Bible Dictionaries
Caret

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The hawkbill turtle. See Hawkbill.

(2):

(n.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Caret'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/caret.html. 1828.