Part 1666

<cs><col>Carrying place</col>, <cd>a carry; a portage.</cd> -- <col>Carrying trade</col>, <cd>the business of transporting goods, etc., from one place or country to another by water or land; freighting.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>We are rivals with them in . . . the <b>carrying trade</b>. <i>Jay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Carryk</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Car"ryk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A carack.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Carrytale</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Car"ry*tale`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A talebearer.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Carse</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Carse</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Of Celtic origin; cf. W. <ets>cars</ets> bog, fen. <ets>carsen</ets> reed, Armor. <ets>kars</ets>, <ets>korsen</ets>, bog plant, reed.]</ety> <def>Low, fertile land; a river valley.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<i>Jomieson.</i>

<h1>Cart</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Cart</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>cr\'91t</ets>; cf. W. <ets>cart</ets>, Ir. & Gael. <ets>cairt</ets>, or Icel. <ets>kartr</ets>. Cf. <er>Car</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A common name for various kinds of vehicles, as a Scythian dwelling on wheels, or a chariot.</def> "Ph\'d2bus' <i>cart</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A two-wheeled vehicle for the ordinary purposes of husbandry, or for transporting bulky and heavy articles.</def>

<blockquote>Packing all his goods in one poor <b>cart</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen, butchers, atc.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>An open two-wheeled pleasure carriage.</def>

<cs><col>Cart horse</col>, <cd>a horse which draws a cart; a horse bred or used for drawing heavy loads.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Cart load</col>, &or; <col>Cartload</col></mcol>, <cd>as much as will fill or load a cart. In excavating and carting sand, gravel, earth, etc., one third of a cubic yard of the material before it is loosened is estimated to be a cart load.</cd> -- <col>Cart rope</col>, <cd>a stout rope for fastening a load on a cart; any strong rope.</cd> -- <mcol><col>To put</col> (&or; <col>get</col> &or; <col>set</col>) <col>the cart before the horse</col></mcol>, <cd>to invert the order of related facts or ideas, as by putting an effect for a cause.</cd></cs>

<h1>Cart</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Cart</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Carted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Carting</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To carry or convey in a cart.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To expose in a cart by way of punishment.</def>

<blockquote>She chuckled when a bawd was <b>carted</b>. <i>Prior.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Cart</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Cart</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To carry burdens in a cart; to follow the business of a carter.</def>

<h1>Cartage</h1> <Xpage=221>

<hw>Cart"age</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of carrying in a cart.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The price paid for carting.</def>