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Webster 1913 Edition

Carious

Ca′ri-ous

,

Adj.

[L.

cariosus

, fr.

caries

dacay.]

Affected with caries; decaying;

as, a

carious

tooth

.

Webster 1828 Edition

Carious

CARIOUS

,

Adj.

Mortified; corrupted; ulcerated; as a bone.