Chapter Caracara to Carboxyl of C by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

in monometric crystals like the octahedron, etc. Another modification is graphite, or blacklead, and in this it is soft, and occurs in hexagonal prisms or tables. When united with oxygen it forms carbon dioxide, commonly called carbonic acid, or carbonic oxide, according to the proportions of the oxygen; when united with hydrogen, it forms various compounds called hydrocarbons. Compare Diamond, and Graphite.

Carbon compounds, Compounds of carbon (Chem.), those compounds consisting largely of carbon, commonly produced by animals and plants, and hence called organic compounds, though their synthesis may be effected in many cases in the laboratory.

The formation of the compounds of carbon is not dependent upon the life process.
I. Remsen

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Carbon dioxide, Carbon monoxide. (Chem.) See under Carbonic. — Carbon light (Elec.), an extremely brilliant electric light produced by passing a galvanic current through two carbon points kept constantly with their apexes neary in contact. — Carbon point (Elec.), a small cylinder or bit of gas carbon moved forward by clockwork so that, as it is burned away by the electric current, it shall constantly maintain its proper relation to the opposing point. — Carbon tissue, paper coated with gelatine and pigment, used in the autotype process of photography. Abney. — Gas carbon, a compact variety of carbon obtained as an incrustation on the interior of gas retorts, and used for the manufacture of the carbon rods of pencils for the voltaic, arc, and for the plates of voltaic batteries, etc.

Carbonaceous
(Car"bo*na`ceous) a. Pertaining to, containing, or composed of, carbon.

Carbonade
(Car"bo*nade Car`bo*na"do) n. [Cf. F. carbonnade, It. carbonata, Sp. carbonada, from L. carbo coal.] (Cookery) Flesh, fowl, etc., cut across, seasoned, and broiled on coals; a chop. [Obs.]

Carbonado
(Car`bo*na"do Car"bo*nade) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carbonadoed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Carbonadoing.]

1. To cut (meat) across for frying or broiling; to cut or slice and broil. [Obs.]

A short-legged hen daintily carbonadoed.
Bean. & Fl.

2. To cut or hack, as in fighting. [Obs.]

I'll so carbonado your shanks.
Shak.

Carbonado
(Car`bo*na"do) n.; pl. Carbonadoes [Pg., carbonated.] (Min.) A black variety of diamond, found in Brazil, and used for diamond drills. It occurs in irregular or rounded fragments, rarely distinctly crystallized, with a texture varying from compact to porous.

Carbonarism
(Car`bo*na"rism) n. The principles, practices, or organization of the Carbonari.

Carbonaro
(||Car`bo*na"ro) n.; pl. Carbonari [It., a coal man.] A member of a secret political association in Italy, organized in the early part of the nineteenth centry for the purpose of changing the government into a republic.

The origin of the Carbonari is uncertain, but the society is said to have first met, in 1808, among the charcoal burners of the mountains, whose phraseology they adopted.

Carbonatation
(Car`bon*a*ta"tion) n. [From Carbonate.] (Sugar Making) The saturation of defecated beet juice with carbonic acid gas. Knight.

Carbonate
(Car"bon*ate) n. [Cf. F. carbonate.] (Chem.) A salt or carbonic acid, as in limestone, some forms of lead ore, etc.

Carbonated
(Car"bon*a`ted) a. Combined or impregnated with carbonic acid.