Cartel, or Cartel ship, a ship employed in the exchange of prisoners, or in carrying propositions to an enemy; a ship beating a flag of truce and privileged from capture.

Cartel
(Car"tel) v. t. To defy or challenge. [Obs.]

You shall cartel him.
B. Jonson.

Carter
(Cart"er) n.

1. A charioteer. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. A man who drives a cart; a teamster.

3. (Zoöl.) (a) Any species of Phalangium; — also called harvestman. (b) A British fish; the whiff.

Cartesian
(Car*te"sian) a. [From Renatus Cartesius, Latinized from of René Descartes: cf. F. cartésien.] Of or pertaining to the French philosopher René Descartes, or his philosophy.

The Cartesion argument for reality of matter.
Sir W. Hamilton.

Cartesian coördinates(Geom), distance of a point from lines or planes; — used in a system of representing geometric quantities, invented by Descartes.Cartesian devil, a small hollow glass figure, used in connection with a jar of water having an elastic top, to illustrate the effect of the compression or expansion of air in changing the specific gravity of bodies.Cartesion oval(Geom.), a curve such that, for any point of the curve mr + m&primer&prime = c, where r and r&prime are the distances of the point from the two foci and m, m&prime and c are constant; — used by Descartes.

Cartesian
(Car*te"sian), n. An adherent of Descartes.

Cartesianism
(Car*te"sian*ism), n. The philosophy of Descartes.

Carthaginian
(Car`tha*gin"i*an), a. Of a pertaining to ancient Carthage, a city of northern Africa.n. A native or inhabitant of Carthage.

Carte
(Carte. ||Quarte) n. [F. quarte, prop., a fourth. Cf. Quart.] (Fencing) A position in thrusting or parrying, with the inside of the hand turned upward and the point of the weapon toward the adversary's right breast.

Carte blanche
(||Carte` blanche") [F., fr. OF. carte paper + -blanc, blanche, white. See 1st Card.] A blank paper, with a person's signature, etc., at the bottom, given to another person, with permission to superscribe what conditions he pleases. Hence: Unconditional terms; unlimited authority.

Carte de visite
(||Carte" de vi*site`) pl. Cartes de visite [F.]

1. A visiting card.

2. A photographic picture of the size formerly in use for a visiting card.

Cartel
(Car*tel") n. [F., fr. LL. cartellus a little paper, dim. fr. L. charta. See 1st Card.]

1. (Mil.) An agreement between belligerents for the exchange of prisoners. Wilhelm.

2. A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat. [Obs.]

He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel.,
Sir W. Scott.


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