Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Carped"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Carp \Carp\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Carped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Carping}.] [OE. carpen to say, speak; from Scand. (cf. Icel.
karpa to boast), but influenced later by L. carpere to pluck,
calumniate.]
1. To talk; to speak; to prattle. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
2. To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions
without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by
at.
Carping and caviling at faults of manner. --Blackw.
Mag.
And at my actions carp or catch. --Herbert.
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