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CARNOSITY: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Car*nos"i*ty\, n. [Cf. F. carnosit['e].]
1. (Med.) A fleshy excrescence; esp. a small excrescence or
   fungous growth. --Wiseman.
2. Fleshy substance or quality; fleshy covering.
         [Consciences] overgrown with so hard a carnosity.
                                               --Spelman.
         The olives, indeed be very small there, and bigger
         than capers; yet commended they are for their
         carnosity.                            --Holland.
 

 

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