Part 1663

<p><b>6.</b> <def>The act or manner of conducting measures or projects; management.</def>

<blockquote>The passage and whole <b>carriage</b> of this action. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Carriage horse</col>, <cd>a horse kept for drawing a carriage.</cd> -- <col>Carriage porch</col> <fld>(Arch.)</fld>, <cd>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 <i>porte-coch\'8are<i>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Carriageable</h1> <Xpage=220>

<hw>Car"riage*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Passable by carriages; that can be conveyed in carriages.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Ruskin.</i>

<h1>Carriboo</h1> <Xpage=220>

<hw>Car"ri*boo</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Caribou</er>.</def>

<h1>Carrick</h1> <Xpage=220>

<hw>Car"rick</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A carack. See <er>Carack</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Carrick bend</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a kind of knot, used for bending together hawsers or other ropes.</cd> -- <col>Carrick bitts</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>the bitts which support the windlass.</cd></cs>

<i>Totten.</i>

<h1>Carrier</h1> <Xpage=220>

<hw>Car"ri*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Carry</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.</def>

<blockquote>The air which is but . . . a <b>carrier</b> of the sounds. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.</def>

<blockquote>The roads are crowded with <b>carriers</b>, laden with rich manufactures. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>That which drives or carries; as: <sd>(a)</sd> A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. <sd>(b)</sd> 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.</def>

<cs><col>Carrier pigeon</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a variety of the domestic pigeon used to convey letters from a distant point to to its home.</cd> -- <col>Carrier shell</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a univalve shell of the genus <spn>Phorus</spn>; -- so called because it fastens bits of stones and broken shells to its own shell, to such an extent as almost to conceal it.</cd> -- <col>Common carrier</col> <fld>(Law.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Common</er>, <tt>a.</tt></cd></cs>

<h1>Carrion</h1> <Xpage=220>

<hw>Car"ri*on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>caroyne</ets>, OF. <ets>caroigne</ets>, F. <ets>charogne</ets>, LL. <ets>caronia</ets>, fr. L. <ets>caro</ets> flesh Cf. <er>Crone</er>, <er>Crony</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The dead and putrefying body or flesh of an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food.</def>

<blockquote>They did eat the dead <b>carrions</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A contemptible or worthless person; -- a term of reproach.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Old feeble <i>carrions</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Carrion</h1> <Xpage=220>

<hw>Car"ri*on</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion.</def>

<blockquote>A prey for <b>carrion</b> kites. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Carrion beetle</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>any beetle that feeds habitually on dead animals; -- also called <altname>sexton beetle</altname> and <altname>burying beetle</altname>. There are many kinds, belonging mostly to the family <spn>Silphid\'91</spn>.</cd> -- <col>Carrion buzzard</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a South American bird of several species and genera (as <spn>Ibycter</spn>, <spn>Milvago</spn>, and <spn>Polyborus</spn>), which act as scavengers. See <er>Caracara</er>.</cd> -- <col>Carrion crow</col>, <cd>the common European crow (<spn>Corvus corone</spn>) which feeds on carrion, insects, fruits, and seeds.</cd></cs>