Caress
(Ca*ress") 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.
Caress
(Ca*ress"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caressed (-rest"); 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.
Caressingly
(Ca*ress"ing*ly), adv. In caressing manner.
Caret
(Ca"ret) (ka"ret or kar"et), 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.
Caret
(||Ca`ret") n. [F., a species of tortoise.] (Zoöl.) The hawkbill turtle. See Hawkbill.
Care-tuned
(Care"-tuned) a. Weary; mournful. Shak.
Careworn
(Care"worn`) a. Worn or burdened with care; as, careworn look or face.
Carex
(||Ca"rex) n. [L., sedge.] (Bot.) A numerous and widely distributed genus of perennial herbaceous
plants of the order Cypreaceæ; the sedges.
Carf
(Carf) pret. of Carve. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Cargason
(Car"ga*son) n. [F. cargaison, Sp. cargazon, LL. cargare to load. See rgo.] A cargo.
[Obs.]
Cargo
(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.
The term cargo, in law, is usually applied to goods only, and not to live animals or persons. Burill.
Cargoose
(Car"goose`) n. [Perh. fr. Gael. & Ir. cir, cior crest, comb + E. goose. Cf. Crebe.] (Zoöl.)
A species of grebe (Podiceps crisratus); the crested grebe.
Çariama
(||Ça`ri*a"ma) n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) A large, long-legged South American
bird (Dicholophus cristatus) which preys upon snakes, etc. See Seriema.
Carib
(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.
Caribbean
(Car`ib*be"an Car`ib*bee) a. Of or pertaining to the Caribs, to their islands or to the sea
(called the Caribbean sea) lying between those islands and Central America.
