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See car - swallow. carruca, n. See caruca. car ruc a get, n. See carucage. carrucatet, n. See carucate. carry (kar'i), v.; pret. and pp. carried, ppr. car rying. [Early mod. E. also carrie, cary, carie, F. char rier, also charroyer) = Pr. car regar = OCat. carrejar = OSp. carrear = It. carr egg i are (ML. carr i care ), carry, orig. transport in a vehicle, OF. car, etc.), a cart, car: see car1. Hence, from ML. carr i care, ult. E. car i cature, cark, cargo, charge, etc.] I. trans. 1. To bear or convey from a starting-point, or in going; take along or transport by the use of physical strength or means; move or cause to be moved along with one: as, to carry a cane in the hand, or goods in a ship. When he dieth, he shall carry nothing away. Ps. xlix. 17. They will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young Isa. xxx. 6. Nay, daughter, carry the wine in; we will drink within. Shak., M. W. of W., i. 1. a es. 2. To be the means of conveying; serve as the vehicle of, or as a transporting or transmitting agency for: as, a ship or a wagon carries goods to market; the wind carried the ship out of her course; the atmosphere carries sounds. down and carry tens (that is, transfer them to the next column in advance).-7. To conduct; manage: often with an indefinite it: as, to carry matters with a high hand; he carried it bravely: archaic, except with on: as, to carry on busine . See phrases below. Will the elephant Ajax carry it thus? Shak., T. and C., ii. & We have carried the busine nobly. Middle ton ( and others ), The Widow, i 2 He being reconciled the day before, all things were car ried very lovingly amongst all. Winthrop, Hist. New England, L. 91. 8. To bear to a consummation; conduct to a desired or a succe ful i ue; gain or achieve by management: as, to carry a legislative measure, or an election; to carry out one's purpose. I look by her means for a reformation, And such a one, and such a rare way carried, That all the world shall wonder at. Beau, and Fl., Val ent in i an, i. 2 You must either carry the Bill, or make it as clear as Sydney Smith, To the Counte Grey. day that you have done all in your power to do so, 9. To gain by effort or contest; gain po e ion or control of; succeed in gaining or taking; take or win from or as from an enemy; capture: as, to carry a fortre by a ault; to car ry a district in an election; to carry off a prize. Gonsalvo, availing himself of these friendly dispositions, pushed forward his succe es, carrying one stronghold after another. Pre scott, Ferd, and Isa., ii. 2. The Republicans had carried the country upon an i ue in which ethics were more distinctly and visibly mingled with politics than usual. Lowell , Study Windows, p. 157. Hence-10. To succeed in electing: as, to car ry a candidate. [Eng.]-11. To lead or draw mentally; transport, urge, or impel the mind of; influence to a course of action, thought, or feeling: as, the speaker carried his audience with him; his pa ion carried him away or astray; he was carried out of himself. Why doth thine heart carry thee away? Job xv. 12 Ill-nature, pa ion, and revenge will carry them too far in punishing others. Locke . 12. To bear up and support, whether in motion or at rest; move, hold, or sustain the ma or weight of: as, to carry the body gracefully; he carries his wounded arm in a sling; the bridge carries a permanent load of so many tons; the wall cannot carry such a weight. To carry up the body faire, is decent, and doth shew A comely grace in any one, Where ever he doth goe. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. 295. Set them a reasonable depth, and they will carry more shoots upon the stem. Bacon , Nat. Hist. 13. To bear, or bear about, as a fixed or inher ent accompaniment, physical or moral; hold as an appurtenance, quality, or characteristic: as, he carries a bullet in his body; his opinions carry great weight. a cart. Wharton. carro et, n. See caroche . No man hath of it. an attaint but he carries some stain Shak., T. and C., L2 carry The name Of friend's too narrow for him, and I want A word that carries more divinity. Shirley, Love's Cruelty, 1. 1. In some vegetables we see something that carries a kind of analogy to sense. Sir M. Hale , Orig. of Mankind. 14. To hold or bear the charge of; keep in po e ion or on hand for disposal or management: as, to carry a large stock of goods; to carry stocks or bonds for a customer.-15. Reflexively, to behave; demean; deport. (Now rare in this sense, bear being used instead.] He carried himself so insolently in the house, and out of the house, to all persons, that he became odious. Clarendon. 161. To hold or entertain as an opinion; uphold. Divers other foul errors were discovered, which had been secretly carried by way of inquiry, but after were maintained by Mrs. Hutch in son and others. Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 304. 17t. To bear up under; endure; undergo. Is it in the power Of flesh and blood to carry this, and live? Beau. and Fl., Phil aster, v. 5. Carry arms ( mil it.), an order to a company or regiment directing the musket or rifle to be held in the right hand, the barrel nearly vertical and resting in the hollow of the shoulder with the guard to the front, the arm hanging its full length near the body, the thumb and forefinger embracing the guard, the stock just under the hammer being grasped by the remaining fingers, with the little finger resting on the hammer. - To carry a bone in the mouth. See bonel. To carry a scent, in fox - hunting, to follow the scent. To carry away. (a) Naut., to break off: as, the ship has carried away her jib-boom (that is, has broken it off). Also said of a rope or chain parted by violence. A spar is carried away when it is broken or disabled. Qualtrough, Boat-Sailer's Manual, p. 244. (6) Figuratively, to transport; absorb the attention of; lead astray or beyond bounds: as, to be carried away by music; his pa ion carried him away. Carried away by the delusions of fancy, I almost imagine myself surrounded by the shades of the departed, and holding sweet converse with the worthies of antiquity. Irving , Knickerbocker, p. 146. To carry a weather helm ( naut . ), to keep the helm, or have it kept, as a ship, a little to the windward side in steering a straight course, close-hauled. To carry coalst, to bear injuries; put up with an affront. Gregory, o' my word, we'll not carry coals. Shak ., R. and J., i. 1. To carry coals to Newcastle, to take things to a place where they already abound, Newcastle being in a great coal-producing region; hence, to perform unnece ary labor; lose one's labor. - To carry it off, to bear out; face through; brazen a thing out. To carry off. (a) To remove to a distance. (6) To kill: as, to be carried off by sickne . This was followed by a fit of sickne , which had like to 835 4. To propel a mi ile; exert propelling force: as, a gun or mortar carries well or ill. If any man impute these victories of ours to the long bow, as carrying further, piercing more strongly, and quicker of discharge than the French cro bow; my answer is ready. Raleigh , in Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 71. 5t. To behave or deport one's self. He carried so mutinously and seditiously, as that he was for the same, and for his turbulent carriages towards both magistrates and ministers, in the presence of the court, sentenced to find sureties for his good behaviour. N. Morton , New England's Memorial, p. 203. 6. In falconry , to fly away with the quarry: said of a hawk.-7. In hunting, to run on ground or hoar frost which sticks to the feet, as a hare.-8t. To ride. Thus in peryl, & payne, & plytes ful harde, Bi contrary caryez this knyzt, tyl kryst-ma e euen. Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S. 734. To carry on. (a) Naut ., to continue carrying a large spread canvas. A ve el close hauled could have shown no more than a single close-reefed sail; but as we were going before it [the wind], we could carry on. R. H. Dana, Jr., Before the Mast, p. 386. (6) To conduct one's self in a wild, frolicsome, or thoughtle manner; riot; frolic. [Colloq.] Master Jeremy carried on so and laughed. R. D. Black more , Lorna Doone, p. 380. To fetch and carry. See fetch. carry (kar'i), n.; pl. carries (-iz). [ The carry is now brisk from the west. Caledonian Mercury. Hence-4. The firmament or sky. [Scotch.] Mirk and rainy is the night, No a starn in a' the carry . Tanna hill . 5. A wagon. [Prov. Eng.]-6. In falconry, the manner in which a hawk flies away with the quarry. - 7. The position of a weapon when the military command to carry arms is complied with: as, to bring a rifle to the carry. carryall (kar'i-al), n. [Altered from cariole, simulating carry + all. ] A light, covered, four wheeled family carriage, with two seats, drawn by one horse. [U. S.] To carry on, to manage or be engaged in; continue to prosecute; keep in progre : as, to carry on husbandry or war; to carry on a person's busine in his absence. They endeavoured in the War time to have Printed Monthly Transactions or Me moires after the manner of ours in London; but could not carry them on above two Volumes or Years, for without great Correspondence this can hardly be done. Lister, Journey to Paris, p. 78. To carry one's bat, in cricket, not to be put out: said of that one of the last two batsmen on one side who, though not put out, has to cease playing when his partner is put out. To carry out. (a) To bear from within. When I have said good-night for evermore, And you see me carried out from the threshold of the door. Tennyson, May Queen, ii. (b) To prosecute to the end; bring to a consummation; accomplish; finish; execute: as, he carried out his purpose. To carry the day, to be succe ful against opposition; triumph, or as if in battle. In of a progre of spiritualismindith its mental pathologist the ples, might awaken unpleasant recollections of the second century of St. Gregory Thaumaturgus and Carpenters. the veterans when harus cars Pop . Sci . Mo. , XXII. 475. IMG:content-3192.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To bear the head in a particular manner, as a horse. When a horse holds his head high, with an arching neck, he is said to carry well; when he lowers his head too much, he is said to carry low. 3. To act as a conductor; be a guiding or impelling agent. Those flames of lusts which haue come from hell, and IMG:content-3193.png:[blocks in formation] Bancroft, Hist. Const., II. 114. II. n. The act of bearing or conveying; the busine of transportation. - Carrying-cloth, Same as bearing - cloth . Carrying-trade, the trade or busine of transporting goods, especially by water, from country to country, or from place to place. With the exception of the railway interest, no branch of busine has increased so rapidly within recent years as the ocean carrying trade. D. A. Wells , Merchant Marine, p. 43. carrying-on (kar'i-ing-on), n. 1. Frolicsome or riotous s behavior: usually in the plural, car ryings-on. [Colloq.]-2. Naut ., the keeping of an exce ive pre of sail on a ship. carry-talet (kar'i-tal), n. A tale-bearer. 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