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A bag or pouch; especially; a small bag inserted in a garment for carrying small articles, particularly money; hence, figuratively, money; wealth.

A small book or case for carrying papers, money, etc., in the pocket; also, a notebook for the pocket.

The act of carrying or transporting.

In singing, or in the use of the bow, a gradual carrying or lifting of the voice or sound very smoothly from one note to another; a gliding from tone to tone.

Capable of holding up or carrying; as, the portative force of a magnet, of atmospheric pressure, or of capillarity.

A small pocketbook or wallet for carrying money.

A bag or case, usually of leather, for carrying wearing apparel, etc., on journeys. Thackeray.

A cloth for carrying bread, so as not to touch it with the hands. [Obs.]

m one place or station to another; especially, the governmental system in any country for carrying and distributing letters and parcels; the post office; the mail; hence, the carriage by which the mail is transported. I send you the fair copy of the poem on dullness, which I should not care to hazard by the common post…

th reference to a certain number of pounds in value, weight, capacity, etc.; as, a cannon carrying a twelve-pound ball is called a twelve pounder.

The form, manner, and order of conducting and carrying on suits and prosecutions through their various stages, according to the principles of law and the rules laid down by the courts. Bouvier.

The act of carrying past or beyond. [R.] Abp. Potter.

The carrying over of water, with the steam, from the boiler, as into the cylinder. Priming of the tide. See Lag of the tide, under 2d Lag. -- Priming tube, a small pipe, filled with a combustible composition for firing cannon. -- Priming valve (Steam Eng.), a spring safety valve applied to the cylinder of a steam eng…

The institution and carrying on of a suit in a court of law or equity, to obtain some right, or to redress and punish some wrong; the carrying on of a judicial proceeding in behalf of a complaining party, as distinguished from defense.

A carrying forward, as of a final letter, to a following word; as, for example, a nickname for an ekename.

The act of purging; the act of clearing, cleansing, or putifying, by separating and carrying off impurities, or whatever is superfluous; the evacuation of the bowels.

To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous. "Till fire purge all things new." Milton.

A cycle for carrying four riders, so arranged that all the reders can assist in the propulsion.

Furnished with, or carrying, a quiver. "Like a quivered nymph with arrows keen." Milton.

A small sloop-rigged racing yacht carrying about six hundred square feet of sail, distinguished from a knockabout by having a short bowsprit.