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The act or art of managing the bow in playing on stringed instruments. Bowing constitutes a principal part of the art of the violinist, the violist, etc. J. W. Moore.

A sum formerly levied to pay the expense of coinage; -- now called seigniorage.

cting some passing event, as military operations or the health of some distinguished personage, issued by authority for the information of the public.

To make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly; to botch; -- sometimes with up. I always had an idea that it would be bungled. Byron.

d order of persons and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager in rehearsal.

The nightmare. Dunaglison.

Harmony and proportion in motions, as of a well-managed horse.

nd the thieves, often as large as life, and sometimes surrounded by figures of other personages who were present at the crucifixion.

Caution; crafty management. [N. of Eng. & Scot.]

A man who manages, or fires, cannon.

To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe.

A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc. chiefly as a mark of honor. "Golden canoniec and beds of state." Dryden.

A horse; a nag. [Obs.] Chaucer. Holland.

Charge, oversight, or management, implying responsibility for safety and prosperity. The care of all the churches. 2 Car. xi. 28 Him thy care must be to find. Milton. Perlexed with a thousand cares. Shak.

The act or manner of conducting measures or projects; management. The passage and whole carriage of this action. Shak. 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…

rry farther; to advance, or help forward; to continue; as, to carry on a design. (b) To manage, conduct, or prosecute; as, to carry on husbandry or trade. -- To carry out. (a) To bear from within. (b) To put into execution; to bring to a successful issue. (c) To sustain to the end; to continue to the end. -- To carry…

An officer having the direction and management of the private chambers of a nobleman or monarch; hence, in Europe, one of the high officers of a court.

A person or thing commited or intrusted to the care, custody, or management of another; a trust.

One who manages the running of an automobile; esp., the paid operator of a motor vehicle.

Wanting pliancy; unmanageable; unyielding; not easily wrought; as, a churlish soil; the churlish and intractable nature of some minerals. Boyle.