English Dictionary: Carrier | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for Carrier | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Carrier \Car"ri*er\, n. [From {Carry}.] 1. One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger. The air which is but . . . a carrier of the sounds. --Bacon. 2. One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster. The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures. --Swift. 3. (Mach.) That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel. {Carrier pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), a variety of the domestic pigeon used to convey letters from a distant point to to its home. {Carrier shell} (Zo[94]l.), a univalve shell of the genus {Phorus}; -- so called because it fastens bits of stones and broken shells to its own shell, to such an extent as almost to conceal it. {Common carrier} (Law.) See under {Common}, a. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Carrier, OK (town, FIPS 12200) Location: 36.47675 N, 98.01438 W Population (1990): 171 (74 housing units) Area: 41.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 73727 |