Definition of carp

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Carp (v. i.) To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at.

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Cyprinoid :: Cyprinoid (a.) Like the carp (Cyprinus).
Anthocarpous :: Anthocarpous (a.) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple..
Trade :: Trade (v.) The business which a person has learned, and which he engages in, for procuring subsistence, or for profit; occupation; especially, mechanical employment as distinguished from the liberal arts, the learned professions, and agriculture; as, we speak of the trade of a smith, of a carpenter, or mason, but not now of the trade of a farmer, or a lawyer, or a physician..
Coelospermous :: Coelospermous (a.) Hollow-seeded; having the ventral face of the seedlike carpels incurved at the ends, as in coriander seed..
Polycarpic :: Polycarpic (a.) Alt. of Polycarpou.
Angiocarpous :: Angiocarpous (a.) Having fruit inclosed within a covering that does not form a part of itself; as, the filbert covered by its husk, or the acorn seated in its cupule..
Marginicidal :: Marginicidal (a.) Dehiscent by the separation of united carpels; -- said of fruits.
Bivalve :: Bivalve (n.) A pericarp in which the seed case opens or splits into two parts or valves.
Bevilled :: Bevilled (a.) Notched with an angle like that inclosed by a carpenter's bevel; -- said of a partition line of a shield.
Blastocarpous :: Blastocarpous (a.) Germinating inside the pericarp, as the mangrove..
Redwood :: Redwood (n.) An East Indian dyewood, obtained from Pterocarpus santalinus, Caesalpinia Sappan, and several other trees..
Spearfish :: Spearfish (n.) The carp sucker.
Scapholunar :: Scapholunar (a.) Of or pertaining to the scaphoid and lunar bones of the carpus.
Kernel :: Kernel (n.) The essential part of a seed; all that is within the seed walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of a nut; hence, anything included in a shell, husk, or integument; as, the kernel of a nut. See Illust. of Endocarp..
Monocarpic :: Monocarpic (a.) Alt. of Monocarpou.
Yeoman :: Yeoman (n.) An interior officer under the boatswain, gunner, or carpenters, charged with the stowage, account, and distribution of the stores..
Carpeting :: Carpeting (n.) Cloth or materials for carpets; carpets, in general..
Epicarp :: Epicarp () The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened ovary. See Illust. under Endocarp.
End :: End (n.) One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
Monotocous :: Monotocous (a.) Bearing fruit but once; monocarpic.
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