a. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + &unr_; heart. ] Without a heart; as, an acardiac fetus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Belonging to, or resembling, a family, or order, of plants of which the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac are well known examples. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or derived from, the cashew nut; as, anacardic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; similar to + &unr_; heart; -- the fruit of this plant being thought to resemble the heart of a bird. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the cashew tree. See Cashew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; heart, or upper orifice of the stomach. ] (Anat.) (a) The heart. (b) The anterior or cardiac orifice of the stomach, where the esophagus enters it. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cardiacus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; heart: cf. F. cardiaque. ] 1. (Anat.) Pertaining to, resembling, or hear the heart; as, the cardiac arteries; the cardiac, or left, end of the stomach. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cardiac passion (Med.) cardialgia; heartburn. [ Archaic ] --
Cardiac wheel. (Mach.) See Heart wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) A medicine which excites action in the stomach; a cardial. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cardiac. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pain about the heart. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Cardiograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. cardialgia, fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; heart + &unr_; pain: cf. F. cardialgie. ] (Med.) A burning or gnawing pain, or feeling of distress, referred to the region of the heart, accompanied with cardiac palpitation; heartburn. It is usually a symptom of indigestion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a slightly bow-legged variety of corgi having rounded ears and a long tail.
Syn. -- Cardigan Welsh corgi. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

[ From the Earl of Cardigan, who was famous in the Crimean campaign of 1854-55. ] 1. A warm jacket of knit worsted with or without sleeves, especially a knitted jacket with sleeves that is fastened up the front with buttons or a zipper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family of somewhat heart-shaped sand-burrowing bivalve mollusks.
Syn. -- family Cardiidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. cardinalis, fr. cardo the hinge of a door, that on which a thing turns or depends: cf. F. cardinal. ] Of fundamental importance; preëminent; superior; chief; principal. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cardinal intersections of the zodiac. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Impudence is now a cardinal virtue. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

But cardinal sins, and hollow hearts, I fear ye. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cardinal numbers, the numbers one, two, three, etc., in distinction from first, second, third, etc., which are called ordinal numbers. --
Cardinal points (a) (Geol.) The four principal points of the compass, or intersections of the horizon with the meridian and the prime vertical circle, north, south east, and west. (b) (Astrol.) The rising and setting of the sun, the zenith and nadir. --
Cardinal signs (Astron.) Aries, Libra, Cancer, and Capricorn. --
Cardinal teeth (Zool.), the central teeth of bivalve shell. See Bivalve. --
Cardinal veins (Anat.), the veins in vertebrate embryos, which run each side of the vertebral column and returm the blood to the heart. They remain through life in some fishes. --
Cardinal virtues, preëminent virtues; among the ancients, prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude. --
Cardinal winds, winds which blow from the cardinal points due north, south, east, or west. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. carinal, It. cardinale, LL. cardinalis (ecclesiæ Romanæ). See Cardinal, a. ] 1. (R. C. Ch.) One of the ecclesiastical princes who constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college. [ 1913 Webster ]

The clerics of the supreme Chair are called Cardinals, as undoubtedly adhering more nearly to the hinge by which all things are moved. Pope Leo IX. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The cardinals are appointed by the pope. Since the time of Sixtus V., their number can never exceed seventy (six of episcopal rank, fifty priests, fourteen deacons), and the number of cardinal priests and deacons is seldom full. When the papel chair is vacant a pope is elected by the college of cardinals from among themselves. The cardinals take precedence of all dignitaries except the pope. The principal parts of a cardinal's costume are a red cassock, a rochet, a short purple mantle, and a red hat with a small crown and broad brim, with cords and tessels of a special pattern hanging from it. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A woman's short cloak with a hood. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where's your cardinal! Make haste. Lloyd. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Mulled red wine. Hotten. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. the cardinal bird, also called the northern cardinal. [ PJC ]

Cardinal bird, or
Cardinal grosbeak (Zool.), an American song bird (Cardinalis cardinalis, or Cardinalis Virginianus), of the family Fringillidæ, or finches of which the male has a bright red plumage, and both sexes have a high, pointed crest on its head; -- it is also called the northern cardinal or eastern cardinal. The males have loud and musical notes resembling those of a fife. Other related species are also called cardinal birds. --
Cardinal flower (Bot.), an herbaceous plant (Lobelia cardinalis) bearing brilliant red flowers of much beauty. --
Cardinal red, a color like that of a cardinal's cassock, hat, etc.; a bright red, darker than scarlet, and between scarlet and crimson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cardinalat, LL. cardinalatus. ] The office, rank, or dignity of a cardinal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To exalt to the office of a cardinal. Sheldon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The condition, dignity, of office of a cardinal [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. The act or process of preparing staple for spinning, etc., by carding it. See the Note under Card, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A roll of wool or other fiber as it comes from the carding machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carding engine,
Carding machine, a machine for carding cotton, wool, or other fiber, by subjecting it to the action of cylinders, or drums covered with wire-toothed cards, revolving nearly in contact with each other, at different rates of speed, or in opposite directions. The staple issues in soft sheets, or in slender rolls called slivers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kardi`a heart + -gram. ] (Physiol.) Any instrumental record made of heart activity, especially the curve or tracing made by a cardiograph. Sometimes used synonymously with electrocardiogram. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. [ Gr. kardi`a heart + -graph. ] (Med.) An instrument which, when placed in contact with the chest, will register graphically the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to, or produced by, a cardiograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Description of the heart. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Physiol.) Examination of heart activity using a cardiograph. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. kardio-eidh`s heart-shaped; kardi`a heart + e'i^dos shape. ] (Math.) An algebraic curve, so called from its resemblance to a heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Checking or arresting the heart's action. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kardi`a heart + -ology. ] The science which treats of the heart and its functions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kardi`a heart + -metry. ] (Med.) Measurement of the heart, as by percussion or auscultation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An emergency procedure to revive heart and lung function in persons whose heart has apparently stopped beating, involving forced respiration, periodic pressure on the heart by pushing on the chest, and sometimes electrical or mechanical equipment. It is often referred to by the acronym CPR. [ PJC ]

adj. Of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions; as, cardiopulmonary resuscitation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. kardi`a heart + sclerosis. ] Induration of the heart, caused by development of fibrous tissue in the cardiac muscle. [ Obsolescent ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

prop. n. A genus of tendril-climbing herbs or shrubs whose seeds have a white heart-shaped spot.
Syn. -- genus Cardiospermum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A combination of cardiograph and sphygmograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Of or pertaining to or involving the heart and blood vessels; as, cardiovascular conditioning. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. kardi`a heart + -itis: cf. F. cardite. ] (Med) Inflammation of the fleshy or muscular substance of the heart. See Endocarditis and Pericarditis. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To depose from the rank of cardinal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; double + E. cardiac. ] (Anat.) Having the heart completely divided or double, one side systemic, the other pulmonary. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. e out, without + cardo a hinge. ] (Zoöl.) An order of Brachiopoda; the Lyopomata. See Brachiopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. 1. Pertaining to the endocardium. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Seated or generated within the heart; as, endocardial murmurs. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the endocardium. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'e`ndon within + kardi`a heart. ] (Anat.) The membrane lining the cavities of the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or relating to the epicardium. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + kardi`a heart. ] (Anat.) That part of the pericardium which forms the outer surface of the heart; the cardiac pericardium. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Exo- + Gr. kardi`a heart. ] (Anat.) Situated or arising outside of the heart; as, exocardial murmurs; -- opposed to endocardiac. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Hemi-, and Cardia. ] (Anat.) A lateral half of the heart, either the right or left. B. G. Wilder. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. lepto`s small + kardi`a the heart. ] (Zool.) The lowest class of Vertebrata, including only the Amphioxus. The heart is represented only by a simple pulsating vessel. The blood is colorless; the brain, renal organs, and limbs are wanting, and the backbone is represented only by a simple, unsegmented notochord. See Amphioxus. [ Written also Leptocardii. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Leptocardia. -- n. One of the Leptocardia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Mono- + Gr. &unr_; heart. ] (Zool.) Having a single heart, as fishes and amphibians. -- n. An animal having a single heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. muscadin a musk-scented lozenge, fr. muscade nutmeg, fr. L. muscus musk. See Muscadel. ] (Zool.) The common European dormouse; -- so named from its odor. [ Written also muscadine. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] A disease which is very destructive to silkworms, and which sometimes extends to other insects. It is attended by the development of a fungus (provisionally called Botrytis bassiana). Also, the fungus itself. [ 1913 Webster ]