| slovo | definícia |
carriage
(mass) | carriage
- vystupovanie, preprava, voz |
carriage
(encz) | carriage,držení v: of head - hlavy, of body - těla apod. Jiří Šmoldas |
carriage
(encz) | carriage,kočár n: Jiří Šmoldas |
carriage
(encz) | carriage,lafeta děla n: Jiří Šmoldas |
carriage
(encz) | carriage,osobní vagón n: [brit.] Jiří Šmoldas |
carriage
(encz) | carriage,podvozek n: Jiří Šmoldas |
carriage
(encz) | carriage,suport n: Zdeněk Brož |
carriage
(encz) | carriage,vozík psacího stroje n: Jiří Šmoldas |
carriage
(encz) | carriage,vůz n: |
carriage
(encz) | carriage,vystupování n: Jiří Šmoldas |
Carriage
(gcide) | Carriage \Car"riage\, n. [OF. cariage luggage, carriage,
chariage carriage, cart, baggage, F. charriage, cartage,
wagoning, fr. OF. carier, charier, F. charrier, to cart. See
Carry.]
1. That which is carried; burden; baggage. [Obs.]
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David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of
the carriage. --1. Sam.
xvii. 22.
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And after those days we took up our carriages and
went up to Jerusalem. --Acts. xxi.
15.
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2. The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying.
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Nine days employed in carriage. --Chapman.
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3. The price or expense of carrying.
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4. That which carries of conveys, as:
(a) A wheeled vehicle for persons, esp. one designed for
elegance and comfort.
(b) A wheeled vehicle carrying a fixed burden, as a gun
carriage.
(c) A part of a machine which moves and carries of
supports some other moving object or part.
(d) A frame or cage in which something is carried or
supported; as, a bell carriage.
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5. The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing;
deportment; personal manners.
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His gallant carriage all the rest did grace.
--Stirling.
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6. The act or manner of conducting measures or projects;
management.
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The passage and whole carriage of this action.
--Shak.
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Carriage horse, a horse kept for drawing a carriage.
Carriage porch (Arch.), 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 porte-coch[`e]re.
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carriage
(wn) | carriage
n 1: a railcar where passengers ride [syn: passenger car,
coach, carriage]
2: a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses [syn:
carriage, equipage, rig]
3: characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good
posture" [syn: carriage, bearing, posture]
4: a machine part that carries something else
5: a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is
pushed around [syn: baby buggy, baby carriage,
carriage, perambulator, pram, stroller, go-cart,
pushchair, pusher] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
carriage
(mass) | carriage
- vystupovanie, preprava, voz |
baby carriage
(encz) | baby carriage,dětský kočárek n: Radka D. |
carriage
(encz) | carriage,držení v: of head - hlavy, of body - těla apod. Jiří Šmoldascarriage,kočár n: Jiří Šmoldascarriage,lafeta děla n: Jiří Šmoldascarriage,osobní vagón n: [brit.] Jiří Šmoldascarriage,podvozek n: Jiří Šmoldascarriage,suport n: Zdeněk Brožcarriage,vozík psacího stroje n: Jiří Šmoldascarriage,vůz n: carriage,vystupování n: Jiří Šmoldas |
carriage bolt
(encz) | carriage bolt,vratový šroub n: nina |
carriage dog
(encz) | carriage dog, n: |
carriage fees
(encz) | carriage fees,přepravné adj: Zdeněk Brož |
carriage house
(encz) | carriage house, n: |
carriage return
(encz) | carriage return,nový řádek n: [it.] PetrV |
carriage trade
(encz) | carriage trade, n: |
carriage wrench
(encz) | carriage wrench, n: |
carriages
(encz) | carriages,kočáry n: pl. Jiří Šmoldas |
carriageway
(encz) | carriageway,vozovka n: Zdeněk Brož |
contractile undercarriage
(encz) | contractile undercarriage,zatahovací podvozek |
dual carriageway
(encz) | dual carriageway, n: |
gun carriage
(encz) | gun carriage, |
hackney carriage
(encz) | hackney carriage, n: |
horseless carriage
(encz) | horseless carriage, n: |
infeed carriage
(encz) | infeed carriage,přiváděcí upínací vozík (rámové pily) adj: n:
[tech.] j_polach@email.cz |
miscarriage
(encz) | miscarriage,potrat n: Zdeněk Brožmiscarriage,samovolný potrat Zdeněk Brožmiscarriage,zmetek n: Zdeněk Brož |
slip carriage
(encz) | slip carriage, n: |
smoking carriage
(encz) | smoking carriage, n: |
typewriter carriage
(encz) | typewriter carriage, n: |
undercarriage
(encz) | undercarriage,podvozek n: Zdeněk Brož |
Barbette carriage
(gcide) | Barbette \Bar*bette"\, n. [F. Cf. Barbet.] (Fort.)
A mound of earth or a platform in a fortification, on which
guns are mounted to fire over the parapet.
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En barbette, In barbette, said of guns when they are
elevated so as to fire over the top of a parapet, and not
through embrasures.
Barbette gun, or Barbette battery, a single gun, or a
number of guns, mounted in barbette, or partially
protected by a parapet or turret.
Barbette carriage, a gun carriage which elevates guns
sufficiently to be in barbette. [See Illust. of
Casemate.]
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Bell carriage
(gcide) | Bell \Bell\, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See Bellow.]
1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a
cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue,
and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck.
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Note: Bells have been made of various metals, but the best
have always been, as now, of an alloy of copper and
tin.
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The Liberty Bell, the famous bell of the Philadelphia State
House, which rang when the Continental Congress declared
the Independence of the United States, in 1776. It had
been cast in 1753, and upon it were the words "Proclaim
liberty throughout all the land, to all the inhabitants
thereof."
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2. A hollow perforated sphere of metal containing a loose
ball which causes it to sound when moved.
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3. Anything in the form of a bell, as the cup or corol of a
flower. "In a cowslip's bell I lie." --Shak.
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4. (Arch.) That part of the capital of a column included
between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the
naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist
within the leafage of a capital.
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5. pl. (Naut.) The strikes of the bell which mark the time;
or the time so designated.
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Note: On shipboard, time is marked by a bell, which is struck
eight times at 4, 8, and 12 o'clock. Half an hour after
it has struck "eight bells" it is struck once, and at
every succeeding half hour the number of strokes is
increased by one, till at the end of the four hours,
which constitute a watch, it is struck eight times.
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To bear away the bell, to win the prize at a race where the
prize was a bell; hence, to be superior in something.
--Fuller.
To bear the bell, to be the first or leader; -- in allusion
to the bellwether or a flock, or the leading animal of a
team or drove, when wearing a bell.
To curse by bell, book, and candle, a solemn form of
excommunication used in the Roman Catholic church, the
bell being tolled, the book of offices for the purpose
being used, and three candles being extinguished with
certain ceremonies. --Nares.
To lose the bell, to be worsted in a contest. "In single
fight he lost the bell." --Fairfax.
To shake the bells, to move, give notice, or alarm. --Shak.
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Note: Bell is much used adjectively or in combinations; as,
bell clapper; bell foundry; bell hanger; bell-mouthed;
bell tower, etc., which, for the most part, are
self-explaining.
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Bell arch (Arch.), an arch of unusual form, following the
curve of an ogee.
Bell cage, or Bell carriage (Arch.), a timber frame
constructed to carry one or more large bells.
Bell cot (Arch.), a small or subsidiary construction,
frequently corbeled out from the walls of a structure, and
used to contain and support one or more bells.
Bell deck (Arch.), the floor of a belfry made to serve as a
roof to the rooms below.
Bell founder, one whose occupation it is to found or cast
bells.
Bell foundry, or Bell foundery, a place where bells are
founded or cast.
Bell gable (Arch.), a small gable-shaped construction,
pierced with one or more openings, and used to contain
bells.
Bell glass. See Bell jar.
Bell hanger, a man who hangs or puts up bells.
Bell pull, a cord, handle, or knob, connecting with a bell
or bell wire, and which will ring the bell when pulled.
--Aytoun.
Bell punch, a kind of conductor's punch which rings a bell
when used.
Bell ringer, one who rings a bell or bells, esp. one whose
business it is to ring a church bell or chime, or a set of
musical bells for public entertainment.
Bell roof (Arch.), a roof shaped according to the general
lines of a bell.
Bell rope, a rope by which a church or other bell is rung.
Bell tent, a circular conical-topped tent.
Bell trap, a kind of bell shaped stench trap.
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carriage bolt
(gcide) | carriage bolt \carriage bolt\ n.
a type of bolt threaded only at the end opposite the head,
used mostly for fastening pieces of timber together, and
inserted into pre-drilled holes.
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Carriage horse
(gcide) | Carriage \Car"riage\, n. [OF. cariage luggage, carriage,
chariage carriage, cart, baggage, F. charriage, cartage,
wagoning, fr. OF. carier, charier, F. charrier, to cart. See
Carry.]
1. That which is carried; burden; baggage. [Obs.]
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David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of
the carriage. --1. Sam.
xvii. 22.
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And after those days we took up our carriages and
went up to Jerusalem. --Acts. xxi.
15.
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2. The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying.
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Nine days employed in carriage. --Chapman.
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3. The price or expense of carrying.
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4. That which carries of conveys, as:
(a) A wheeled vehicle for persons, esp. one designed for
elegance and comfort.
(b) A wheeled vehicle carrying a fixed burden, as a gun
carriage.
(c) A part of a machine which moves and carries of
supports some other moving object or part.
(d) A frame or cage in which something is carried or
supported; as, a bell carriage.
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5. The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing;
deportment; personal manners.
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His gallant carriage all the rest did grace.
--Stirling.
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6. The act or manner of conducting measures or projects;
management.
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The passage and whole carriage of this action.
--Shak.
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Carriage horse, a horse kept for drawing a carriage.
Carriage porch (Arch.), 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 porte-coch[`e]re.
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carriage house
(gcide) | carriage house \carriage house\ n.
a small building usually near a large residence or part of an
estate, used for keeping coaches, carriages, or other
vehicles; -- also called coach house. It is now (1998)
obsolescent and its function has been taken over by the
garage, which is usually attached to a residence or main
building. Carriage houses are still found on older estates,
though not usually used for their original purpose.
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Carriage porch
(gcide) | Carriage \Car"riage\, n. [OF. cariage luggage, carriage,
chariage carriage, cart, baggage, F. charriage, cartage,
wagoning, fr. OF. carier, charier, F. charrier, to cart. See
Carry.]
1. That which is carried; burden; baggage. [Obs.]
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David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of
the carriage. --1. Sam.
xvii. 22.
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And after those days we took up our carriages and
went up to Jerusalem. --Acts. xxi.
15.
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2. The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying.
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Nine days employed in carriage. --Chapman.
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3. The price or expense of carrying.
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4. That which carries of conveys, as:
(a) A wheeled vehicle for persons, esp. one designed for
elegance and comfort.
(b) A wheeled vehicle carrying a fixed burden, as a gun
carriage.
(c) A part of a machine which moves and carries of
supports some other moving object or part.
(d) A frame or cage in which something is carried or
supported; as, a bell carriage.
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5. The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing;
deportment; personal manners.
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His gallant carriage all the rest did grace.
--Stirling.
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6. The act or manner of conducting measures or projects;
management.
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The passage and whole carriage of this action.
--Shak.
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Carriage horse, a horse kept for drawing a carriage.
Carriage porch (Arch.), 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 porte-coch[`e]re.
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Carriage wrench
(gcide) | Wrench \Wrench\ (r[e^]nch), n. [OE. wrench deceit, AS. wrenc
deceit, a twisting; akin to G. rank intrigue, crookedness,
renken to bend, twist, and E. wring. [root]144. See Wring,
and cf. Ranch, v. t.]
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1. Trick; deceit; fraud; stratagem. [Obs.]
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His wily wrenches thou ne mayst not flee. --Chaucer.
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2. A violent twist, or a pull with twisting.
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He wringeth them such a wrench. --Skelton.
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The injurious effect upon biographic literature of
all such wrenches to the truth, is diffused
everywhere. --De Quincey.
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3. A sprain; an injury by twisting, as in a joint.
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4. Means; contrivance. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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5. An instrument, often a simple bar or lever with jaws or an
angular orifice either at the end or between the ends, for
exerting a twisting strain, as in turning bolts, nuts,
screw taps, etc.; a screw key. Many wrenches have
adjustable jaws for grasping nuts, etc., of different
sizes.
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6. (Mech.) The system made up of a force and a couple of
forces in a plane perpendicular to that force. Any number
of forces acting at any points upon a rigid body may be
compounded so as to be equivalent to a wrench.
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Carriage wrench, a wrench adapted for removing or
tightening the nuts that confine the wheels on the axles,
or for turning the other nuts or bolts of a carriage or
wagon.
Monkey wrench. See under Monkey.
Wrench hammer, a wrench with the end shaped so as to admit
of being used as a hammer.
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Carriageable
(gcide) | Carriageable \Car"riage*a*ble\, a.
Passable by carriages; that can be conveyed in carriages.
[R.] --Ruskin.
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carriageway
(gcide) | carriageway \carriageway\ n.
one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in
one direction only, usually in two or three lanes. [British]
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Composite carriage
(gcide) | Composite \Com*pos"ite\ (?; 277), a. [L. compositus made up of
parts, p. p. of componere. See Compound, v. t., and cf.
Compost.]
1. Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a
composite language.
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Happiness, like air and water . . . is composite.
--Landor.
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2. (Arch.) Belonging to a certain order which is composed of
the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called
also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the
five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the
sixteenth century. See Capital.
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3. (Bot.) Belonging to the order Composit[ae]; bearing
involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy,
thistle, and dandelion.
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Composite carriage, a railroad car having compartments of
different classes. [Eng.]
Composite number (Math.), one which can be divided exactly
by a number exceeding unity, as 6 by 2 or 3..
Composite photograph or Composite portrait, one made by a
combination, or blending, of several distinct photographs.
--F. Galton.
Composite sailing (Naut.), a combination of parallel and
great circle sailing.
Composite ship, one with a wooden casing and iron frame.
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Disappearing carriage
(gcide) | Disappearing \Dis`ap*pear"ing\,
p. pr. & vb. n. of Disappear.
Disappearing carriage (Ordnance), a carriage for heavy
coast guns on which the gun is raised above the parapet
for firing and upon discharge is lowered behind the
parapet for protection. The standard type of disappearing
carriage in the coast artillery of the United States army
is the Buffington-Crozier carriage, in which the gun
trunnions are secured at the upper and after ends of a
pair of heavy levers, at the lower ends of which is
attached a counterweight of lead. The levers are pivoted
at their middle points, which are, with the top carriage,
permitted restrained motion along the slightly inclined
chassis rails. The counterweight is held in place by a
pawl and ratchet. When the gun is loaded the pawl is
released and the counterweight sinks, raising the gun to
the firing position above the parapet. The recoil
following the discharge returns the gun to the loading
position, the counterweight rising until the pawl engages
the ratchet.
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First-class railway carriage
(gcide) | First-class \First"-class`\, a.
Of the best class; of the highest rank; in the first
division; of the best quality; first-rate; as, a first-class
telescope.
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First-class car or First-class railway carriage, any
passenger car of the highest regular class, and intended
for passengers who pay the highest regular rate; --
distinguished from a second-class car.
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Fore carriage
(gcide) | Fore \Fore\ (f[=o]r), a. [See Fore, adv.]
Advanced, as compared with something else; toward the front;
being or coming first, in time, place, order, or importance;
preceding; anterior; antecedent; earlier; forward; -- opposed
to back or behind; as, the fore part of a garment; the
fore part of the day; the fore and of a wagon.
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The free will of the subject is preserved, while it is
directed by the fore purpose of the state. --Southey.
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Note: Fore is much used adjectively or in composition.
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Fore bay, a reservoir or canal between a mill race and a
water wheel; the discharging end of a pond or mill race.
Fore body (Shipbuilding), the part of a ship forward of the
largest cross-section, distinguished from middle body
and after body.
Fore boot, a receptacle in the front of a vehicle, for
stowing baggage, etc.
Fore bow, the pommel of a saddle. --Knight.
Fore cabin, a cabin in the fore part of a ship, usually
with inferior accommodations.
Fore carriage.
(a) The forward part of the running gear of a four-wheeled
vehicle.
(b) A small carriage at the front end of a plow beam.
Fore course (Naut.), the lowermost sail on the foremost of
a square-rigged vessel; the foresail. See Illust. under
Sail.
Fore door. Same as Front door.
Fore edge, the front edge of a book or folded sheet, etc.
Fore elder, an ancestor. [Prov. Eng.]
Fore end.
(a) The end which precedes; the earlier, or the nearer, part;
the beginning.
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I have . . . paid
More pious debts to heaven, than in all
The fore end of my time. --Shak.
(b) In firearms, the wooden stock under the barrel, forward
of the trigger guard, or breech frame.
Fore girth, a girth for the fore part (of a horse, etc.); a
martingale.
Fore hammer, a sledge hammer, working alternately, or in
time, with the hand hammer.
Fore leg, one of the front legs of a quadruped, or
multiped, or of a chair, settee, etc.
Fore peak (Naut.), the angle within a ship's bows; the
portion of the hold which is farthest forward.
Fore piece, a front piece, as the flap in the fore part of
a sidesaddle, to guard the rider's dress.
Fore plane, a carpenter's plane, in size and use between a
jack plane and a smoothing plane. --Knight.
Fore reading, previous perusal. [Obs.] --Hales.
Fore rent, in Scotland, rent payable before a crop is
gathered.
Fore sheets (Naut.), the forward portion of a rowboat; the
space beyond the front thwart. See Stern sheets.
Fore shore.
(a) A bank in advance of a sea wall, to break the force of
the surf.
(b) The seaward projecting, slightly inclined portion of a
breakwater. --Knight.
(c) The part of the shore between high and low water marks.
Fore sight, that one of the two sights of a gun which is
near the muzzle.
Fore tackle (Naut.), the tackle on the foremast of a ship.
Fore topmast. (Naut.) See Fore-topmast, in the
Vocabulary.
Fore wind, a favorable wind. [Obs.]
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Sailed on smooth seas, by fore winds borne.
--Sandys.
Fore world, the antediluvian world. [R.] --Southey.
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Gauge of a carriage
(gcide) | Gauge \Gauge\, n. [Written also gage.]
1. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to
determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard.
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This plate must be a gauge to file your worm and
groove to equal breadth by. --Moxon.
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There is not in our hands any fixed gauge of minds.
--I. Taylor.
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2. Measure; dimensions; estimate.
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The gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and
contempt. --Burke.
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3. (Mach. & Manuf.) Any instrument for ascertaining or
regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or
template; as, a button maker's gauge.
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4. (Physics) Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the
state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical
elements at any moment; -- usually applied to some
particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge.
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5. (Naut.)
(a) Relative positions of two or more vessels with
reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather
gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and
the lee gauge when on the lee side of it.
(b) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water.
--Totten.
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6. The distance between the rails of a railway.
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Note: The standard gauge of railroads in most countries is
four feet, eight and one half inches. Wide, or broad,
gauge, in the United States, is six feet; in England,
seven feet, and generally any gauge exceeding standard
gauge. Any gauge less than standard gauge is now called
narrow gauge. It varies from two feet to three feet six
inches.
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7. (Plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with
common plaster to accelerate its setting.
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8. (Building) That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which
is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of
such shingles, slates, or tiles.
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Gauge of a carriage, car, etc., the distance between the
wheels; -- ordinarily called the track.
Gauge cock, a stop cock used as a try cock for ascertaining
the height of the water level in a steam boiler.
Gauge concussion (Railroads), the jar caused by a car-wheel
flange striking the edge of the rail.
Gauge glass, a glass tube for a water gauge.
Gauge lathe, an automatic lathe for turning a round object
having an irregular profile, as a baluster or chair round,
to a templet or gauge.
Gauge point, the diameter of a cylinder whose altitude is
one inch, and contents equal to that of a unit of a given
measure; -- a term used in gauging casks, etc.
Gauge rod, a graduated rod, for measuring the capacity of
barrels, casks, etc.
Gauge saw, a handsaw, with a gauge to regulate the depth of
cut. --Knight.
Gauge stuff, a stiff and compact plaster, used in making
cornices, moldings, etc., by means of a templet.
Gauge wheel, a wheel at the forward end of a plow beam, to
determine the depth of the furrow.
Joiner's gauge, an instrument used to strike a line
parallel to the straight side of a board, etc.
Printer's gauge, an instrument to regulate the length of
the page.
Rain gauge, an instrument for measuring the quantity of
rain at any given place.
Salt gauge, or Brine gauge, an instrument or contrivance
for indicating the degree of saltness of water from its
specific gravity, as in the boilers of ocean steamers.
Sea gauge, an instrument for finding the depth of the sea.
Siphon gauge, a glass siphon tube, partly filled with
mercury, -- used to indicate pressure, as of steam, or the
degree of rarefaction produced in the receiver of an air
pump or other vacuum; a manometer.
Sliding gauge. (Mach.)
(a) A templet or pattern for gauging the commonly accepted
dimensions or shape of certain parts in general use,
as screws, railway-car axles, etc.
(b) A gauge used only for testing other similar gauges,
and preserved as a reference, to detect wear of the
working gauges.
(c) (Railroads) See Note under Gauge, n., 5.
Star gauge (Ordnance), an instrument for measuring the
diameter of the bore of a cannon at any point of its
length.
Steam gauge, an instrument for measuring the pressure of
steam, as in a boiler.
Tide gauge, an instrument for determining the height of the
tides.
Vacuum gauge, a species of barometer for determining the
relative elasticities of the vapor in the condenser of a
steam engine and the air.
Water gauge.
(a) A contrivance for indicating the height of a water
surface, as in a steam boiler; as by a gauge cock or
glass.
(b) The height of the water in the boiler.
Wind gauge, an instrument for measuring the force of the
wind on any given surface; an anemometer.
Wire gauge, a gauge for determining the diameter of wire or
the thickness of sheet metal; also, a standard of size.
See under Wire.
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Ginny-carriage
(gcide) | Ginny-carriage \Gin"ny-car`riage\, n.
A small, strong carriage for conveying materials on a
railroad. [Eng.]
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Gun carriage
(gcide) | Gun \Gun\ (g[u^]n), n. [OE. gonne, gunne; of uncertain origin;
cf. Ir., Gael., & LL. gunna, W. gum; possibly (like cannon)
fr. L. canna reed, tube; or abbreviated fr. OF. mangonnel, E.
mangonel, a machine for hurling stones.]
1. A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance;
any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles,
consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end, in which
the projectile is placed, with an explosive charge (such
as guncotton or gunpowder) behind, which is ignited by
various means. Pistols, rifles, carbines, muskets, and
fowling pieces are smaller guns, for hand use, and are
called small arms. Larger guns are called cannon,
ordnance, fieldpieces, carronades, howitzers, etc.
See these terms in the Vocabulary.
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As swift as a pellet out of a gunne
When fire is in the powder runne. --Chaucer.
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The word gun was in use in England for an engine to
cast a thing from a man long before there was any
gunpowder found out. --Selden.
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2. (Mil.) A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a
cannon.
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3. pl. (Naut.) Violent blasts of wind.
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Note: Guns are classified, according to their construction or
manner of loading as rifled or smoothbore,
breech-loading or muzzle-loading, cast or
built-up guns; or according to their use, as field,
mountain, prairie, seacoast, and siege guns.
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Armstrong gun, a wrought iron breech-loading cannon named
after its English inventor, Sir William Armstrong.
Big gun or Great gun, a piece of heavy ordnance; hence
(Fig.), a person superior in any way; as, bring in the big
guns to tackle the problem.
Gun barrel, the barrel or tube of a gun.
Gun carriage, the carriage on which a gun is mounted or
moved.
Gun cotton (Chem.), a general name for a series of
explosive nitric ethers of cellulose, obtained by steeping
cotton in nitric and sulphuric acids. Although there are
formed substances containing nitric acid radicals, yet the
results exactly resemble ordinary cotton in appearance. It
burns without ash, with explosion if confined, but quietly
and harmlessly if free and open, and in small quantity.
Specifically, the lower nitrates of cellulose which are
insoluble in ether and alcohol in distinction from the
highest (pyroxylin) which is soluble. See Pyroxylin, and
cf. Xyloidin. The gun cottons are used for blasting and
somewhat in gunnery: for making celluloid when compounded
with camphor; and the soluble variety (pyroxylin) for
making collodion. See Celluloid, and Collodion. Gun
cotton is frequenty but improperly called
nitrocellulose. It is not a nitro compound, but an ester
of nitric acid.
Gun deck. See under Deck.
Gun fire, the time at which the morning or the evening gun
is fired.
Gun metal, a bronze, ordinarily composed of nine parts of
copper and one of tin, used for cannon, etc. The name is
also given to certain strong mixtures of cast iron.
Gun port (Naut.), an opening in a ship through which a
cannon's muzzle is run out for firing.
Gun tackle (Naut.), the blocks and pulleys affixed to the
side of a ship, by which a gun carriage is run to and from
the gun port.
Gun tackle purchase (Naut.), a tackle composed of two
single blocks and a fall. --Totten.
Krupp gun, a wrought steel breech-loading cannon, named
after its German inventor, Herr Krupp.
Machine gun, a breech-loading gun or a group of such guns,
mounted on a carriage or other holder, and having a
reservoir containing cartridges which are loaded into the
gun or guns and fired in rapid succession. In earlier
models, such as the Gatling gun, the cartridges were
loaded by machinery operated by turning a crank. In modern
versions the loading of cartidges is accomplished by
levers operated by the recoil of the explosion driving the
bullet, or by the pressure of gas within the barrel.
Several hundred shots can be fired in a minute by such
weapons, with accurate aim. The Gatling gun, {Gardner
gun}, Hotchkiss gun, and Nordenfelt gun, named for
their inventors, and the French mitrailleuse, are
machine guns.
To blow great guns (Naut.), to blow a gale. See Gun, n.,
3.
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Hose carriage
(gcide) | Hose \Hose\ (h[=o]z), n.; pl. Hose, formerly Hosen
(h[=o]"z'n). [AS. hose; akin to D. hoos, G. hose breeches,
OHG. hosa, Icel. hosa stocking, gather, Dan. hose stocking;
cf. Russ. koshulia a fur jacket.]
1. Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn,
reaching to the knee.
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These men were bound in their coats, their hosen,
and their hats, and their other garments. --Dan.
iii. 21.
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His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide
For his shrunk shank. --Shak.
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2. Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a
stocking or stockings.
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3. A flexible pipe, made of leather, India rubber, or other
material, and used for conveying fluids, especially water,
from a faucet, hydrant, or fire engine.
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Hose carriage, Hose cart, or Hose truck, a wheeled
vehicle fitted for conveying hose for extinguishing fires.
Hose company, a company of men appointed to bring and
manage hose in the extinguishing of fires. [U.S.]
Hose coupling, coupling with interlocking parts for uniting
hose, end to end.
Hose wrench, a spanner for turning hose couplings, to unite
or disconnect them.
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Hydropneumatic gun carriage
(gcide) | Hydropneumatic gun carriage \Hy`dro*pneu*mat"ic gun carriage\
(Ordnance)
A disappearing gun carriage in which the recoil is checked by
cylinders containing liquid and air, the air when compressed
furnishing the power for restoring the gun to the firing
position. It is used with some English and European heavy
guns.
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Miscarriage
(gcide) | Miscarriage \Mis*car"riage\, n.
1. Unfortunate event or issue of an undertaking; failure to
attain a proper or desired result or reach a destination;
as, a serious miscarriage of justice.
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When a counselor, to save himself,
Would lay miscarriages upon his prince. --Dryden.
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2. Ill conduct; evil or improper behavior; as, the failings
and miscarriages of the righteous. --Rogers.
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3. The act of bringing forth a child before the time it is
viable; a premature birth, resulting in death of the
fetus; spontaneous abortion.
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Miscarriageable
(gcide) | Miscarriageable \Mis*car"riage*a*ble\, a.
Capable of miscarrying; liable to fail. [R.] --Bp. Hall.
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Railway carriage
(gcide) | Railroad \Rail"road`\ (r[=a]l"r[=o]d`), Railway \Rail"way`\
(r[=a]l"w[=a]`), n.
1. A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of
iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks
for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a
bed or substructure.
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Note: The modern railroad is a development and adaptation of
the older tramway.
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2. The road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings,
rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and
constituting one property; as, a certain railroad has been
put into the hands of a receiver.
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Note: Railway is the commoner word in England; railroad the
commoner word in the United States.
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Note: In the following and similar phrases railroad and
railway are used interchangeably:
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Atmospheric railway, Elevated railway, etc. See under
Atmospheric, Elevated, etc.
Cable railway. See Cable road, under Cable.
Ferry railway, a submerged track on which an elevated
platform runs, for carrying a train of cars across a water
course.
Gravity railway, a railway, in a hilly country, on which
the cars run by gravity down gentle slopes for long
distances after having been hauled up steep inclines to an
elevated point by stationary engines.
Railway brake, a brake used in stopping railway cars or
locomotives.
Railway car, a large, heavy vehicle with flanged wheels
fitted for running on a railway. [U.S.]
Railway carriage, a railway passenger car. [Eng.]
Railway scale, a platform scale bearing a track which forms
part of the line of a railway, for weighing loaded cars.
Railway slide. See Transfer table, under Transfer.
Railway spine (Med.), an abnormal condition due to severe
concussion of the spinal cord, such as occurs in railroad
accidents. It is characterized by ataxia and other
disturbances of muscular function, sensory disorders, pain
in the back, impairment of general health, and cerebral
disturbance, -- the symptoms often not developing till
some months after the injury.
Underground railroad Underground railway.
(a) A railroad or railway running through a tunnel, as
beneath the streets of a city.
(b) Formerly, a system of cooperation among certain active
antislavery people in the United States prior to 1866,
by which fugitive slaves were secretly helped to reach
Canada.
Note: [In the latter sense railroad, and not railway, was
usually used.] "Their house was a principal entrep[^o]t
of the underground railroad." --W. D. Howells.
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Recarriage
(gcide) | Recarriage \Re*car"riage\ (r[-e]*k[a^]r"r[i^]j), n.
Act of carrying back.
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slip carriage
(gcide) | slip carriage \slip carriage\, slip coach \slip coach\n.
a railway car at the end of the train; it can be detached
without stopping the train. [British]
Syn: slip coach
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Stage carriage
(gcide) | Stage \Stage\ (st[=a]j), n. [OF. estage, F. ['e]tage, (assumed)
LL. staticum, from L. stare to stand. See Stand, and cf.
Static.]
1. A floor or story of a house. [Obs.] --Wyclif.
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2. An elevated platform on which an orator may speak, a play
be performed, an exhibition be presented, or the like.
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3. A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work,
or the like; a scaffold; a staging.
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4. A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
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5. The floor for scenic performances; hence, the theater; the
playhouse; hence, also, the profession of representing
dramatic compositions; the drama, as acted or exhibited.
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Knights, squires, and steeds, must enter on the
stage. --Pope.
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Lo! where the stage, the poor, degraded stage,
Holds its warped mirror to a gaping age. --C.
Sprague.
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6. A place where anything is publicly exhibited; the scene of
any noted action or career; the spot where any remarkable
affair occurs; as, politicians must live their lives on
the public stage.
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When we are born, we cry that we are come
To this great stage of fools. --Shak.
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Music and ethereal mirth
Wherewith the stage of air and earth did ring.
--Miton.
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7. The platform of a microscope, upon which an object is
placed to be viewed. See Illust. of Microscope.
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8. A place of rest on a regularly traveled road; a stage
house; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.
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9. A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several
portions into which a road or course is marked off; the
distance between two places of rest on a road; as, a stage
of ten miles.
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A stage . . . signifies a certain distance on a
road. --Jeffrey.
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He traveled by gig, with his wife, his favorite
horse performing the journey by easy stages.
--Smiles.
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10. A degree of advancement in any pursuit, or of progress
toward an end or result.
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Such a polity is suited only to a particular stage
in the progress of society. --Macaulay.
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11. A large vehicle running from station to station for the
accommodation of the public; a stagecoach; an omnibus. "A
parcel sent you by the stage." --Cowper. [Obsolescent]
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I went in the sixpenny stage. --Swift.
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12. (Biol.) One of several marked phases or periods in the
development and growth of many animals and plants; as,
the larval stage; pupa stage; zoea stage.
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Stage box, a box close to the stage in a theater.
Stage carriage, a stagecoach.
Stage door, the actors' and workmen's entrance to a
theater.
Stage lights, the lights by which the stage in a theater is
illuminated.
Stage micrometer, a graduated device applied to the stage
of a microscope for measuring the size of an object.
Stage wagon, a wagon which runs between two places for
conveying passengers or goods.
Stage whisper, a loud whisper, as by an actor in a theater,
supposed, for dramatic effect, to be unheard by one or
more of his fellow actors, yet audible to the audience; an
aside.
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State carriage
(gcide) | State \State\ (st[=a]t), n. [OE. stat, OF. estat, F. ['e]tat,
fr. L. status a standing, position, fr. stare, statum, to
stand. See Stand, and cf. Estate, Status.]
1. The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any
given time.
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State is a term nearly synonymous with "mode," but
of a meaning more extensive, and is not exclusively
limited to the mutable and contingent. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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Declare the past and present state of things.
--Dryden.
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Keep the state of the question in your eye. --Boyle.
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2. Rank; condition; quality; as, the state of honor.
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Thy honor, state, and seat is due to me. --Shak.
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3. Condition of prosperity or grandeur; wealthy or prosperous
circumstances; social importance.
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She instructed him how he should keep state, and yet
with a modest sense of his misfortunes. --Bacon.
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Can this imperious lord forget to reign,
Quit all his state, descend, and serve again?
--Pope.
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4. Appearance of grandeur or dignity; pomp.
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Where least of state there most of love is shown.
--Dryden.
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5. A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais;
a seat of dignity; also, the canopy itself. [Obs.]
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His high throne, . . . under state
Of richest texture spread. --Milton.
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When he went to court, he used to kick away the
state, and sit down by his prince cheek by jowl.
--Swift.
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6. Estate; possession. [Obs.] --Daniel.
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Your state, my lord, again is yours. --Massinger.
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7. A person of high rank. [Obs.] --Latimer.
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8. Any body of men united by profession, or constituting a
community of a particular character; as, the civil and
ecclesiastical states, or the lords spiritual and temporal
and the commons, in Great Britain. Cf. Estate, n., 6.
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9. The principal persons in a government.
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The bold design
Pleased highly those infernal states. --Milton.
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10. The bodies that constitute the legislature of a country;
as, the States-general of Holland.
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11. A form of government which is not monarchial, as a
republic. [Obs.]
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Well monarchies may own religion's name,
But states are atheists in their very fame.
--Dryden.
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12. A political body, or body politic; the whole body of
people who are united under one government, whatever may
be the form of the government; a nation.
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Municipal law is a rule of conduct prescribed by
the supreme power in a state. --Blackstone.
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The Puritans in the reign of Mary, driven from
their homes, sought an asylum in Geneva, where they
found a state without a king, and a church without
a bishop. --R. Choate.
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13. In the United States, one of the commonwealths, or bodies
politic, the people of which make up the body of the
nation, and which, under the national constitution, stand
in certain specified relations with the national
government, and are invested, as commonwealths, with full
power in their several spheres over all matters not
expressly inhibited.
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Note: The term State, in its technical sense, is used in
distinction from the federal system, i. e., the
government of the United States.
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14. Highest and stationary condition, as that of maturity
between growth and decline, or as that of crisis between
the increase and the abating of a disease; height; acme.
[Obs.]
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Note: When state is joined with another word, or used
adjectively, it denotes public, or what belongs to the
community or body politic, or to the government; also,
what belongs to the States severally in the American
Union; as, state affairs; state policy; State laws of
Iowa.
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Nascent state. (Chem.) See under Nascent.
Secretary of state. See Secretary, n., 3.
State bargea royal barge, or a barge belonging to a
government.
State bed, an elaborately carved or decorated bed.
State carriage, a highly decorated carriage for officials
going in state, or taking part in public processions.
State paper, an official paper relating to the interests or
government of a state. --Jay.
State prison, a public prison or penitentiary; -- called
also State's prison.
State prisoner, one in confinement, or under arrest, for a
political offense.
State rights, or States' rights, the rights of the
several independent States, as distinguished from the
rights of the Federal government. It has been a question
as to what rights have been vested in the general
government. [U.S.]
State's evidence. See Probator, 2, and under Evidence.
State sword, a sword used on state occasions, being borne
before a sovereign by an attendant of high rank.
State trial, a trial of a person for a political offense.
States of the Church. See under Ecclesiastical.
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Syn: State, Situation, Condition.
Usage: State is the generic term, and denotes in general the
mode in which a thing stands or exists. The situation
of a thing is its state in reference to external
objects and influences; its condition is its internal
state, or what it is in itself considered. Our
situation is good or bad as outward things bear
favorably or unfavorably upon us; our condition is
good or bad according to the state we are actually in
as respects our persons, families, property, and other
things which comprise our sources of enjoyment.
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I do not, brother,
Infer as if I thought my sister's state
Secure without all doubt or controversy.
--Milton.
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We hoped to enjoy with ease what, in our
situation, might be called the luxuries of life.
--Cook.
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And, O, what man's condition can be worse
Than his whom plenty starves and blessings
curse? --Cowley.
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Steam carriage
(gcide) | Steam \Steam\ (st[=e]m), n. [OE. stem, steem, vapor, flame, AS.
ste['a]m vapor, smoke, odor; akin to D. stoom steam, perhaps
originally, a pillar, or something rising like a pillar; cf.
Gr. sty`ein to erect, sty^los a pillar, and E. stand.]
1. The elastic, aeriform fluid into which water is converted
when heated to the boiling point; water in the state of
vapor; gaseous water.
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2. The mist formed by condensed vapor; visible vapor; -- so
called in popular usage.
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3. Any exhalation. "A steam of rich, distilled perfumes."
--Milton.
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Dry steam, steam which does not contain water held in
suspension mechanically; -- sometimes applied to
superheated steam.
Exhaust steam. See under Exhaust.
High steam, or High-pressure steam, steam of which the
pressure greatly exceeds that of the atmosphere.
Low steam, or Low-pressure steam, steam of which the
pressure is less than, equal to, or not greatly above,
that of the atmosphere.
Saturated steam, steam at the temperature of the boiling
point which corresponds to its pressure; -- sometimes also
applied to wet steam.
Superheated steam, steam heated to a temperature higher
than the boiling point corresponding to its pressure. It
can not exist in contact with water, nor contain water,
and resembles a perfect gas; -- called also {surcharged
steam}, anhydrous steam, and steam gas.
Wet steam, steam which contains water held in suspension
mechanically; -- called also misty steam.
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Note: Steam is often used adjectively, and in combination, to
denote, produced by heat, or operated by power, derived
from steam, in distinction from other sources of power;
as in steam boiler or steam-boiler, steam dredger or
steam-dredger, steam engine or steam-engine, steam
heat, steam plow or steam-plow, etc.
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Steam blower.
(a) A blower for producing a draught consisting of a jet
or jets of steam in a chimney or under a fire.
(b) A fan blower driven directly by a steam engine.
Steam boiler, a boiler for producing steam. See Boiler,
3, and Note. In the illustration, the shell a of the
boiler is partly in section, showing the tubes, or flues,
which the hot gases, from the fire beneath the boiler,
enter, after traversing the outside of the shell, and
through which the gases are led to the smoke pipe d, which
delivers them to the chimney; b is the manhole; c the
dome; e the steam pipe; f the feed and blow-off pipe; g
the safety valve; hthe water gauge.
Steam car, a car driven by steam power, or drawn by a
locomotive.
Steam carriage, a carriage upon wheels moved on common
roads by steam.
Steam casing. See Steam jacket, under Jacket.
Steam chest, the box or chamber from which steam is
distributed to the cylinder of a steam engine, steam pump,
etc., and which usually contains one or more valves; --
called also valve chest, and valve box. See Illust. of
Slide valve, under Slide.
Steam chimney, an annular chamber around the chimney of a
boiler furnace, for drying steam.
Steam coil, a coil of pipe, or a collection of connected
pipes, for containing steam; -- used for heating, drying,
etc.
Steam colors (Calico Printing), colors in which the
chemical reaction fixing the coloring matter in the fiber
is produced by steam.
Steam cylinder, the cylinder of a steam engine, which
contains the piston. See Illust. of Slide valve, under
Slide.
Steam dome (Steam Boilers), a chamber upon the top of the
boiler, from which steam is conducted to the engine. See
Illust. of Steam boiler, above.
Steam fire engine, a fire engine consisting of a steam
boiler and engine, and pump which is driven by the engine,
combined and mounted on wheels. It is usually drawn by
horses, but is sometimes made self-propelling.
Steam fitter, a fitter of steam pipes.
Steam fitting, the act or the occupation of a steam fitter;
also, a pipe fitting for steam pipes.
Steam gas. See Superheated steam, above.
Steam gauge, an instrument for indicating the pressure of
the steam in a boiler. The mercurial steam gauge is a
bent tube partially filled with mercury, one end of which
is connected with the boiler while the other is open to
the air, so that the steam by its pressure raises the
mercury in the long limb of the tube to a height
proportioned to that pressure. A more common form,
especially for high pressures, consists of a spring
pressed upon by the steam, and connected with the pointer
of a dial. The spring may be a flattened, bent tube,
closed at one end, which the entering steam tends to
straighten, or it may be a diaphragm of elastic metal, or
a mass of confined air, etc.
Steam gun, a machine or contrivance from which projectiles
may be thrown by the elastic force of steam.
Steam hammer, a hammer for forging, which is worked
directly by steam; especially, a hammer which is guided
vertically and operated by a vertical steam cylinder
located directly over an anvil. In the variety known as
Nasmyth's, the cylinder is fixed, and the hammer is
attached to the piston rod. In that known as Condie's, the
piston is fixed, and the hammer attached to the lower end
of the cylinder.
Steam heater.
(a) A radiator heated by steam.
(b) An apparatus consisting of a steam boiler, radiator,
piping, and fixures for warming a house by steam.
Steam jacket. See under Jacket.
Steam packet, a packet or vessel propelled by steam, and
running periodically between certain ports.
Steam pipe, any pipe for conveying steam; specifically, a
pipe through which steam is supplied to an engine.
Steam plow or Steam plough, a plow, or gang of plows,
moved by a steam engine.
Steam port, an opening for steam to pass through, as from
the steam chest into the cylinder.
Steam power, the force or energy of steam applied to
produce results; power derived from a steam engine.
Steam propeller. See Propeller.
Steam pump, a small pumping engine operated by steam. It is
usually direct-acting.
Steam room (Steam Boilers), the space in the boiler above
the water level, and in the dome, which contains steam.
Steam table, a table on which are dishes heated by steam
for keeping food warm in the carving room of a hotel,
restaurant, etc.
Steam trap, a self-acting device by means of which water
that accumulates in a pipe or vessel containing steam will
be discharged without permitting steam to escape.
Steam tug, a steam vessel used in towing or propelling
ships.
Steam vessel, a vessel propelled by steam; a steamboat or
steamship; a steamer.
Steam whistle, an apparatus attached to a steam boiler, as
of a locomotive, through which steam is rapidly
discharged, producing a loud whistle which serves as a
warning or a signal. The steam issues from a narrow
annular orifice around the upper edge of the lower cup or
hemisphere, striking the thin edge of the bell above it,
and producing sound in the manner of an organ pipe or a
common whistle.
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Water carriage
(gcide) | Water carriage \Wa"ter car"riage\
1. Transportation or conveyance by water; means of
transporting by water.
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2. A vessel or boat. [Obs.] --Arbuthnot.
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Wheel carriage
(gcide) | Wheel \Wheel\ (hw[=e]l), n. [OE. wheel, hweol, AS. hwe['o]l,
hweogul, hweowol; akin to D. wiel, Icel. hv[=e]l, Gr.
ky`klos, Skr. cakra; cf. Icel. hj[=o]l, Dan. hiul, Sw. hjul.
[root]218. Cf. Cycle, Cyclopedia.]
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1. A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk,
whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes
or radii, and a central hub or nave, in which is inserted
the axle, -- used for supporting and conveying vehicles,
in machinery, and for various purposes; as, the wheel of a
wagon, of a locomotive, of a mill, of a watch, etc.
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The gasping charioteer beneath the wheel
Of his own car. --Dryden.
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2. Any instrument having the form of, or chiefly consisting
of, a wheel. Specifically:
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(a) A spinning wheel. See under Spinning.
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(b) An instrument of torture formerly used.
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His examination is like that which is made by
the rack and wheel. --Addison.
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Note: This mode of torture is said to have been first
employed in Germany, in the fourteenth century. The
criminal was laid on a cart wheel with his legs and
arms extended, and his limbs in that posture were
fractured with an iron bar. In France, where its use
was restricted to the most atrocious crimes, the
criminal was first laid on a frame of wood in the form
of a St. Andrew's cross, with grooves cut transversely
in it above and below the knees and elbows, and the
executioner struck eight blows with an iron bar, so as
to break the limbs in those places, sometimes finishing
by two or three blows on the chest or stomach, which
usually put an end to the life of the criminal, and
were hence called coups-de-grace -- blows of mercy. The
criminal was then unbound, and laid on a small wheel,
with his face upward, and his arms and legs doubled
under him, there to expire, if he had survived the
previous treatment. --Brande.
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(c) (Naut.) A circular frame having handles on the
periphery, and an axle which is so connected with the
tiller as to form a means of controlling the rudder
for the purpose of steering.
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(d) (Pottery) A potter's wheel. See under Potter.
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Then I went down to the potter's house, and,
behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. --Jer.
xviii. 3.
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Turn, turn, my wheel! This earthen jar
A touch can make, a touch can mar. --Longfellow.
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(e) (Pyrotechny) A firework which, while burning, is
caused to revolve on an axis by the reaction of the
escaping gases.
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(f) (Poetry) The burden or refrain of a song.
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Note: "This meaning has a low degree of authority, but is
supposed from the context in the few cases where the
word is found." --Nares.
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You must sing a-down a-down,
An you call him a-down-a.
O, how the wheel becomes it! --Shak.
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3. A bicycle or a tricycle; a velocipede.
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4. A rolling or revolving body; anything of a circular form;
a disk; an orb. --Milton.
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5. A turn revolution; rotation; compass.
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According to the common vicissitude and wheel of
things, the proud and the insolent, after long
trampling upon others, come at length to be trampled
upon themselves. --South.
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[He] throws his steep flight in many an aery wheel.
--Milton.
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A wheel within a wheel, or Wheels within wheels, a
complication of circumstances, motives, etc.
Balance wheel. See in the Vocab.
Bevel wheel, Brake wheel, Cam wheel, Fifth wheel,
Overshot wheel, Spinning wheel, etc. See under Bevel,
Brake, etc.
Core wheel. (Mach.)
(a) A mortise gear.
(b) A wheel having a rim perforated to receive wooden
cogs; the skeleton of a mortise gear.
Measuring wheel, an odometer, or perambulator.
Wheel and axle (Mech.), one of the elementary machines or
mechanical powers, consisting of a wheel fixed to an axle,
and used for raising great weights, by applying the power
to the circumference of the wheel, and attaching the
weight, by a rope or chain, to that of the axle. Called
also axis in peritrochio, and perpetual lever, -- the
principle of equilibrium involved being the same as in the
lever, while its action is continuous. See {Mechanical
powers}, under Mechanical.
Wheel animal, or Wheel animalcule (Zool.), any one of
numerous species of rotifers having a ciliated disk at the
anterior end.
Wheel barometer. (Physics) See under Barometer.
Wheel boat, a boat with wheels, to be used either on water
or upon inclined planes or railways.
Wheel bug (Zool.), a large North American hemipterous
insect (Prionidus cristatus) which sucks the blood of
other insects. So named from the curious shape of the
prothorax.
Wheel carriage, a carriage moving on wheels.
Wheel chains, or Wheel ropes (Naut.), the chains or ropes
connecting the wheel and rudder.
Wheel cutter, a machine for shaping the cogs of gear
wheels; a gear cutter.
Wheel horse, one of the horses nearest to the wheels, as
opposed to a leader, or forward horse; -- called also
wheeler.
Wheel lathe, a lathe for turning railway-car wheels.
Wheel lock.
(a) A letter lock. See under Letter.
(b) A kind of gunlock in which sparks were struck from a
flint, or piece of iron pyrites, by a revolving wheel.
(c) A kind of brake a carriage.
Wheel ore (Min.), a variety of bournonite so named from the
shape of its twin crystals. See Bournonite.
Wheel pit (Steam Engine), a pit in the ground, in which the
lower part of the fly wheel runs.
Wheel plow, or Wheel plough, a plow having one or two
wheels attached, to render it more steady, and to regulate
the depth of the furrow.
Wheel press, a press by which railway-car wheels are forced
on, or off, their axles.
Wheel race, the place in which a water wheel is set.
Wheel rope (Naut.), a tiller rope. See under Tiller.
Wheel stitch (Needlework), a stitch resembling a spider's
web, worked into the material, and not over an open space.
--Caulfeild & S. (Dict. of Needlework).
Wheel tree (Bot.), a tree (Aspidosperma excelsum) of
Guiana, which has a trunk so curiously fluted that a
transverse section resembles the hub and spokes of a
coarsely made wheel. See Paddlewood.
Wheel urchin (Zool.), any sea urchin of the genus Rotula
having a round, flat shell.
Wheel window (Arch.), a circular window having radiating
mullions arranged like the spokes of a wheel. Cf. {Rose
window}, under Rose.
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baby carriage
(wn) | baby carriage
n 1: a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child
is pushed around [syn: baby buggy, baby carriage,
carriage, perambulator, pram, stroller, go-cart,
pushchair, pusher] |
barbette carriage
(wn) | barbette carriage
n 1: a gun carriage elevated so that the gun can be fired over
the parapet |
carriage
(wn) | carriage
n 1: a railcar where passengers ride [syn: passenger car,
coach, carriage]
2: a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses [syn:
carriage, equipage, rig]
3: characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good
posture" [syn: carriage, bearing, posture]
4: a machine part that carries something else
5: a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is
pushed around [syn: baby buggy, baby carriage,
carriage, perambulator, pram, stroller, go-cart,
pushchair, pusher] |
carriage bolt
(wn) | carriage bolt
n 1: a roundheaded bolt for timber; threaded along part of the
shank; inserted into holes already drilled |
carriage dog
(wn) | carriage dog
n 1: a large breed having a smooth white coat with black or
brown spots; originated in Dalmatia [syn: dalmatian,
coach dog, carriage dog] |
carriage house
(wn) | carriage house
n 1: a small building for housing coaches and carriages and
other vehicles [syn: coach house, carriage house,
remise] |
carriage return
(wn) | carriage return
n 1: the operation that prepares for the next character to be
printed or displayed as the first character on a line |
carriage trade
(wn) | carriage trade
n 1: trade from upper-class customers |
carriage wrench
(wn) | carriage wrench
n 1: a wrench designed for use with carriage bolts |
carriageway
(wn) | carriageway
n 1: one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in
one direction only usually in two or three lanes |
dual carriageway
(wn) | dual carriageway
n 1: a highway divided down the middle by a barrier that
separates traffic going in different directions; "in
Britain they call a divided highway a dual carriageway"
[syn: divided highway, dual carriageway] |
gun carriage
(wn) | gun carriage
n 1: a framework on which a gun is mounted for firing |
hackney carriage
(wn) | hackney carriage
n 1: a carriage for hire [syn: hackney, hackney carriage,
hackney coach] |
horseless carriage
(wn) | horseless carriage
n 1: an early term for an automobile; "when automobiles first
replaced horse-drawn carriages they were called horseless
carriages" |
miscarriage
(wn) | miscarriage
n 1: failure of a plan [syn: miscarriage, abortion]
2: a natural loss of the products of conception [syn:
spontaneous abortion, miscarriage, stillbirth] [ant:
live birth] |
slip carriage
(wn) | slip carriage
n 1: a railway car at the end of the train; it can be detached
without stopping the train [syn: slip coach, {slip
carriage}] |
smoking carriage
(wn) | smoking carriage
n 1: a passenger car for passengers who wish to smoke [syn:
smoker, smoking car, smoking carriage, {smoking
compartment}] |
typewriter carriage
(wn) | typewriter carriage
n 1: a carriage for carrying a sheet of paper |
undercarriage
(wn) | undercarriage
n 1: framework that serves as a support for the body of a
vehicle |
carriage return
(foldoc) | carriage return
(CR, Control-M, ASCII 13) The character which
causes the cursor to move to the left margin, often used
with line feed to start a new line of output.
Encoded in C and Unix as "\r".
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