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Behavior; deportment; carriage; bearing; mien. His demeanor was singularly pleasing. Macaulay. The men, as usual, liked her artless kindness and simple refined demeanor. Thackeray.

A light, open, two-wheeled carriage for one horse; a kind of gig. ("The term and vehicle common about 1825." Latham.)

A seat behind a carriage, for a servant.

ointing, or the state of being disappointed; defeat or failure of expectation or hope; miscarriage of design or plan; frustration. If we hope for things of which we have not thoroughly considered the value, our disappointment will be greater our pleasure in the fruition of them. Addison. In disappointment thou canst bl…

To throw or remove from the carriage, or from that on which a thing is mounted; to break the carriage or wheels of, and render useless; to deprive of equipments or mountings; -- said esp. of artillery.

An iron with fangs fastening a log in a saw pit, or on the carriage of a sawmill.

A light one-horse carriage, commonly two-wheeled, patterned after a cart. The original dogcarts used in England by sportsmen had a box at the back for carrying dogs.

Self-importance; loftiness of carriage. [Cant, Eng. Universities]

A sofa, open carriage, or the like, so constructed that the occupants sit back to back.

The bar, or crosspiece, of a carriage, to which the singletrees are attached.

A heavy coach with seats on top; also, a heavy carriage. [Collog.] Thackeray.

To admit the action of pulling or dragging; to undergo draught; as, a carriage draws easily.

A strong low cart or carriage used for heavy burdens. Addison.

the beasts which draw a vehicle, or the vehicle borne by them; hence, also, to take in a carriage; to convey in a vehicle drawn by beasts; as, to drive a pair of horses or a stage; to drive a person to his own door. How . . . proud he was to drive such a brother! Thackeray.

The person who drives beasts or a carriage; a coachman; a charioteer, etc.; hence, also, one who controls the movements of a locomotive.

A passage or way along or through which a carriage may be driven.

A low, four-wheeled, open carriage, used in Russia, consisting of a kind of long, narrow bench, on which the passengers ride as on a saddle, with their feet reaching nearly to the ground. Other kinds of vehicles are now so called, esp. a kind of victoria drawn by one or two horses, and used as a public carriage in Germ…

of the dowels joining the ends of the fellies which form the circle of the wheel of a gun carriage. Wilhelm.

Without shaking or jolting; commodiously; as, a carriage moves easily.

or attended with, pain or disquiet, or much exertion; affording ease or rest; as, an easy carriage; a ship having an easy motion; easy movements, as in dancing. "Easy ways to die." Shak.