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some other moving object or part. (d) A frame or cage in which something is carried or supported; as, a bell carriage.

than piercing, the object aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side.

he bark of several species of Cinnamommum grown in China, etc.; Chinese cinnamon. It is imported as cassia, but commonly sold as cinnamon, from which it differs more or less in strength and flavor, and the amount of outer bark attached.

A small wheel on a swivel, on which furniture is supported and moved.

A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position util the work becomes self-supporting.

awing it out of position. -- Chain bond. See Chain timber. -- Chain bridge, a bridge supported by chain cables; a suspension bridge. -- Chain cable, a cable made of iron links. -- Chain coral (Zoöl.), a fossil coral of the genus Halysites, common in the middle and upper Silurian rocks. The tubular corallites are un…

A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains.

An unlawful bargain; traffic in which money is exported as discount. [Obs.] Bacon.

A canopy usually standing free and supported on four columns, covering the high altar, or, very rarely, a secondary altar.

orizontal brass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint.

n object, as literature, science, politics, good fellowship, etc.; esp. an association supported by equal assessments or contributions of the members. They talked At wine, in clubs, of art, of politics. Tennyson. He [Goldsmith] was one of the nine original members of that celebrated fraternity which has sometimes been…

ll (Legislation), to refer or intrust it to a committee or others, to be considered and reported. -- To commit to memory, or To commit, to learn by heart; to memorize.

w ill this dullness doth comport with greatness. Beau. & Fl. How their behavior herein comported with the institution. Locke.

of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained. He is before all things, and by him all things consist. Col. i. 17.

Any small bracket; also, a console table. Console table, a table whose top is supported by two or more consoles instead of legs.

An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.

A staff or pole on which a vessel is supported between two persons. Suckling.

To transport a vessel by means of a cradle. In Lombardy . . . boats are cradled and transported over the grade. Knight. To cradle a picture, to put ribs across the back of a picture, to prevent the panels from warping.

A monument of rough stones composed of one or more large ones supported in a horizontal position upon others. They are found chiefly in countris inhabited by the ancient Celts, and are of a period anterior to the introduction of Christianity into these countries.

Supported upon crutches.