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ner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off. When he dieth he small carry nothing away. Ps. xiix. 17. Devout men carried Stephen to his burial. Acts viii, 2. Another carried the intelligence to Russell. Macaulay. The sound will be carried, at the least, twenty miles. Bacon.

A light covered carriage, having four wheels and seats for four or more persons, usually drawn by one horse.

The act or business of transporting from one place to another. Carrying place, a carry; a portage. -- Carrying trade, the business of transporting goods, etc., from one place or country to another by water or land; freighting. We are rivals with them in . . . the carrying trade. Jay.

A carack. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A talebearer. [R.] Shak.

To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat. My ships have all miscarried. Shak. The cardinal's letters to the pope miscarried. Shak.

To carry too far; to carry beyond the proper point. Hayward.

To carry back. Walton.

Bearing scars or marks of wounds.

To take away surreptitiously by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually by violence; to kidnap.

The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; a carrying away. Roget.

A carrying or taking away; removal. Jer. Taylor.

Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent. -- n. (Med.)

To miscarry; to bring forth young prematurely.

Pertaining to abortion; miscarrying; abortive. Carlyle.

Coming to naught; failing in its effect; miscarrying; fruitless; unsuccessful; as, an abortive attempt. "An abortive enterprise." Prescott.

To carry on to a final close; to bring out into a perfected state; to accomplish; to perform; -- as, to achieve a feat, an exploit, an enterprise. Supposing faculties and powers to be the same, far more may be achieved in any line by the aid of a capital, invigorating motive than without it. I. Taylor.…

s received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic church, being ordained to carry the wine and water and the lights at the Mass.

; to fulfill functions; to put forth energy; to move, as opposed to remaining at rest; to carry into effect a determination of the will. He hangs between, in doubt to act or rest. Pope.

To carry out in practice; to perform. [Obs.] "To actuate what you command." Jer. Taylor.