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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CARD, n.
1. A paper or pasteboard of a oblong figure, on which are painted figures or points; used in games.
2. A blank piece of paper, or the like paper with some writing upon it, used in messages of civility, or business.
3. The paper on which the points of the compass are marked.
Reason the card, but passion is the gale.
CARD, v.i. To play much at cards; to gain.
CARD, n. An instrument for combing, opening and breaking wool or flax, freeing it from the coarser parts, and from extraneous matter. It is made by inserting bent teeth of wire in a thick piece of leather, and nailing this to a piece of oblong board, to which a handle is attached.
CARD, v.t. To comb, or open wool, flax, hemp, etc., with a card, for the purpose of cleansing it of extraneous matter, separating the coarser parts, and making it fine and soft for spinning.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes; "he collected cards and traded them with the other boys"
2: a card certifying the identity of the bearer; "he had to show his card to get in" [syn: card, identity card]
3: a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures); "they sent us a card from Miami"
4: thin cardboard, usually rectangular
5: a witty amusing person who makes jokes [syn: wag, wit, card]
6: a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement; "a poster advertised the coming attractions" [syn: poster, posting, placard, notice, bill, card]
7: a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited [syn: calling card, visiting card, card]
8: (golf) a record of scores (as in golf); "you have to turn in your card to get a handicap" [syn: card, scorecard]
9: a list of dishes available at a restaurant; "the menu was in French" [syn: menu, bill of fare, card, carte du jour, carte]
10: (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat; "the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate" [syn: batting order, card, lineup]
11: a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities [syn: circuit board, circuit card, board, card, plug-in, add-in] v
1: separate the fibers of; "tease wool" [syn: tease, card]
2: ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor; "I was carded when I tried to buy a beer!"

Merriam Webster's

I. transitive verb Date: 14th century to cleanse, disentangle, and collect together (as fibers) by the use of cards preparatory to spinning • carder noun II. noun Etymology: Middle English carde, from Medieval Latin cardus, carduus, thistle, carding instrument, from Latin carduus thistle — more at chard Date: 15th century 1. an instrument or machine for carding fibers that consists usually of bent wire teeth set closely in rows in a thick piece of leather fastened to a back 2. an implement for raising a nap on cloth III. noun Etymology: Middle English carde, from Anglo-French, alteration of Middle French carte, probably from Old Italian carta, literally, leaf of paper, from Latin charta leaf of papyrus, from Greek chart?s Date: 15th century 1. playing card 2. plural but singular or plural in construction a. a game played with cards b. card playing 3. a. something (as an advantage) compared to a valuable playing card in one's hand <holding all the cards in negotiations> b. an issue especially with emotional appeal that is brought into play to achieve a desired end (as winning a political campaign) <played the race card> 4. a usually clownishly amusing person ; wag <he's such a card> 5. compass card 6. a. a flat stiff usually small and rectangular piece of material (as paper, cardboard, or plastic) usually bearing information: as (1) postcard (2) visiting card (3) business card (4) credit card (5) one bearing a picture (as of a baseball player) on one side and usually statistical data on the other (6) one on which computer information is stored (as in the form of punched holes or magnetic encoding) (7) one bearing electronic circuit components for insertion into a larger electronic device (as a computer) b. program; especially a sports program <three fights on the card> c. (1) a wine list (2) menu d. greeting card <a birthday card> IV. transitive verb Date: 1884 1. to place or fasten on or by means of a card 2. to provide with a card 3. to list or record on a card 4. score <a golfer carding a 75> 5. to ask for identification (as in a bar) <we all got carded> V. abbreviation cardinal

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. --n. 1 thick stiff paper or thin pasteboard. 2 a a flat piece of this, esp. for writing or printing on. b = POSTCARD. c a card used to send greetings, issue an invitation, etc. (birthday card). d = visiting-card. e = business card. f a ticket of admission or membership. 3 a = PLAYING-CARD. b a similar card in a set designed for particular games, e.g. happy families. c (in pl.) card-playing; a card-game. 4 (in pl.) colloq. an employee's documents, esp. for tax and national insurance, held by the employer. 5 a a programme of events at a race-meeting etc. b Cricket a score-card. c a list of holes on a golf course, on which a player's scores are entered. 6 colloq. a person, esp. an odd or amusing one (what a card!; a knowing card). 7 a plan or expedient (sure card). 8 a printed or written notice, set of rules, etc., for display. 9 a small rectangular piece of plastic issued by a bank, building society, etc., with personal (often machine-readable) data on it, chiefly to obtain cash or credit (cheque card; credit card; do you have a card?). --v.tr. 1 fix to a card. 2 write on a card, esp. for indexing. Phrases and idioms: ask for (or get) one's cards ask (or be told) to leave one's employment. card-carrying being a registered member of an organization, esp. a political party or trade union. card-game a game in which playing-cards are used. card index an index in which each item is entered on a separate card. card-index v.tr. make a card index of. card-playing the playing of card-games. card-sharp (or -sharper) a swindler at card-games. card-table a table for card-playing, esp. a folding one. card up one's sleeve a plan in reserve. card vote US a block vote, esp. in trade-union meetings. on (US in) the cards possible or likely. put (or lay) one's cards on the table reveal one's resources, intentions, etc. Etymology: ME f. OF carte f. L charta f. Gk khartes papyrus-leaf 2. n. & v. --n. a toothed instrument, wire brush, etc., for raising a nap on cloth or for disentangling fibres before spinning. --v.tr. brush, comb, cleanse, or scratch with a card. Phrases and idioms: carding-wool short-stapled wool. Derivatives: carder n. Etymology: ME f. OF carde f. Prov. carda f. cardar tease, comb, ult. f. L carere card

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Card Card, v. t. 1. To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding; as, to card wool; to card a horse. These card the short comb the longer flakes. --Dyer. 2. To clean or clear, as if by using a card. [Obs.] This book [must] be carded and purged. --T. Shelton. 3. To mix or mingle, as with an inferior or weaker article. [Obs.] You card your beer, if you guests being to be drunk. -- half small, half strong. --Greene. Note: In the manufacture of wool, cotton, etc., the process of carding disentangles and collects together all the fibers, of whatever length, and thus differs from combing, in which the longer fibers only are collected, while the short straple is combed away. See Combing.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Card Card, n. [F. carte, fr. L. charta paper, Gr. ? a leaf of paper. Cf. Chart.] 1. A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game played with cards. Our first cards were to Carabas House. --Thackeray. 2. A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, or the like; as, to put a card in the newspapers. Also, a printed programme, and (fig.), an attraction or inducement; as, this will be a good card for the last day of the fair. 3. A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass. All the quartere that they know I' the shipman's card. --Shak. 4. (Weaving) A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See Jacquard. 5. An indicator card. See under Indicator. Business card, a card on which is printed an advertisement or business address. Card basket (a) A basket to hold visiting cards left by callers. (b) A basket made of cardboard. Card catalogue. See Catalogue. Card rack, a rack or frame for holding and displaying business or visiting card. Card table, a table for use inplaying cards, esp. one having a leaf which folds over. On the cards, likely to happen; foretold and expected but not yet brought to pass; -- a phrase of fortune tellers that has come into common use; also, according to the programme. Playing card, cards used in playing games; specifically, the cards cards used playing which and other games of chance, and having each pack divided onto four kinds or suits called hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades. The full or whist pack contains fifty-two cards. To have the cards in one's own hands, to have the winning cards; to have the means of success in an undertaking. To play one's cards well, to make no errors; to act shrewdly. To play snow one's cards, to expose one's plants to rivals or foes. To speak by the card, to speak from information and definitely, not by guess as in telling a ship's bearing by the compass card. Visiting card, a small card bearing the name, and sometimes the address, of the person presenting it.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Card Card, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Carded; p. pr. & vb. n. Carding.] To play at cards; to game. --Johnson.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Card Card, n. [F. carde teasel, the head of a thistle, card, from L. carduus, cardus, thistle, fr. carere to card.] 1. An instrument for disentangling and arranging the fibers of cotton, wool, flax, etc.; or for cleaning and smoothing the hair of animals; -- usually consisting of bent wire teeth set closely in rows in a thick piece of leather fastened to a back. 2. A roll or sliver of fiber (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine. Card clothing, strips of wire-toothed card used for covering the cylinders of carding machines.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(cards) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A card is a piece of stiff paper or thin cardboard on which something is written or printed. Check the numbers below against the numbers on your card. N-COUNT 2. A card is a piece of cardboard or plastic, or a small document, which shows information about you and which you carry with you, for example to prove your identity. ...they check my bag and press card. ...her membership card... The authorities have begun to issue ration cards. N-COUNT: with supp, usu n N 3. A card is a rectangular piece of plastic, issued by a bank, company, or shop, which you can use to buy things or obtain money. He paid the whole bill with an American Express card... Holidaymakers should beware of using plastic cards in foreign cash dispensers. N-COUNT: oft n-proper N 4. A card is a folded piece of stiff paper with a picture and sometimes a message printed on it, which you send to someone on a special occasion. She sends me a card on my birthday. ...millions of get-well cards. N-COUNT: oft supp N 5. A card is the same as a postcard. Send your details on a card to the following address. N-COUNT 6. A card is a piece of thin cardboard carried by someone such as a business person in order to give to other people. A card shows the name, address, telephone number, and other details of the person who carries it. (BUSINESS) Here's my card. You may need me. = business card N-COUNT: oft poss N 7. Cards are thin pieces of cardboard with numbers or pictures printed on them which are used to play various games. ...a pack of cards... = playing card N-COUNT: usu pl 8. If you are playing cards, you are playing a game using cards. They enjoy themselves drinking wine, smoking and playing cards. 9. You can use card to refer to something that gives you an advantage in a particular situation. If you play a particular card, you use that advantage. It was his strongest card in their relationship–that she wanted him more than he wanted her... This permitted Western manufacturers to play their strong cards: capital and technology. N-COUNT 10. Card is strong, stiff paper or thin cardboard. She put the pieces of card in her pocket. 11. see also bank card, business card, calling card, cash card, cheque card, Christmas card, credit card, gold card, identity card, index card, payment card, place card, playing card, report card, smart card, wild card 12. If you say that something is on the cards in British English, or in the cards in American English, you mean that it is very likely to happen. Last summer she began telling friends that a New Year marriage was on the cards. = likely ? unlikely PHRASE: usu v-link PHR 13. If you say that someone will achieve success if they play their cards right, you mean that they will achieve success if they act skilfully and use the advantages that they have. He could even be the next manager of the England team if he plays his cards right. PHRASE: V inflects 14. If you put or lay your cards on the table, you deal with a situation by speaking openly about your feelings, ideas, or plans. Put your cards on the table and be very clear about your complaints. PHRASE: V inflects

Moby Thesaurus

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