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Card catalogue

Card \Card\ (k[aum]rd), n. [F. carte, fr. L. charta paper, Gr. ? a leaf of paper. Cf. Chart.]

  1. A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game played with cards.

    Our first cards were to Carabas House.
    --Thackeray.

  2. A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, or the like; as, to put a card in the newspapers. Also, a printed programme, and (fig.), an attraction or inducement; as, this will be a good card for the last day of the fair.

  3. A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass.

    All the quartere that they know I' the shipman's card.
    --Shak.

  4. (Weaving) A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See Jacquard.

  5. An indicator card. See under Indicator. Business card, a card on which is printed an advertisement or business address. Card basket

    1. A basket to hold visiting cards left by callers.

    2. A basket made of cardboard.

      Card catalogue. See Catalogue.

      Card rack, a rack or frame for holding and displaying business or visiting card.

      Card table, a table for use inplaying cards, esp. one having a leaf which folds over.

      On the cards, likely to happen; foretold and expected but not yet brought to pass; -- a phrase of fortune tellers that has come into common use; also, according to the programme.

      Playing card, cards used in playing games; specifically, the cards cards used playing which and other games of chance, and having each pack divided onto four kinds or suits called hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades. The full or whist pack contains fifty-two cards.

      To have the cards in one's own hands, to have the winning cards; to have the means of success in an undertaking.

      To play one's cards well, to make no errors; to act shrewdly.

      To play snow one's cards, to expose one's plants to rivals or foes.

      To speak by the card, to speak from information and definitely, not by guess as in telling a ship's bearing by the compass card.

      Visiting card, a small card bearing the name, and sometimes the address, of the person presenting it.

Card catalogue

Catalogue \Cat"a*logue\, n. [F., fr. catalogus, fr. Gr. ? a counting up, list, fr. ? to count up; kata` down, completely + ? to say.] A list or enumeration of names, or articles arranged methodically, often in alphabetical order; as, a catalogue of the students of a college, or of books, or of the stars.

Card catalogue, a catalogue, as of books, having each item entered on a separate card, and the cards arranged in cases by subjects, or authors, or alphabetically.

Catalogue raisonn['e][F.], a catalogue of books, etc., classed according to their subjects.

Syn: List; roll; index; schedule; enumeration; inventory. See List.

WordNet
card catalogue

n. a library catalog in which each publication is described on a separate file card [syn: card catalog]

Usage examples of "card catalogue".

This would bring the Internet closer to the classic library card catalogue.

But as luck would have it, I could not find any reference to the book in the computer or in the old card catalogue or even in the very old catalogue which weve saved in the basement.

But as luck would have it, I could not find any reference to the book in the computer or in the old card catalogue or even in the very old catalogue which we’.

Against the wall opposite the window stood the dark mahogany card catalogue.

Consulting the card catalogue, Susan searched out the books on anesthesiology.

Giles opened a card catalogue drawer, looked into it as if he’.

Down at the end of the shelves was one section of shelving into which the articles were packed more systematically and with greater care, each one tagged and numbered, with cross-filing to a card catalogue and certain journal dates.

I had my secretary go into the library card catalogue and pull everything he’.