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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. 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 ]

n. Act of carrying back. [ 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 ]

n. a railway car at the end of the train; it can be detached without stopping the train. [ British ]
Syn. -- slip coach [ WordNet 1.5 ]