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carried, ppl. a.|ˈkærɪd| [f. carry v. + -ed.] In various senses of carry v.; esp. 1. Mil. Of arms: Held in the position described in carry v. 36.
1833Regul. Instr. Cavalry i. 28 Standing steady with carried arms. 1844Regul. & Ord. Army 265 Remain with their arms carried. 2. Sc. ‘Transported’ or ‘carried away’ in mind; rapt, abstracted; not ‘collected’.
1825–79Jamieson s.v., Jenny's gotten an heirscaip left her, and she's just carryit about it. 1825E. Irving Let. in Mrs. Oliphant Life 285 Sarah Evans..was somewhat carried in her mind if you remember. 1832Gloss. Waverley Novels, Carried, in nubibus: having the mind fixed upon something different from the business in hand: having the wits gone ‘a wool-gathering’. |