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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Whip :: Whip (v. t.) To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet..
Carpentry :: Carpentry (n.) An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter..
Echinated :: Echinated (a.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp..
Blastocarpous :: Blastocarpous (a.) Germinating inside the pericarp, as the mangrove..
Cystocarp :: Cystocarp (n.) A minute vesicle in a red seaweed, which contains the reproductive spores..
Metapodiale :: Metapodiale (n.) One of the bones of either the metacarpus or metatarsus.
Pleurocarp :: Pleurocarp (n.) Any pleurocarpic moss.
Valvelet :: Valvelet (n.) A little valve; a valvule; especially, one of the pieces which compose the outer covering of a pericarp..
Polycarpellary :: Polycarpellary (a.) Composed of several or numerous carpels; -- said of such fruits as the orange.
Velum :: Velum (n.) A thin membrane surrounding the sporocarps of quillworts Isoetes).
Polycarpous :: Polycarpous (a.) Having several pistils in one flower.
Bocking :: Bocking (n.) A coarse woolen fabric, used for floor cloths, to cover carpets, etc.; -- so called from the town of Bocking, in England, where it was first made..
Caulocarpous :: Caulocarpous (a.) Having stems which bear flowers and fruit year after year, as most trees and shrubs..
Escarping :: Escarping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Escar.
Builder :: Builder (n.) One who builds; one whose occupation is to build, as a carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason..
Schizocarp :: Schizocarp (n.) A dry fruit which splits at maturity into several closed one-seeded portions.
Magnum :: Magnum (n.) A bone of the carpus at the base of the third metacarpal bone.
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..
Autocarpian :: Autocarpian (a.) Consisting of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape..
Escarpment :: Escarpment (n.) A steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach. See Scarp..
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