpenter; the act of working in
timber; carpentry.
CarpentryCarpentry Car"pen*try, n. [F. charpenterie, OF. also
carpenterie. See Carpenter.]
1. The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, as in the
construction of buildings.
2. An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being
framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.;
work done by a carpenter. Carper
Carper Carp"er, n.
One who carps; a caviler. --Shak.
CarpetCarpet Car"pet (k[aum]r"p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of
cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita
rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L.
carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E.
Harvest.]
1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also
of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made
in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor,
as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a
wrought cover for tables.
Tables and beds covered with copes instead of
carpets and coverlets. --T. Fuller.
2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.
``The grassy carpet of this plain.' --Shak.
Carpet beetle or Carpet bug (Zo["o]l.), a small beetle
(Anthrenus scrophulari[ae]), which, in the larval state,
does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; --
also called buffalo bug.
Carpet knight.
(a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and
has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of
the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak.
(b) One made a knight, for some other than military
distinction or service.
Carpet moth (Zo["o]l.), the larva of an insect which feeds
on carpets and other woolen goods. There are several
kinds. Some are the larv[ae] of species of Tinea (as T.
tapetzella); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus.
Carpet snake (Zo["o]l.), an Australian snake. See Diamond
snake, under Diamond.
Carpet sweeper, an apparatus or device for sweeping
carpets.
To be on the carpet, to be under consideration; to be the
subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression
derived from the use of carpets as table cover.
Brussels carpet. See under Brussels. CarpetCarpet Car"pet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carpeted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Carpeting.]
To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets;
to furnish with a carpet or carpets.
Carpeted temples in fashionable squares. --E. Everett. Carpet beetleCarpet Car"pet (k[aum]r"p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of
cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita
rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L.
carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E.
Harvest.]
1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also
of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made
in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor,
as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a
wrought cover for tables.
Tables and beds covered with copes instead of
carpets and coverlets. --T. Fuller.
2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.
``The grassy carpet of this plain.' --Shak.
Carpet beetle or Carpet bug (Zo["o]l.), a small beetle
(Anthrenus scrophulari[ae]), which, in the larval state,
does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; --
also called buffalo bug.
Carpet knight.
(a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and
has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of
the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak.
(b) One made a knight, for some other than military
distinction or service.
Carpet moth (Zo["o]l.), the larva of an insect which feeds
on carpets and other woolen goods. There are several
kinds. Some are the larv[ae] of species of Tinea (as T.
tapetzella); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus.
Carpet snake (Zo["o]l.), an Australian snake. See Diamond
snake, under Diamond.
Carpet sweeper, an apparatus or device for sweeping
carpets.
To be on the carpet, to be under consideration; to be the
subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression
derived from the use of carpets as table cover.
Brussels carpet. See under Brussels. Carpet bugCarpet Car"pet (k[aum]r"p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of
cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita
rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L.
carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E.
Harvest.]
1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also
of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made
in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor,
as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a
wrought cover for tables.
Tables and beds covered with copes instead of
carpets and coverlets. --T. Fuller.
2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.
``The grassy carpet of this plain.' --Shak.
Carpet beetle or Carpet bug (Zo["o]l.), a small beetle
(Anthrenus scrophulari[ae]), which, in the larval state,
does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; --
also called buffalo bug.
Carpet knight.
(a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and
has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of
the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak.
(b) One made a knight, for some other than military
distinction or service.
Carpet moth (Zo["o]l.), the larva of an insect which feeds
on carpets and other woolen goods. There are several
kinds. Some are the larv[ae] of species of Tinea (as T.
tapetzella); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus.
Carpet snake (Zo["o]l.), an Australian snake. See Diamond
snake, under Diamond.
Carpet sweeper, an apparatus or device for sweeping
carpets.
To be on the carpet, to be under consideration; to be the
subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression
derived from the use of carpets as table cover.
Brussels carpet. See under Brussels. Carpet knightCarpet Car"pet (k[aum]r"p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of
cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita
rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L.
carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E.
Harvest.]
1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also
of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made
in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor,
as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a
wrought cover for tables.
Tables and beds covered with copes instead of
carpets and coverlets. --T. Fuller.
2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.
``The grassy carpet of this plain.' --Shak.
Carpet beetle or Carpet bug (Zo["o]l.), a small beetle
(Anthrenus scrophulari[ae]), which, in the larval state,
does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; --
also called buffalo bug.
Carpet knight.
(a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and
has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of
the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak.
(b) One made a knight, for some other than military
distinction or service.
Carpet moth (Zo["o]l.), the larva of an insect which feeds
on carpets and other woolen goods. There are several
kinds. Some are the larv[ae] of species of Tinea (as T.
tapetzella); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus.
Carpet snake (Zo["o]l.), an Australian snake. See Diamond
snake, under Diamond.
Carpet sweeper, an apparatus or device for sweeping
carpets.
To be on the carpet, to be under consideration; to be the
subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression
derived from the use of carpets as table cover.
Brussels carpet. See under Brussels. Carpet mothCarpet Car"pet (k[aum]r"p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of
cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita
rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L.
carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E.
Harvest.]
1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also
of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made
in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor,
as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a
wrought cover for tables.
Tables and beds covered with copes instead of
carpets and coverlets. --T. Fuller.
2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.
``The grassy carpet of this plain.' --Shak.
Carpet beetle or Carpet bug (Zo["o]l.), a small beetle
(Anthrenus scrophulari[ae]), which, in the larval state,
does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; --
also called buffalo bug.
Carpet knight.
(a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and
has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of
the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak.
(b) One made a knight, for some other than military
distinction or service.
Carpet moth (Zo["o]l.), the larva of an insect which feeds
on carpets and other woolen goods. There are several
kinds. Some are the larv[ae] of species of Tinea (as T.
tapetzella); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus.
Carpet snake (Zo["o]l.), an Australian snake. See Diamond
snake, under Diamond.
Carpet sweeper, an apparatus or device for sweeping
carpets.
To be on the carpet, to be under consideration; to be the
subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression
derived from the use of carpets as table cover.
Brussels carpet. See under Brussels. Carpet snakeCarpet Car"pet (k[aum]r"p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of
cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita
rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L.
carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E.
Harvest.]
1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also
of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made
in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor,
as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a
wrought cover for tables.
Tables and beds covered with copes instead of
carpets and coverlets. --T. Fuller.
2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.
``The grassy carpet of this plain.' --Shak.
Carpet beetle or Carpet bug (Zo["o]l.), a small beetle
(Anthrenus scrophulari[ae]), which, in the larval state,
does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; --
also called buffalo bug.
Carpet knight.
(a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and
has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of
the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak.
(b) One made a knight, for some other than military
distinction or service.
Carpet moth (Zo["o]l.), the larva of an insect which feeds
on carpets and other woolen goods. There are several
kinds. Some are the larv[ae] of species of Tinea (as T.
tapetzella); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus.
Carpet snake (Zo["o]l.), an Australian snake. See Diamond
snake, under Diamond.
Carpet sweeper, an apparatus or device for sweeping
carpets.
To be on the carpet, to be under consideration; to be the
subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression
derived from the use of carpets as table cover.
Brussels carpet. See under Brussels. Carpet sweeperCarpet Car"pet (k[aum]r"p[e^]t), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of
cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita
rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L.
carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. karpo`s fruit, E.
Harvest.]
1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also
of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made
in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor,
as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a
wrought cover for tables.
Tables and beds covered with copes instead of
carpets and coverlets. --T. Fuller.
2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.
``The grassy carpet of this plain.' --Shak.
Carpet beetle or Carpet bug (Zo["o]l.), a small beetle
(Anthrenus scrophulari[ae]), which, in the larval state,
does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; --
also called buffalo bug.
Carpet knight.
(a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and
has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of
the drawing room; an effeminate person. --Shak.
(b) One made a knight, for some other than military
distinction or service.
Carpet moth (Zo["o]l.), the larva of an insect which feeds
on carpets and other woolen goods. There are several
kinds. Some are the larv[ae] of species of Tinea (as T.
tapetzella); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus.
Carpet snake (Zo["o]l.), an Australian snake. See Diamond
snake, under Diamond.
Carpet sweeper, an apparatus or device for sweeping
carpets.
To be on the carpet, to be under consideration; to be the
subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression
derived from the use of carpets as table cover.
Brussels carpet. See under Brussels. Carpetbag
Carpetbag Car"pet*bag`, n.
A portable bag for travelers; -- so called because originally
made of carpet.
Carpetbagger
Carpetbagger Car"pet*bag`ger, n.
An adventurer; -- a term of contempt for a Northern man
seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern
part of the United States after the Civil War (1865)
CarpetedCarpet Car"pet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carpeted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Carpeting.]
To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets;
to furnish with a carpet or carpets.
Carpeted temples in fashionable squares. --E. Everett. CarpetingCarpet Car"pet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carpeted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Carpeting.]
To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets;
to furnish with a carpet or carpets.
Carpeted temples in fashionable squares. --E. Everett. Carpeting
Carpeting Car"pet*ing, n.
1. The act of covering with carpets.
2. Cloth or materials for carpets; carpets, in general.
The floor was covered with rich carpeting.
--Prescott.
Carpetless
Carpetless Car"pet*less, a.
Without a carpet.
Carpetmonger
Carpetmonger Car"pet*mon`ger, n.
1. One who deals in carpets; a buyer and seller of carpets.
2. One fond of pleasure; a gallant. --Shak.
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