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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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

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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