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A complete removal or carrying away; a clean sweep. [Obs.] Bp. Hacket.

A vessel fitted with tanks for the carrying of oil or other liquid in bulk.

A rod carrying a tappet or tappets, as one for closing the valves in a Cornish pumping engine.

A small coasting vessel, used in the Mediterranean, having one mast carrying large leteen sail, and a bowsprit with staysail or jib.

The act or occupation of driving a team, or of hauling or carrying, as logs, goods, or the like, with a team.

g Jenkin. Telpher line, or Telpher road, an electric line or road over which vehicles for carrying loads are moved by electric engines actuated by a current conveyed by the line.

screw, in deep well boring, an adjusting screw connecting the working beam with the rope carrying the tools, for lowering the tools as the drilling progresses.

A car attached to a locomotive, for carrying a supply of fuel and water.

Carrying or bearing upon the back. Tergiferous plants (Bot.), plants which bear their seeds on the back of their leaves, as ferns.

A system in which a third rail is used for carrying the current for operating the motors, the rail being insulated from the ground and the current being taken off by means of contact brushes or other devices.

A vessel of war carrying guns on three decks.

A massive crane with an overhanging counterbalanced arm carrying a traveler and lifting crab, the whole supported by a carriage mounted on track rails. It is used esp. for setting heavy masonry blocks for piers, breakwaters, etc.

A gateway, commonly of wood, but sometimes of stone, consisting of two upright pillars carrying one to three transverse lintels. It is often minutely carved with symbolic sculpture, and serves as a monumental approach to a Buddhist temple.

A race by men carrying torches, as in ancient Greece.

A kind of small submarine boat carrying an explosive charge, and projected from a ship against another ship at a distance, or made self-propelling, and otherwise automatic in its action against a distant ship.

Carrying on trade or commerce; engaged in trade; as, a trading company.

A four-wheeled truck running on rails, and used in a mine, as for carrying coal or ore.

onsists of a cross with two grooves at right angles to each other, the other being a beam carrying two pins (which slide in those grooves), and also the describing pencil.

A vessel employed for transporting, especially for carrying soldiers, warlike stores, or provisions, from one place to another, or to convey convicts to their destination; -- called also transport ship, transport vessel.

The act of conveying or carrying over. [R.]