ppl. a. [f. CARRY v. + -ED.] In various senses of CARRY v.; esp.

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  1.  Mil. Of arms: Held in the position described in CARRY v. 36.

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1833.  Regul. & Instr. Cavalry, I. 28. Standing steady with carried arms.

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1844.  Regul. & Ord. Army, 265. Remain with their arms carried.

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  2.  Sc. ‘Transported’ or ‘carried away’ in mind; rapt, abstracted; not ‘collected.’

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1825–79.  Jamieson, s.v., Jenny’s gotten an heirscaip left her, and she’s just carryit about it.

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1825.  E. Irving, Lett., in Mrs. Oliphant, Life, 285. Sarah Evans … was somewhat carried in her mind if you remember.

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1832.  Gloss. Waverley Novels, Carried, in nubibus: having the mind fixed upon something different from the business in hand: having the wits gone ‘a wool-gathering.’

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