Part 1665

<blockquote>Passion and revenge will <b>carry</b> them too far. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column) to another; <as>as, to <ex>carry</ex> the war from Greece into Asia; to <ex>carry</ex> an account to the ledger; to <ex>carry</ex> a number in adding figures.</as></def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; <as>as, to <ex>carry</ex> the chimney through the roof; to <ex>carry</ex> a road ten miles farther.</as></def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>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>as, to <ex>carry</ex> an election.</def> "The greater part <ex>carries</ex> it</as>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<blockquote>The <b>carrying</b> of our main point. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To get possession of by force; to capture.</def>

<blockquote>The town would have been <b>carried</b> in the end. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of ; to show or exhibit; to imply.</def>

<blockquote>He thought it <b>carried</b> something of argument in it. <i>Watts.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>It <b>carries</b> too great an imputation of ignorance. <i>Lacke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; -- with the refexive pronouns.</def>

<blockquote>He <b>carried</b> himself so insolently in the house, and out of the house, to all persons, that he became odious. <i>Clarendon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>10.</b> <def>To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; <as>as, a merchant is <ex>carrying</ex> a large stock; a farm <ex>carries</ex> a mortgage; a broker <ex>carries</ex> stock for a customer; to <ex>carry</ex> a life insurance.</as></def>

<cs><col>Carry arms</col> <fld>(Mil. Drill)</fld>, <cd>a command of the Manual of Arms directing the soldier to hold his piece in the right hand, the barrel resting against the hollow of the shoulder in a nearly perpendicular position. In this position the soldier is said to stand, and the musket to be held, <i>at carry<i>.</cd> -- <col>To carry all before one</col>, <cd>to overcome all obstacles; to have uninterrupted success.</cd> -- <col>To carry arms</col> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To bear weapons.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To serve as a soldier.</cd> -- <col>To carry away</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>to break off; to lose; as, <i>to carry away<i> a fore-topmast.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To take possession of the mind; to charm; to delude; as, <i>to be carried<i> by music, or by temptation.</cd> -- <col>To carry coals</col>, <cd>to bear indignities tamely, a phrase used by early dramatists, perhaps from the mean nature of the occupation.</cd> <i>Halliwell</i>. -- <col>To carry coals to Newcastle</col>, <cd>to take things to a place where they already abound; to lose one's labor.</cd> -- <col>To carry off</col> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To remove to a distance.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To bear away as from the power or grasp of others.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To remove from life; <as>as, the plague <ex>carried off<ex> thousands</as>.</cd> -- <col>To carry on</col> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To carry farther; to advance, or help forward; to continue; <as>as, <ex>to carry on<ex> a design</as>.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To manage, conduct, or prosecute; <as>as, <ex>to carry on<ex> husbandry or trade</as>.</cd> -- <col>To carry out</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To bear from within.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To put into execution; to bring to a successful issue.</cd> <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To sustain to the end; to continue to the end.</cd> -- <col>To carry through</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To convey through the midst of.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To support to the end; to sustain, or keep from falling, or being subdued.</cd> "Grace will <i>carry<i> us . . . <i>through<i> all difficulties." <i>Hammond</i>. <sd>(c)</sd> <cd>To complete; to bring to a succesful issue; to succeed.</cd> -- <col>To carry up<col>, <cd>to convey or extend in an upward course or direction; to build.</cd> -- <col>To carry weight</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>To be handicapped; to have an extra burden, as when one rides or runs.</cd> "He <i>carries weight<i>, he rides a race" <i>Cowper</i>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To have influence.</cd></cs>

<h1>Carry</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Car"ry</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To act as a bearer; to convey anything; <as>as, to fetch and <ex>carry</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To have propulsive power; to propel; <as>as, a gun or mortar <ex>carries</ex> well</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To hold the head; -- said of a horse; <as>as, to <ex>carry</ex> well i</as>. e., to hold the head high, with arching neck.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Hunting)</fld> <def>To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<cs><col>To carry on</col>, <cd>to behave in a wild, rude, or romping manner.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cs>

<h1>Carry</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Car"ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Carries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <def>A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a portage.</def> <ety>[<ets>U.S</ets>.]</ety>

<h1>Carryall</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Car"ry*all`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Corrupted fr. <ets>cariole</ets>.]</ety> <def>A light covered carriage, having four wheels and seats for four or more persons, usually drawn by one horse.</def>

<h1>Carrying</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Car"ry*ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or business of transporting from one place to another.</def>