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carriage

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  1. bearing               
 
car.riage \'kar-ij\ n [ME cariage, fr. ONF, fr, carier to transport in a 
   vehicle] 1: the act of carrying  archaic  2a: DEPORTMENT  2b: manner of 
   bearing the body : POSTURE  archaic  3: MANAGEMENT  4: the price or expense 
   of carrying  obs  5: BURDEN, LOAD  obs  6: IMPORT, SENSE  7a: a wheeled 
   vehicle; esp : a horse-drawn vehicle designed for pri vate use and comfort 
   Brit  7b: a railway passenger coach  8: a wheeled support carrying a burden 
    9: a movable part of a machine for supporting some other movable object or 
    part obs  10: a hanger for a sword