Carnassial

[Lat. carn is, and edere, to eat.] Adapted to the mastication of flesh; as, carna ial teeth.- Owen Carna ier, ( kar - nās si-ä,) a. [Fr.] Carnivorous; rav enous. Carnatic, (The,) a very extensive maritime prov. of S. Hindostan, comprising a considerable portion of the territory under the British presidency of Madras. It extends along the Coromandel coast from Cape Com or in to the River Gondeyam, or between Lat. 80 and 16° N., and Lon. 77° 15′ and 80° 30′ E., having N. the Northern Circars, W. the Balaghaut ceded districts, the provs. Salem and Coimbatoor, and the Cochin and Travancore dominions, and S. and E. the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Manar, and the Bay of Bengal. Length N.E. to S.W. 500 m., average breadth about 90. Total area , 52,023 sq. m. The E. Ghauts range of mountains intersect this prov. throughout its whole extent N. of Lat. 11° 20', dividing into the Upper and Lower Carnatic . The principal rivers are the Pennar, Pelaur, Cavery, . The climate of the Lower Carnatic is one of the hottest in India; that of the Upper is more temperate. Soil , various. Rice, cereals, tobacco, and a little sugar and indigo are cultivated. The cotton raised is chiefly of the dwarf kind ( Go ypium herbaceum). Famines and droughts are not unfrequent in this part of the Indian Peninsula. Most of the population are Hindoos of the Brahmin i cal sect; there are comparatively few Mohammedans, and Hindoo customs are retained in wonderful purity throughout the prov. Chief towns . Madras, Pond i cherry, Tranquebar, Tanjore, Arcot, . Few provs. exhibit so many large temples, and other public ornaments of civilization and wealth. The Moguls first invaded the C. in 1310, but it was not finally in their po e ion till the reign of Aurungzebe. In 1717 it was severed, with the Mogul territories in the Deccan, from the throne of Delhi. The C. was conquered by the British in 1783, and its subjugation was completely effected in 1801. Carnation, ( kär -nā'shaun,) n. [Fr. carnation ; from Lat. caro, carn is, flesh.] The natural color of flesh; flesh color. "O punish him! or to the Elysian shades Dismi my soul, where no carnation fades." Pope . IMG:content-0067.png:[blocks in formation] Carne'ades, of Cyrene, in Africa, the founder of the third academy at Athens. D. 128 в. с. See ACADEMICS. Carnelian, ( kär - në'le - an,) n. [Lat. carneus , from caro , flesh.] ( Min .) A variety of Chalcedony, generally of a clear bright-red tint, and pa ing into common chalcedony through grayish-red gradations. The change is insensible from red to white C. through flesh-red and blood-red, with a greater or le admixture of brown to orange and various tints of yellow. The finest specimens are brought from Arabia, and from Cambay and Surat in India. Both in ancient and modern times, C. has been much used for seal-stones, beads, and other ornaments. Car'nel-work, CAR'VEL-WORK, n. ( Ship - building .) The putting together of the timbers, beams, and planks of a ship, as distinguished from clinch-work. Carneous, (kär'nē-us,) a. [Lat. carneus, from caro, carn is.] Fleshy; having the qualities of flesh; as, car neo us papillæ. Carneros, in California , a post-office of Napa co. Carnes'ville, in Georgia , a post-village, cap. of Franklin co., 110 m. N. by E. of Milledgeville, and 15 m. from the Savannah River. Car'new, in Ireland, a town and parish of Wicklow co. 7 m. W. of Gorey. In the vicinity of C. is Cool at tin, the beautiful mansion of Earl Fitzwilliam, owner of this parish.