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Of of pertaining to any method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way, whether united in a system specific to a country or region.

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Carrickfergus

Language; Encyclopedias

A town and seaport N. of Belfast Lough, 9½ m. from Belfast, with a picturesque castle.

Carse

Language; Encyclopedias

The name given in Scotland to alluvial lands bordering on a river.

Cartagena

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A naval port of Spain, on the Mediterranean, with a capacious harbour; one of the oldest towns in it, founded by the Carthaginians; was once the largest naval arsenal in Europe. ...

carte-blanche

Language; Encyclopedias

A blank paper with a signature to be filled up with such terms of an agreement as the holder is authorised to accept in name of the person whose signature it bears.

Carthage

Language; Encyclopedias

An ancient maritime city, on a peninsula in the N. of Africa, near the site of Tunis, and founded by Phoenicians in 850 B.C.; originally the centre of a colony, it became the ...

carthusians

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A monastic order of a very severe type, founded by St. Bruno in 1086, each member of which had originally a single cell, eventually one consisting of two or three rooms with a ...

Cartier

Language; Encyclopedias

A French navigator, born at St. Malo, made three voyages to N. America in quest of a North-West passage, at the instance of Francis I.; took possession of Canada in the name of ...