noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a carriage clock British English (= a clock inside a glass case with a handle on top )
baby carriage
carriage clock
gun carriage
hackney carriage
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
main
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The main lace carriage is on the right and the lace carriage is on the left.
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That is all it does, once the stitches have been transferred, the main carriage will knit the row.
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The main carriage is free again and can knit two more rows.
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The main carriage operates from the right-hand edge and the lace carriage from the left-hand edge.
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That is, you have to imitate the main carriage knitting at Main Tension plus 4.
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The curved arrows refer to the main carriage and the straight arrows to the lace carriage.
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The numbers give the number of plain rows to work with the main carriage .
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The main and ribber carriages are then placed at the end of the needlebed.
open
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Developed for carrying coal and agricultural produce a passenger service was rapidly initiated using wagons, open carriages and converted stage coaches.
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We were rescued by Truc who had again been trying to catch up on his sleep farther down the open carriage .
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The father then flung the contents of the hat out of the open carriage window.
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Harry boarded it and the man followed, selecting a seat several rows distant but facing Harry down the open carriage .
■ NOUN
baby
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Two women tore the nylons I was wearing - really good ones - another dragged a baby carriage across my ninety-dollar shoes.
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A baby carriage was overturned, and a heavy rain of black ash descended for a long while afterward.
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Death raced downstairs and out the front door to look in the baby carriage under the cherry tree.
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Now she is walking toward him, half a block away, pushing a baby carriage .
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A charred baby carriage still stood on the altar steps, exactly where it had been found after the massacre.
clock
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In the silence she heard the ticking of the carriage clock .
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He glanced at the carriage clock on the polished rosewood desk.
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When they left she found an antique carriage clock in the hallway missing and also some jewellery.
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As Ashi dressed swiftly her eyes were drawn back to the carriage clock .
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I'd take carriage clocks and videos.
door
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The inquest jury was only able to say John Newton died accidentally by falling through a carriage door .
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He had jumped down to open the carriage door for her and Charlotte and the child made to get in.
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And that was the moment Nora chose to open the carriage door .
garter
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If you have been meaning to knit with the garter carriage , why not try something very simple?
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Knitting as much as possible with the garter carriage is not always the quickest way to complete a garment.
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One of the problems for garter carriage owners is that this is no longer possible.
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When allocating time for the garter carriage , first decide whether it is possible to leave it knitting all night.
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Diane is also organising an extra one day course on the garter carriage in the autumn - phone for date and details.
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I like them particularly for Chunky machines which of course do not have a garter carriage .
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The second way is with my wonderful garter carriage .
gun
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Other patches revealed supply columns, horsedrawn wagons, ambulance units, strings of gun carriages .
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Scabbards, broken arms, artillery horses, wrecks of gun carriages , and bloody garments strewed the scene.
lace
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You might imagine that returning the lace carriage to the left will affect the previous transference, but this is not so.
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You will then be supplied with a lace carriage tuned to that machine.
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The lace carriage , for transfer lace.
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Knit two rows as shown by the curved arrow then select the needles and move the lace carriage to the right.
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Now that punchcards exist it is quicker and less troublesome to let your lace carriage transfer the stitch for you.
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The main lace carriage is on the right and the lace carriage is on the left.
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Slide the lace carriage over to the right.
railway
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It was in the railway carriage as Earle had been coming back from the late night rally in the North West.
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Leadburn Inn Dine in splendour in a beautifully converted railway carriage .
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Miranda and Angus sat in a velvet-lined, crimson booth that reminded her of an old-fashioned railway carriage .
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But I am old-fashioned enough to dislike hearing it flung about in railway carriages by mixed school parties.
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He gave a slight sardonic grunt, remembering how excited he had been in that railway carriage on his way to Carewscourt.
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Later on some old railway carriages situated on the farm were also used.
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The passenger in the railway carriage would drop his head into his newspaper and avert his eyes from the window.
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In 1866 he emigrated to Philadelphia, where he painted railway carriages in the workshops of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
return
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This could, for example, be your address complete with tab and carriage return settings, or a frequently used sentence.
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The file will be stored on disk line by line, with a carriage return after each line.
transfer
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At the front of the rib transfer carriage there are some metal prongs.
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Remember to knit a loose row first before using the transfer carriage .
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I've had my rib transfer carriage about nine years and I've only just discovered that!
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The rib transfer carriage is lowered on to the needlebed to the right of the knitting.
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There are three points to watch as you use the rib transfer carriage .
window
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They pushed and shoved, reaching through the carriage windows to reserve places by laying their scarves along the bench.
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And the fabulous Brecon Beacons National Park flows past every single carriage window .
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It also warned against thieves at stations and advised that possessions should not be left near carriage windows .
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It is always a thrilling experience to make the journey with face pressed against the carriage window .
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The father then flung the contents of the hat out of the open carriage window .
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Being Carrie she stared crossly out of the carriage window at the big mountain on the far side of the valley.
■ VERB
drive
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I drove home in the carriage with Martha and Lisa.
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Nahum Morey rarely drove in his carriage up to London now that the railway had come to Chertsey.
knit
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If you have been meaning to knit with the garter carriage , why not try something very simple?
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To make the needles knit , the carriage must be set as for stocking stitch.
leave
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It also warned against thieves at stations and advised that possessions should not be left near carriage windows.
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She left the carriage and came into Marlott on foot.
move
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Knit two rows as shown by the curved arrow then select the needles and move the lace carriage to the right.
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Straight arrows show in which direction to move the lace carriage .
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Complete the lace message - pull the selected lever and move the lace carriage to the right.
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Select the needles and move the lace carriage to the left, as shown by the straight arrow and knit two rows.
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The manual suggests that you move the carriage as if ironing and this is a very apt description.
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If you try to move the carriage too lightly or too quickly you might not transfer the stitches firmly enough.
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As before this simply tells you in which direction to move the lace carriage to transfer the selected stitches.
ride
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They are all criminals, of course, who ride in the Stolypin carriages from Pot'ma on the way to Barashevo.
set
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Because the front bed is now the main bed, the main tension is set on the front carriage .
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Finally, set both carriages to knit and using tension 2, knit the rib.
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So I teach them to set up the carriages as if there were not a card in.
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Now set the back carriage to slip, by pressing the O button.
use
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Developed for carrying coal and agricultural produce a passenger service was rapidly initiated using wagons, open carriages and converted stage coaches.
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Remember to knit a loose row first before using the transfer carriage .
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You have authority to use two government carriages to bring the books for me to see.
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There are three points to watch as you use the rib transfer carriage .
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So you can't use a punchcard carriage on an electronic machine.
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The Royal visit to Edinburgh in 1953 was conducted almost entirely using carriages from the collection.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Both lights on the other side of the carriage work, so I change seats.
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Mutual anger surmounts mutual embarrassment through the rest of the long dark carriage ride.
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The passenger wagons were not going into town for another half hour, so I hired a carriage and went in myself.
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They went into town in a borrowed carriage .
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Two plastic rounded handles are screwed to each side of the motor carriage , and serve to control the plunge action.
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Two women tore the nylons I was wearing - really good ones - another dragged a baby carriage across my ninety-dollar shoes.