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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 314 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CARCASS , the dead See also:

BODY

body of an See also:

animal. As a See also:

BUTCHER

butcher's See also:

TERM

term, the word means the body of an animal without the See also:

head, extremities and See also:

OFFAL

offal. It is also used of a hollow See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron See also:

case filled with combustibles, and fired from a See also:

HOWITZER (derived, through an earlier form howitz, and the Ger. Haubitz, from the Bohemian houfnice = catapult, from which come also, through the Ital. obiza or obice, the French forms obus = shell and obusier = howitzer)

howitzer to set See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire to buildings, See also:

SHIPS

ships, &c., the flames issuing through holes pierced in the sides. The word is See also:

COMMON

common in various forms to Romanic See also:

LANGUAGES

languages, but the ultimate origin is obscure. Possible derivations are from the See also:

LAT

Lat. taro, flesh, and Ital. casso or cassa, See also:

CHEST (Gr. Kiarl, Lat. cista, O. Eng. cist, test, &c.)

chest, or from a Med. Gr. rapicavwv, a See also:

QUIVER

quiver, for which the Fr. is carquois, and See also:

PORT

Port. carcaz.

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