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- Carrier - n. - One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.
- Carrier - n. - One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.
- Carrier - n. - 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.
- Waybill - n. - A list of passengers in a public vehicle, or of the baggage or gods transported by a common carrier on a land route. When the goods are transported by water, the list is called a bill of lading.
- Homer - n. - A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.
- Dragon - n. - A variety of carrier pigeon.
- Dog - n. - A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool.
- Homing - a. - Home-returning; -- used specifically of carrier pigeons.
- Mercury - n. - A carrier of tidings; a newsboy; a messenger; hence, also, a newspaper.
- Mineralogist - n. - A carrier shell (Phorus).
- Freight - n. - The price paid a common carrier for the carriage of goods.
- Porterage - n. - The work of a porter; the occupation of a carrier or of a doorkeeper.