CARRIAGE, n.
1. The act of carrying, bearing, transporting, or conveying as the carriage of sounds.
2. The act of taking by an enemy conquest acquisition.
3. That which carries, especially on wheels a vehicle. This is a general term for a coach, chariot, chaise, gig, sulkey, or other vehicle on wheels, as a cannon-carriage on trucks, a block-carriage for mortars, and a truck-carriage. Appropriately the word is applied to a coach and carts and wagons are rarely or never called carriages.
4. The price or expense of carrying.
5. That which is carried burden as baggage, vessels, furniture, &c.
And David left his carriage in the hands of the keeper of the carriage. 1 Samuel 17 .
6. In a moral sense, the manner of carrying ones self behavior conduct deportment personal manners.
7. Measures practices management.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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