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Webster 1913 Edition

Caret

Ca′ret

(kā′rĕt or kăr′ĕt)
,
Noun.
[L.
caret
there is wanting, fr.
carere
to want.]
A mark [^] used by writers and proof readers to indicate that something is interlined above, or inserted in the margin, which belongs in the place marked by the caret.
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Caˊret′

,
Noun.
[F., a species of tortoise.]
(Zool.)
The hawkbill turtle. See
Hawkbill
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Caret

CARET

,
Noun.
In writing, this mark ^, which shows that something, omitted in the line, is interlined above, or inserted in the margin, and should be read in that place.

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