n. See Tincal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. calcaria lime kiln, fr. calx, calcis, lime. See Calx. ] (Glass manuf.) A kind of oven, or reverberatory furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n.; L. pl. Calcaria [ L., a spur, as worn on the heel, also the spur of a cock, fr. calx, calcis, the heel. ] 1. (Bot.) A hollow tube or spur at the base of a petal or corolla. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A slender bony process from the ankle joint of bats, which helps to support the posterior part of the web, in flight. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anat.) (a) A spur, or spurlike prominence. (b) A curved ridge in the floor of the leteral ventricle of the brain; the calcar avis, hippocampus minor, or ergot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. car, char, F. cahr, fr. L. carrus, Wagon: a Celtic word; cf. W. car, Armor. karr, Ir. & Gael. carr. cf. Chariot. ] 1. A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In England a railroad passenger car is called a railway carriage; a freight car a goods wagon; a platform car a goods truck; a baggage car a van. But styles of car introduced into England from America are called cars; as, tram car. Pullman car. See Train. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A chariot of war or of triumph; a vehicle of splendor, dignity, or solemnity. [ Poetic ]. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gilded car of day. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The towering car, the sable steeds. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Astron.) The stars also called Charles's Wain, the Great Bear, or the Dipper. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Pleiads, Hyads, and the Northern Car. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The cage of a lift or elevator. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. A floating perforated box for living fish. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Car coupling, or
Car coupler, a shackle or other device for connecting the cars in a railway train. [ U. S. ] --
Dummy car (Railroad), a car containing its own steam power or locomotive. --
Freight car (Railrood), a car for the transportation of merchandise or other goods. [ U. S. ] --
Hand car (Railroad), a small car propelled by hand, used by railroad laborers, etc. [ U. S. ] --
Horse car, or
Street car, an omnibus car, draw by horses or other power upon rails laid in the streets. [ U. S. ] --
Palace car,
Drawing-room car,
Sleeping car,
Parlor car, etc. (Railroad), cars especially designed and furnished for the comfort of travelers. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ See Sircar. ] A district, or part of a province. See Sircar. [ India ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Railroads) a railroad car without permanent sides or roof.
Syn. -- flat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

. A car with a grip to clutch a traction cable. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a small railroad car propelled by hand or by a small motor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Per. & Hind. lashkar an army, an inferior artillery man, a cooly, a native sailor. ] A native sailor, employed in European vessels; also, a menial employed about arsenals, camps, camps, etc.; a camp follower. [ East Indies ] [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>prop. n. An island in the Indian Ocean, about 240 miles off the southeast coast of Africa, governed as a single country, the Republic of Madagascar. It is the world's fourth-largest island, with a total area of 587, 040 sq km, with 4, 828 km of coastline. Once a French colony, it gained independence from France in 1960. The name of the government after independence was the Malagasy Republic. [ PJC ]

Formerly an independent kingdom, Madagascar became a French colony in 1886, but regained its independence in 1960. During 1992-93, free presidential and National Assembly elections were held, ending 17 years of single-party rule. In 1997 in the second presidential race, Didier RATSIRAKA, the leader during the 1970s and 1980s, was returned to the presidency. The Population: is 15, 982, 563 (July 2001 est.) The highest point is Maromokotro, at 2, 876 m. Natural resources are: graphite, chromite, coal, bauxite, salt, quartz, tar sands, semiprecious stones, mica, fish, and hydropower. CIA World Factbook [ PJC ]

n. A railway car of special design used for the transportation and sorting of mail en route to its destination, and having employees of the post office inside to perform those functions. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

{ or }, n. 1. An automobile, locomobile, or locomotive designed to run and be steered on a street or roadway; esp., an automobile specially designed for passengers and propelled by an internal combustion engine.
Syn. -- car, auto, automobile, machine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Elec. Railroads) Any car containing motors for propulsion. [ U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. A railway passenger car made so as to facilitate seeing the scenery en route; a car open, or with glass sides, or with a kind of open balcony at the rear. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

[ Named after Mr. Pullman, who introduced them. ] A kind of sleeping car; also, a palace car; -- often shortened to Pullman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Saker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. escare, F. eschare an eschar, a dry slough (cf. It. & Sp. escara), L. eschara, fr. Gr. &unr_; hearth, fireplace, scab, eschar. Cf. Eschar. ] 1. A mark in the skin or flesh of an animal, made by a wound or ulcer, and remaining after the wound or ulcer is healed; a cicatrix; a mark left by a previous injury; a blemish; a disfigurement. [ 1913 Webster ]

This earth had the beauty of youth, . . . and not a wrinkle, scar, or fracture on all its body. T. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A mark left upon a stem or branch by the fall of a leaf, leaflet, or frond, or upon a seed by the separation of its support. See Illust. under Axillary. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scarred p. pr. & vb. n. Scarring. ] To mark with a scar or scars. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yet I'll not shed her blood;
Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

His cheeks were deeply scarred. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To form a scar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Scot. scar, scaur, Icel. sker a skerry, an isolated rock in the sea; akin to Dan. skiaer, Sw. skär. Cf. Skerry. ] An isolated or protruding rock; a steep, rocky eminence; a bare place on the side of a mountain or steep bank of earth. [ Written also scaur. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

O sweet and far, from cliff and scar,
The horns of Elfland faintly blowing. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. scarus, a kind of fish, Gr. ska`ros. ] (Zool.) A marine food fish, the scarus, or parrot fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hind. & Per. sarkār a superintendant, overseer, chief; Per. sar the head + kār action, work. ] 1. A Hindoo clerk or accountant. [ India ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A district or province; a circar. [ India ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The government; the supreme authority of the state. [ India ] [ 1913 Webster ]

. An automobile designed for touring; specif., a roomy car, not a limousine, for five or more passengers. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. trocart (or trois-quarts, i. e., three quarters); trois three (L. tres) + carre the side of a sword blade; -- so called from its triangular point. ] (Surg.) A stylet, usually with a triangular point, used for exploring tissues or for inserting drainage tubes, as in dropsy. [ Written also trochar. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Elec.) A motor car powered by electricity drawn from a trolley, and thus constrained to follow the trolley lines. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

Trolley line, (a) A trolley (f). (b) The path along which a trolley car runs. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + vicar. ] To deprive of the position or office a vicar. [ R. ] Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. vicar, viker, vicair, F. vicaire, fr. L. vicarius. See Vicarious. ] 1. One deputed or authorized to perform the functions of another; a substitute in office; a deputy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eng. Eccl. Law) The incumbent of an appropriated benefice. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The distinction between a parson [ or rector ] and vicar is this: The parson has, for the most part, the whole right to the ecclesiastical dues in his parish; but a vicar has generally an appropriator over him, entitled to the best part of the profits, to whom he is in fact perpetual curate with a standing salary. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Apostolic vicar, or
Vicar apostolic. (R. C. Ch.) (a) A bishop to whom the Roman pontiff delegates a portion of his jurisdiction. (b) Any ecclesiastic acting under a papal brief, commissioned to exercise episcopal authority. (c) A titular bishop in a country where there is no episcopal see, or where the succession has been interrupted. --
Vicar forane. [ Cf. LL. foraneus situated outside of the episcopal city, rural. See Vicar, and Foreign. ] (R. C. Ch.) A dignitary or parish priest appointed by a bishop to exercise a limited jurisdiction in a particular town or district of a diocese. Addis & Arnold. --
Vicar-general. (a) (Ch. of Eng.) The deputy of the Archbishop of Canterbury or York, in whose court the bishops of the province are confirmed. Encyc. Brit. (b) (R. C. Ch.) An assistant to a bishop in the discharge of his official functions. --
Vicar of Jesus Christ (R. C. Ch.), the pope as representing Christ on earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

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