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Webster 1913 Edition


Carrying

Car′ry-ing

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Carrying

CARRYING

,
ppr.
Bearing, conveying, removing, &c.

CARRYING

,
Noun.
A bearing, conveying, removing, transporting.
Carrying trade, the trade which consists in the transportation of goods by water from country to country, or place to place.
We are rivals with them in navigation and the carrying trade. Federalist, Jay.
Carrying wind, among horsemen, is a tossing of the nose, as high as the horses ears.

Definition 2024


carrying

carrying

English

Verb

carrying

  1. present participle of carry

Noun

carrying (plural carryings)

  1. Transportation.
    carryings away of goods