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Water carriage   Listen
noun
Water carriage  n.  
1.
Transportation or conveyance by water; means of transporting by water.
2.
A vessel or boat. (Obs.)





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"Water carriage" Quotes from Famous Books



... advertised, a committee appointed, and subscriptions opened to fill two hundred shares, of 100l. each, deemed a sufficient capital: each proprietor of a share, to purchase one ton of brass, annually. Works were immediately erected upon the banks of the canal, for the advantage of water carriage, and the whole was conducted with the true spirit ...
— An History of Birmingham (1783) • William Hutton
... easy thing to enumerate all the advantages of water carriage to a fruitful and commercial province. The lands are rendered more valuable by being situated on navigable creeks and rivers. The planters who live fifty miles from the capital, are at little more expence in sending their provisions and produce ...
— An Historical Account Of The Rise And Progress Of The Colonies Of South Carolina And Georgia, Volume 2 • Alexander Hewatt


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