nation by those of a
hostile nation. Vessels are looked on as prizes if they fight under any
other standard than that of the state from which they have their
commission; if they have no charty-party, manifest, or bill of lading,
or if loaded with effects belonging to the king's enemies, or even
contraband goods. Whether the capture be lawful or unlawful, the insurer
is rendered liable to the loss.

CAR. A north-country word, denoting any swampy land surrounded by
inclosures, and occasionally under water.

CARABINEER. One who uses the carbine.

CARACK, CARRAK, OR CARRICK. A large ship of burden, the same with those
called galleons. Hippus, the Tyrian, is said to have first devised
caracks, and onerary vessels of prodigious bulk for traffic or offence.

CARACORA. A proa of Borneo, Ternate, and the Eastern Isles; also called
caracol by early voyagers.

CARAMOUSSAL. A Turkish merchant ship with a pink-stern.

CARAVEL, OR CARAVELA. A Portuguese despatch boat, lateen-rigged,
formerly in use; it had square sails only on the fore-mast, though
dignified as a caravela.

CARAVELAO. A light pink-sterned vessel of the Azores.

CARBASSE. _See_ KARBATZ.

CARBIN. A name in our northern isles for the basking shark.

CARBINE, OR CARABINE. A fire-arm of less length and weight than a
musket, originally carrying a smaller ball, though latterly, for the
convenience of the supply of ammunition, throwing the same bullet as the
musket, though with a smaller charge. It has been proper to mounted
troops since about A.D. 1556, and has been preferred to the musket as a
weapon for the tops of ships as well as boats.

CARCASS. An iron shell for incendiary purposes, filled with a very
fiercely flaming composition of saltpetre, sulphur, resin, turpentine,
antimony, and tallow. It has three vents for the flame, and sometimes is
equipped with pistol barrels, so fitted in its interior as to discharge
their bullets at various times.

CARCASS OF A SHIP. The ribs, with keel, stem, and stern-post, after the
planks are stripped off.

CARCATUS [from _caricato_, It.] A law-term for a freighted ship.

CARD. The dial or face of the magnetic compass-card.

"Reason the card, but passion is the gale."--_Pope._

Probably derived from _cardinal_.

CARDINAL POINTS. The general name by which the north, east, south, and
west rhumbs of the horizon are distinguished.

CARDINAL POINTS OF THE ECLIPTIC. The equinoctial and solstitial points;
namely,