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Carrying


CARRYING, participle present tense Bearing, conveying, removing, etc.

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.