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glassologist


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Source: Websters Dictionary


carriage (iou)



carriage noun. LME.
[Old Northern French cariage, from carier CARRY verb: see -AGE.]
I. The action of carrying.
Conveying, transport, esp. of merchandise. LME.
A toll or duty payable on the transport of goods. LME-L18.
(Payment in lieu of) carrying performed by a tenant as feudal service. obsolete exc. Hist. LME.
The cost of conveying goods etc.; charge so incurred. LME.
carriage forward with carriage to be paid by the receiver of a parcel etc. carriage paid with carriage paid by the sender of a parcel etc.
Ability to carry. rare. L16-M18.
The action of carrying out, execution; conduct, Management; administration. E17.
The carrying of a motion. L19.
II. A thing carried; a manner of carrying.
Baggage; movable property. LME-M18.
A load, a quantity carried, a burden; fig. import, meaning. obsolete exc. dial. LME.
Manner of carrying, esp. of the head, body, etc.; deportment; bearing. L16.
J. Cary The girl was walking with her usual self-contained air..; the proper carriage of a school prefect and debutante. R. Gittings He seemed taller, partly because of the erect carriage of his limbs and head.
Demeanour; behaviour; habitual conduct. arch. L16.
Defoe The affectionate carriage of this poor woman to her infant.
b. A piece of conduct, an action. Only in 17.
III. Means of carrying.
A means of conveyance; esp. a wheeled vehicle for conveying people. LME.
baby carriage, hackney carriage, invalid carriage, railway carriage, etc.
b. spec. A four-wheeled private vehicle drawn by two or more horses. M18.
carriage and pair, carriage and four, carriage and six, etc.: with the number of horses specified. LANDAU carriage.
c. A railway passenger vehicle. M19.
ladies' carriage, saloon carriage, smoking carriage, etc. train of carriages: see TRAIN noun1 13.
A wheeled framework or support, esp. (in full gun-carriage) for a gun. See also UNDERCARRIAGE. M16.
A sliding or Other moving part of a mechanism, whose function is to carry and move Other parts, esp. in a typewriter. L17.
Comb.: carriage clock a portable clock in a rectangular case with a handle; carriage-dog a dalmatian; carriage release the operation of allowing a typewriter to move freely, independently of the keys; a lever which makes this possible; carriage return: see RETURN noun 9b; carriage trade (now arch. or joc.) (trade with) those of sufficient wealth or social standing to maintain a private carriage; carriageway the part of a road intended for vehicular traffic (dual carriageway: see DUAL adjective; single carriageway: see SINGLE adjective).
carriageable adjective (a) rare portable; (b) (of a road) passable by wheeled vehicles: L16.
carriaged adjective having a carriage or carriages (of a specified kind or number) M17.