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Dump \Dump\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dumped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dumping.]
[OE. dumpen to throw down, fall down, cf. Icel.
dumpa to thump, Dan. dumpe to fall suddenly, rush, dial. Sw.
dimpa to fall down plump. Cf. Dump sadness.]
1. To knock heavily; to stump. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
2. To put or throw down with more or less of violence; hence,
to unload from a cart by tilting it; as, to dump sand,
coal, etc. [U.S.]
--Bartlett.
Dumping car or cart, a railway car, or a cart, the body
of which can be tilted to empty the contents; -- called
also dump car, or dump cart.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
Cart \Cart\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Carting.]
1. To carry or convey in a cart.
2. To expose in a cart by way of punishment.
She chuckled when a bawd was carted. --Prior.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
Cart \Cart\, v. i.
To carry burdens in a cart; to follow the business of a
carter.
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Cart \Cart\, n. [AS. cr[ae]t; cf. W. cart, Ir. & Gael. cairt, or
Icel. kartr. Cf. Car.]
1. A common name for various kinds of vehicles, as a Scythian
dwelling on wheels, or a chariot. ``Ph[oe]bus' cart.''
--Shak.
2. A two-wheeled vehicle for the ordinary purposes of
husbandry, or for transporting bulky and heavy articles.
Packing all his goods in one poor cart. --Dryden.
3. A light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen,
butchers, etc.
4. An open two-wheeled pleasure carriage.
Cart horse, a horse which draws a cart; a horse bred or
used for drawing heavy loads.
Cart load, or Cartload, as much as will fill or load a
cart. In excavating and carting sand, gravel, earth, etc.,
one third of a cubic yard of the material before it is
loosened is estimated to be a cart load.
Cart rope, a stout rope for fastening a load on a cart; any
strong rope.
To put (or get or set) the cart before the horse, to
invert the order of related facts or ideas, as by putting
an effect for a cause.
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Hose \Hose\ (h[=o]z), n.; pl. Hose, formerly Hosen
(h[=o]"z'n). [AS. hose; akin to D. hoos, G. hose breeches,
OHG. hosa, Icel. hosa stocking, gather, Dan. hose stocking;
cf. Russ. koshulia a fur jacket.]
1. Close-fitting trousers or breeches, as formerly worn,
reaching to the knee.
These men were bound in their coats, their hosen,
and their hats, and their other garments. --Dan.
iii. 21.
His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For
his shrunk shank. --Shak.
2. Covering for the feet and lower part of the legs; a
stocking or stockings.
3. A flexible pipe, made of leather, India rubber, or other
material, and used for conveying fluids, especially water,
from a faucet, hydrant, or fire engine.
Hose carriage, cart, or truck, a wheeled vehicle fitted
for conveying hose for extinguishing fires.
Hose company, a company of men appointed to bring and
manage hose in the extinguishing of fires. [U.S.]
Hose coupling, coupling with interlocking parts for uniting
hose, end to end.
Hose wrench, a spanner for turning hose couplings, to unite
or disconnect them.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
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