Carmelite
(Car"mel*ite Car"mel*in) a. Of or pertaining to the order of Carmelites.
Carmelite
(Car"mel*ite) n.
1. (Eccl. Hist.) A friar of a mendicant order (the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel) established on
Mount Carmel, in Syria, in the twelfth century; a White Friar.
2. A nun of the Order of Our lady of Mount Carmel.
Carminated
(Car"mi*na`ted) a. Of, relating to, or mixed with, carmine; as, carminated lake. Tomlinson.
Carminative
(Car*min"ative) a. [NL. carminativus fr. carminare to card, hence to cleanse, fr. carmen
a card for freeing wool or flax from the coarser parts, and from extraneous matter: cf. F. carminatif.]
Expelling wind from the body; warming; antispasmodic. "Carminative hot seeds." Dunglison.
Carminative
(Car*min"a*tive), n. A substance, esp. an aromatic, which tends to expel wind from the
alimentary canal, or to relieve colic, griping, or flatulence.
Carmine
(Car"mine) n. [F. carmin contr. from LL. carmesinus purple color. See Crimson.]
1. A rich red or crimson color with a shade of purple.
2. A beautiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared from cochineal, and used in miniature painting.
3. (Chem.) The essential coloring principle of cochineal, extracted as a purple-red amorphous mass. It
is a glucoside and possesses acid properties; — hence called also carminic acid.
Carmine red (Chem.), a coloring matter obtained from carmine as a purple-red substance, and probably
allied to the phthaleïns.
Carminic
(Car*min"ic) a. Of or pertaining to, or derived from, carmine.
Carminic acid. Same as Carmine, 3.
Carmot
(Car"mot) n. (Alchemy) The matter of which the philosopher's stone was believed to be composed.
Carnage
(Car"nage) n. [F. carnage, LL. carnaticum tribute of animals, flesh of animals, fr. L. caro,
carnis, flesh. See Carnal.]
1. Flesh of slain animals or men.
A miltitude of dogs came to feast on the carnage.
Macaulay.
2. Great destruction of life, as in battle; bloodshed; slaughter; massacre; murder; havoc.
The more fearful carnage of the Bloody Circuit.
Macaulay.
Carnal
(Car"nal) a. [L. carnalis, fr. caro, carnis, flesh; akin to Gr. Skr. kravya; cf. F. charnel, Of.
also carnel. Cf. Charnel.]
