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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cart \cart\ kaumrt, n. as. craet; 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. "phoebus' cart."
      --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. a two-wheeled vehicle for the ordinary purposes of
      husbandry, or for transporting bulky and heavy articles.
      1913 webster

            packing all his goods in one poor cart. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   3. a light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen,
      butchers, etc.
      1913 webster

   4. an open two-wheeled pleasure carriage.
      1913 webster

   cart horse, a horse which draws a cart; a horse bred or
      used for drawing heavy loads; -- also spelled carthorse.
      

   cart rope, a stout rope for fastening a load on a cart; any
      strong rope.

   to put the cart before the horse, to get the cart before
   the horse, or to set the cart before the horse, to invert
      the order of related facts or ideas, as by putting an
      effect for a cause; to do things in an improper order.
      1913 webster +pjc
see also:
car cart horse carthorse cart rope to put the cart before the horse to get the cart before the horse 
to set the cart before the horse 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cart \cart\, v. t. imp.  p. p. carted; p. pr.  vb. n.
   carting.
   1. to carry or convey in a cart.
      1913 webster

   2. to expose in a cart by way of punishment.
      1913 webster

            she chuckled when a bawd was carted.  --prior.
      1913 webster
see also:
carted carting 
[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cart \cart\, v. i.
   to carry burdens in a cart; to follow the business of a
   carter.
   1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
cart
     n 1: a heavy open wagon usually having two wheels and drawn by an
          animal
     2: wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one
        or two or four wheels; "he used a handcart to carry the
        rocks away"; "their pushcart was piled high with
        groceries" syn: handcart, pushcart, go-cart
     v 1: draw slowly or heavily; "haul stones"; "haul nets" syn: haul,
           hale, drag
     2: transport something in a cart
see also:
handcart pushcart go-cart haul hale drag 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
39 moby thesaurus words for "cart":
   barge, barrow, boat, bring, bus, carry, coach, convey, coup-cart,
   dogcart, drag, dray, dumpcart, ferry, float, handcart, haul,
   horsecart, jinrikisha, lighter, lug, move, oxcart, ponycart,
   pushcart, raft, ricksha, schlep, ship, sled, sledge, tote,
   transport, trolley, truck, two-wheeler, van, wagon, wheelbarrow




[6] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
cart
   a vehicle moving on wheels, and usually drawn by oxen 2 sam.
   6:3. the hebrew word thus rendered, _'agalah_ 1 sam. 6:7, 8,
   is also rendered "wagon" gen. 45:19. it is used also to denote
   a war-chariot ps. 46:9. carts were used for the removal of the
   ark and its sacred utensils num. 7:3, 6. after retaining the
   ark amongst them for seven months, the philistines sent it back
   to the israelites. on this occasion they set it in a new cart,
   probably a rude construction, with solid wooden wheels like that
   still used in western asia, which was drawn by two milch cows,
   which conveyed it straight to beth-shemesh.
   
     a "cart rope," for the purpose of fastening loads on carts, is
   used isa. 5:18 as a symbol of the power of sinful pleasures or
   habits over him who indulges them. see cord. in
   syria and palestine wheel-carriages for any other purpose than
   the conveyance of agricultural produce are almost unknown.
   
see also:
cord 

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