Helen Fenton

Carron oil: Definition and part of speech

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Carron oil

  1. A lotion of linseed oil and lime water, used as an application to burns and scalds; — first used at the Carron iron works in Scotland.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Carrot: Definition and part of speech

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Carrot

  1. n. The esculent root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped, and of a reddish yellow color.
  2. n. An umbelliferous biennial plant (Daucus Carota), of many varieties.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Carry: Definition and part of speech

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Carry

  1. v. i. To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
  2. v. t. To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; — often with away or off.
  3. v. t. To have or hold as a burden, while moving from place to place; to have upon or about one’s person; to bear; as, to carry a wound; to carry an unborn child.
  4. v. t. To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.
  5. v. t. To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column) to another; as, to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to carry an account to the ledger; to carry a number in adding figures.
  6. v. t. To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten miles farther.
  7. v. t. To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in a contest; to bring to a successful issue; to win; as, to carry an election.
  8. v. t. To get possession of by force; to capture.
  9. v. t. To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of ; to show or exhibit; to imply.
  10. v. t. To bear (one’s self); to behave, to conduct or demean; — with the reflexive pronouns.
  11. 1v. i. 1 To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
  12. 1v. t. 1 To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; — often with away or off.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.