*carr*

‖ [ F. carré square. ] (Card Playing) In French games, a double pair royal. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. See Carack. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) The Brazilian kite (Polyborus Brasiliensis); -- so called in imitation of its notes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Caraway. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Quarrel, an arrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) 1. Same as 4th Carol. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a table partitioned by vertical boards into small areas where an individual may read or study with minimal distraction from activities nearby. They are used especially in libraries. Also, the term is used to refer to one partition of such a table. Related etymologically to the 4th carol. [ PJC ]

a. Capable of being carried. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. cariage luggage, carriage, chariage carriage, cart, baggage, F. charriage, cartage, wagoning, fr. OF. carier, charier, F. charrier, to cart. See Carry. ] 1. That which is carried; burden; baggage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage. 1. Sam. xvii. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

And after those days we took up our carriages and went up to Jerusalem. Acts. xxi. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nine days employed in carriage. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The price or expense of carrying. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which carries of conveys, as: (a) A wheeled vehicle for persons, esp. one designed for elegance and comfort. (b) A wheeled vehicle carrying a fixed burden, as a gun carriage. (c) A part of a machine which moves and carries of supports some other moving object or part. (d) A frame or cage in which something is carried or supported; as, a bell carriage. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing; deportment; personal manners. [ 1913 Webster ]

His gallant carriage all the rest did grace. Stirling. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The act or manner of conducting measures or projects; management. [ 1913 Webster ]

The passage and whole carriage of this action. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carriage horse, a horse kept for drawing a carriage. --
Carriage porch (Arch.), a canopy or roofed pavilion covering the driveway at the entrance to any building. It is intended as a shelter for those who alight from vehicles at the door; -- sometimes erroneously called in the United States porte-cochère. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Passable by carriages; that can be conveyed in carriages. [ R. ] Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a type of bolt threaded only at the end opposite the head, used mostly for fastening pieces of timber together, and inserted into pre-drilled holes. [ PJC ]

n. a small building usually near a large residence or part of an estate, used for keeping coaches, carriages, or other vehicles; -- also called coach house. It is now (1998) obsolescent and its function has been taken over by the garage, which is usually attached to a residence or main building. Carriage houses are still found on older estates, though not usually used for their original purpose. [ PJC ]

n. one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only, usually in two or three lanes. [ British ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Caribou. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) A carack. See Carack. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carrick bend (Naut.), a kind of knot, used for bending together hawsers or other ropes. --
Carrick bitts (Naut.), the bitts which support the windlass. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Carry. ] 1. One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger. [ 1913 Webster ]

The air which is but . . . a carrier of the sounds. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster. [ 1913 Webster ]

The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mach.) That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carrier pigeon (Zool.), a variety of the domestic pigeon used to convey letters from a distant point to to its home. --
Carrier shell (Zool.), a univalve shell of the genus Phorus; -- so called because it fastens bits of stones and broken shells to its own shell, to such an extent as almost to conceal it. --
Common carrier (Law.) See under Common, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce. [ Also written carragheen, carageen. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. a colloidal material obtained from seaweed or Irish moss, used as an thickening or emulsifying agent and for stabilizing foods, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. [ PJC ]

n. [ OE. caroyne, OF. caroigne, F. charogne, LL. caronia, fr. L. caro flesh Cf. Crone, Crony. ] 1. The dead and putrefying body or flesh of an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food. [ 1913 Webster ]

They did eat the dead carrions. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A contemptible or worthless person; -- a term of reproach. [ Obs. ] “Old feeble carrions.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion. [ 1913 Webster ]

A prey for carrion kites. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carrion beetle (Zool.), any beetle that feeds habitually on dead animals; -- also called sexton beetle and burying beetle. There are many kinds, belonging mostly to the family Silphidæ. --
Carrion buzzard (Zool.), a South American bird of several species and genera (as Ibycter, Milvago, and Polyborus), which act as scavengers. See Caracara. --
Carrion crow, the common European crow (Corvus corone) which feeds on carrion, insects, fruits, and seeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. [ OF. carole a sort of circular space, or carol. ] (Arch.) A small closet or inclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study. The word was used as late as the 16th century. The term carrel, of the same has largely superseded its use. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

A bay window may thus be called a carol. Parker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) See 4th Carol. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Billiards) See Carom. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. in Phil. I. ] In the Philippines, a light, two-wheeled, boxlike vehicle usually drawn by a single native pony and used to convey passengers within city limits or for traveling. It is the common public carriage. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ From Carron, in Scotland where it was first made. ] (Med.) A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side. [ 1913 Webster ]

A lotion of linseed oil and lime water, used as an application to burns and scalds; -- first used at the Carron iron works in Scotland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. carotte, fr. L. carota; cf. Gr. &unr_; ] 1. (Bot.) An umbelliferous biennial plant (Daucus Carota), of many varieties. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The esculent root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped, and of a reddish yellow color. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a carrot in color or in taste; -- an epithet given to reddish yellow hair, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ir & Gael. carach cunning. ] A strolling gamester. [ Ireland ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Carried p. pr. & vb. n. Carrying. ] [ OF. carier, charier, F. carrier, to cart, from OF. car, char, F. car, car. See Car. ] 1. To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off. [ 1913 Webster ]

When he dieth he shall carry nothing away. Ps. xiix. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

Devout men carried Stephen to his burial. Acts viii, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

Another carried the intelligence to Russell. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sound will be carried, at the least, twenty miles. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To have or hold as a burden, while moving from place to place; to have upon or about one's person; to bear; as, to carry a wound; to carry an unborn child. [ 1913 Webster ]

If the ideas . . . were carried along with us in our minds. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide. [ 1913 Webster ]

Go, carry Sir John Falstaff to the Fleet. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He carried away all his cattle. Gen. xxxi. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

Passion and revenge will carry them too far. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column) to another; as, to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to carry an account to the ledger; to carry a number in adding figures. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten miles farther. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in a contest; to bring to a successful issue; to win; as, to carry an election. “The greater part carries it.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The carrying of our main point. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To get possession of by force; to capture. [ 1913 Webster ]

The town would have been carried in the end. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of ; to show or exhibit; to imply. [ 1913 Webster ]

He thought it carried something of argument in it. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

It carries too great an imputation of ignorance. Lacke. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; -- with the reflexive pronouns. [ 1913 Webster ]

He carried himself so insolently in the house, and out of the house, to all persons, that he became odious. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as, a merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry a life insurance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carry arms (Mil. Drill), a command of the Manual of Arms directing the soldier to hold his piece in the right hand, the barrel resting against the hollow of the shoulder in a nearly perpendicular position. In this position the soldier is said to stand, and the musket to be held, at carry. --
To carry all before one, to overcome all obstacles; to have uninterrupted success. --
To carry arms (a) To bear weapons. (b) To serve as a soldier. --
To carry away. (a) (Naut.) to break off; to lose; as, to carry away a fore-topmast. (b) To take possession of the mind; to charm; to delude; as, to be carried by music, or by temptation. --
To carry coals, to bear indignities tamely, a phrase used by early dramatists, perhaps from the mean nature of the occupation. Halliwell. --
To carry coals to Newcastle, to take things to a place where they already abound; to lose one's labor. --
To carry off (a) To remove to a distance. (b) To bear away as from the power or grasp of others. (c) To remove from life; as, the plague carried off thousands. --
To carry on (a) To carry farther; to advance, or help forward; to continue; as, to carry on a design. (b) To manage, conduct, or prosecute; as, to carry on husbandry or trade. --
To carry out. (a) To bear from within. (b) To put into execution; to bring to a successful issue. (c) To sustain to the end; to continue to the end. --
To carry through. (a) To convey through the midst of. (b) To support to the end; to sustain, or keep from falling, or being subdued. “Grace will carry us . . . through all difficulties.” Hammond. (c) To complete; to bring to a successful issue; to succeed. --
To carry up, to convey or extend in an upward course or direction; to build. --
To carry weight. (a) To be handicapped; to have an extra burden, as when one rides or runs. “He carries weight, he rides a race” Cowper. (b) To have influence. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To act as a bearer; to convey anything; as, to fetch and carry. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To have propulsive power; to propel; as, a gun or mortar carries well. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To hold the head; -- said of a horse; as, to carry well i. e., to hold the head high, with arching neck. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

To carry on, to behave in a wild, rude, or romping manner. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Carries /plu>. A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a portage. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Corrupted fr. cariole. ] A light covered carriage, having four wheels and seats for four or more persons, usually drawn by one horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or business of transporting from one place to another. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carrying place, a carry; a portage. --
Carrying trade, the business of transporting goods, etc., from one place or country to another by water or land; freighting. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are rivals with them in . . . the carrying trade. Jay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A carack. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A talebearer. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A small, strong carriage for conveying materials on a railroad. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. A construction worker whose main function is to carry construction materials in a hod{ 1 }. [ PJC ]

. (Ordnance) A disappearing gun carriage in which the recoil is checked by cylinders containing liquid and air, the air when compressed furnishing the power for restoring the gun to the firing position. It is used with some English and European heavy guns. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A person who delivers the mail; -- also called a letter carrier. A male mail carrier is also called a mailman.
Syn. -- postman, letter carrier, carrier, mailman. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. 1. Unfortunate event or issue of an undertaking; failure to attain a proper or desired result or reach a destination; as, a serious miscarriage of justice. [ 1913 Webster ]

When a counselor, to save himself,
Would lay miscarriages upon his prince. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior; as, the failings and miscarriages of the righteous. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of bringing forth a child before the time it is viable; a premature birth, resulting in death of the fetus; spontaneous abortion. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. Capable of miscarrying; liable to fail. [ R. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Miscarried p. pr. & vb. n. Miscarrying. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat. [ 1913 Webster ]

My ships have all miscarried. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cardinal's letters to the pope miscarried. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bring forth young before the time they are viable; to have a spontaneous abortion. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. t. & i. To carry too far; to carry beyond the proper point. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of carrying back. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To carry back. Walton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A scar; a mark. [ 1913 Webster ]

We find upon the limestone rocks the scarrings of the ancient glacier which brought the bowlder here. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bearing scars or marks of wounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See 4th Scar. ] Like a scar, or rocky eminence; containing scars. Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]