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recarry, v.|riːˈkærɪ|
[f. re- + carry v.; cf. F. rapporter, L. reportāre.]
1. trans. To carry, bear, or convey, back or again. (Common in 16–17th c., esp. in carry and recarry.)
1429Rolls of Parlt. IV. 345/1 Which Rever is comone to alle yowr poeple..for to carye, recarye and lede..in botes..alle maner of Marchaundise. 1494Fabyan Chron. II. li. b, The body..was recaryed vnto saynte Denys of Fraunce. 1533–4Act 25 Hen. VIII, c. 17 If the said owner of the said lodging cause the bringer thereof to take and recarie awaie the saide crossebowe. 1609Bible (Douay) Gen. xliii. 12 Duble money also carie with you: and recarie that you found in your sackes. 1637J. Taylor (Water P.) Carrier's Cosmogr. C iv b, Great Boats that doe carry and Recarry Passengers..to and fro. 1745De Foe's Eng. Tradesman xxxiv. (1841) II. 687 Thousands of men and horses are employed in the carrying and recarrying to and from London the growth of England. 1855Singleton Virgil I. 82 So all things..gliding gradually, are re-carried back.
absol.1578Florio 1st Fruites 15 b, They cary and recary, no body saith any thing to them. 1622Mabbe tr. Aleman's Guzman d'Alf. ii. 31 Moyling and toyling in the world..carrying and re-carrying home, and out againe. 1673T. Jordan London in Splendor in Heath Grocer's Comp. (1869) 514 The..Inhabitants are very actively imployed, some in working and planting, others carrying and recarrying.
2. To carry again by storm.
1839Alison Europe (1850) XIV. xciv. §21. 24 Planchenoil was recarried; Bulow was driven back into the wood.
Hence reˈcarrier; reˈcarrying vbl. n.
1563Foxe A. & M. 890/2 A matter not of taking, but of gasing,..carying, recariyng [etc.]. 1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God (1620) 667 Mercury..feigned to be the carier and recarier of soules to and from hell. 1677A. Yarranton Eng. Improv. 31 For carrying and recarrying of Wood, Coles, Corn, and all other Commodities to and fro. 1711Lond. Gaz. No. 4866/1 The..Carrying, Recarrying, or Delivering of any Letter. |