CPage 72
- English Word Carron oil Definition 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.
- English Word Carronade Definition 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.
- English Word Carrot Definition An umbelliferous biennial plant (Daucus Carota), of many varieties.
- English Word Carrot Definition The esculent root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped, and of a reddish yellow color.
- English Word Carroty Definition Like a carrot in color or in taste; -- an epithet given to reddish yellow hair, etc.
- English Word Carrow Definition A strolling gamester.
- English Word Carry Definition To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.
- English Word Carry Definition 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.
- English Word Carry Definition To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.
- English Word Carry Definition 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.
- English Word Carry Definition To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten miles farther.
- English Word Carry Definition 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.
- English Word Carry Definition To get possession of by force; to capture.
- English Word Carry Definition To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of ; to show or exhibit; to imply.
- English Word Carry Definition To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; -- with the reflexive pronouns.
- English Word Carry Definition 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.
- English Word Carry Definition To act as a bearer; to convey anything; as, to fetch and carry.
- English Word Carry Definition To have propulsive power; to propel; as, a gun or mortar carries well.
- English Word Carry Definition To hold the head; -- said of a horse; as, to carry well i. e., to hold the head high, with arching neck.
- English Word Carry Definition To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
- English Word Carry Definition A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a portage.
- English Word Carryall Definition A light covered carriage, having four wheels and seats for four or more persons, usually drawn by one horse.
- English Word Carrying Definition of Carry
- English Word Carrying Definition The act or business of transporting from one place to another.
- English Word Carryk Definition A carack.
- English Word Carrytale Definition A talebearer.
- English Word Carse Definition Low, fertile land; a river valley.
- English Word Cart Definition A common name for various kinds of vehicles, as a Scythian dwelling on wheels, or a chariot.
- English Word Cart Definition A two-wheeled vehicle for the ordinary purposes of husbandry, or for transporting bulky and heavy articles.
- English Word Cart Definition A light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen, butchers, etc.