carrack

carrageen, carragheen (kar'agen), n. [From Carragheen, near Water ford in Ireland, dium; c, centrale; 1-5, the five carpalia, or distal carpals, known as carpale I, carpale II, etc. I-V, the cor responding metacar pals. where it abounds.] A marine alga very common on rocks and stones on the coasts of Great Britain and Ireland. It is a very variable weed, with a flat dichotomously branching frond of a deep purple brown color and of a cartilaginous texture. When dried gheen, carrigeen. and exposed to sunlight it becomes whitish, and in this condition is known as Irish mo , and is used for making soups, blanc-mange, size, etc. Also spelled carageen, car a carrageenin, car ragee nine (kar-a-ge'nin), n. [ carragheen, n. See carrageen. carrainet, carrainet, n. A Middle English form of carrion. carrallt, n. An old form of carol2. Carrarese (kar-a-rēs' or -rēz'), a. and n. I. a. Pertaining or belonging to Carrara in Italy. Obstacles were thrown in Michelangelo's and the hostility of the Carrarese workmen was excited against him. C. C. Perkins, Italian Sculpture, p. 276, note. II. n. An inhabitant of Carrara. See caraway . IMG:content-3184.png:[blocks in formation] mouth protractile downward, and narrow pharyngeal bones with numerous thin teeth. The species attain a large size, and abound in the Mi i ippi valley and Great Lake region; one, Carpiodes cyprinus, also occurs in the Atlantic watershed. They superficially resemble the European carp, and are sometimes called carp; they are also known as buffalo - fish. carpus (kär'pus), n.; pl. carpi (-pi). [NL. (> F. carpe Sp. Pg. It. carpo ), wrist.] 1. The wrist, wrist-joint, or carpal ar ticulation; the proximal segment of the manus or hand, corresponding to the tarsus of the foot; the joint by which the hand or distal division of the fore limb is connected with the forearm. Thus, in a horse, the so-called "knee" is the carpus. - 2. Especially the carpal bones or carpalia, collectively considered; a number of small irregularly nodular bones intervening between the bones of the ante brachium and those IMG:content-3185.png:[blocks in formation]