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(kär′pit) noun
1. A heavy ornamental floor covering; also, the fabric used for it.
2. Any smooth surface upon which one may walk.
—on the carpet Colloq. Subjected to reproof or reprimand.
—v.t. To cover with or as with a carpet. [<OF carpite <LL carpita thick woolen covering <carpere pluck]
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