1. One who carves; one who shapes or fashions by carving, or as by carving; esp. one who carves decorative
forms, architectural adornments, etc. "The carver's chisel." Dodsley.
The carver of his fortunes.
Sharp (Richardson's Dict. )
2. One who carves or divides meat at table.
3. A large knife for carving.
Carving
(Carv"ing), n.
1. The act or art of one who carves.
2. A piece of decorative work cut in stone, wood, or other material. "Carving in wood." Sir W. Temple.
3. The whole body of decorative sculpture of any kind or epoch, or in any material; as, the Italian carving
of the 15th century.
Carvist
(Car"vist) n. [A corruption of carry fist.] (Falconary) A hawk which is of proper age and training
to be carried on the hand; a hawk in its first year. Booth.
Carvol
(Car"vol) n. (Chem.) One of a species of aromatic oils, resembling carvacrol.
Car wheel
(Car" wheel`) A flanged wheel of a railway car or truck.
Caryatic
(Car`y*at"ic Car`y*at"id) a. Of or pertaining to a caryatid.
Caryatid
(Car`y*at"id) n.; pl. Caryatids [See Caryatides.] (Arch.) A draped female figure supporting
an entablature, in the place of a column or pilaster.
Caryatides
(||Car`y*at"i*des) n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. priestesses in the temple of Diana (the Greek Artemis) at
Caryæ a village in Laconia; as an architectural term, caryatids.] (Arch) Caryatids.
Corresponding male figures were called Atlantes, Telamones, and Persians.
Caryophyllaceous
(Car`y*o*phyl*la"ceous) a. [Gr. clove tree; nut + leaf.] (Bot.) (a) Having corollas of
five petals with long claws inclosed in a tubular, calyx, as the pink. (b) Belonging to the family of which
the pink and the carnation are the types.
Caryophyllin
(Car`y*oph"yl*lin) n. (Chem.) A tasteless and odorless crystalline substance, extracted
from cloves, polymeric with common camphor.
Caryophyllous
(Car`y*oph"yl*lous) a. Caryophyllaceous.
Caryopsis
(Car`y*op"sis) n.; pl. Caryopses [NL., fr. gr. hut, kernel + sight, form.] (Bot.) A one-celled,
dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and
seed are incorporated in one body, forming a single grain, as of wheat, barley, etc.
Casal
(Ca"sal) a. (Gram.) Of or pertaining to case; as, a casal ending.
Cascabel
(Cas"ca*bel) n. [Sp. cascabel a little bell, also a knob at the breech end of a cannon.] The
projection in rear of the breech of a cannon, usually a knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by
a neck. In old writers it included all in rear of the base ring. [See Illust. of Cannon.]
