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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.

To carry or bear; as, to tote a child over a stream; -- a colloquial word of the Southern States, and used esp. by negroes.

chase, or sale of goods, wares, merchandise, or anything else; to traffic; to bargain; to carry on commerce as a business. A free port, where nations . . . resorted with their goods and traded. Arbuthnot.

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

To carry, as a firearm, with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.

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.

To carry through; to do; perform; to manage; as, to transact commercial business; to transact business by an agent.

To bear, carry, or remove, from one place to another; to transfer; as, to translate a tree. [Archaic] Dryden. In the chapel of St. Catharine of Sienna, they show her head- the rest of her body being translated to Rome. Evelyn.

To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey; as, to transport goods; to transport troops. Hakluyt.

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

A form of truck which can be tilted, for carrying railroad materials, or the like. [Eng.]

A low, wheeled vehicle or barrow for carrying goods, stone, and other heavy articles. Goods were conveyed about the town almost exclusively in trucks drawn by dogs. Macaulay.

A strap placed across a man's forehead to assist him in carrying a pack on his back. [Local, U. S.] Bartlett.

cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries.

A vessel of war carrying guns on two decks.

an episode. The least episodes or underactions . . . are parts necessary or convenient to carry on the main design. Dryden.

A vessel; a duct. Vas deferens; pl. Vasa deferentia. Etym: [L. vas vessel + deferens carrying down.] (Anat.) The excretory duct of a testicle; a spermatic duct.

The act of carrying, or state of being carried. [Obs.]

The act of carrying; conveyance; carriage. [Obs.] Bacon.