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  Cart \Cart\ (k[aum]rt), n. [AS. cr[ae]t; 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. ``Ph[oe]bus' cart.''
        --Shak.
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     2. A two-wheeled vehicle for the ordinary purposes of
        husbandry, or for transporting bulky and heavy articles.
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              Packing all his goods in one poor cart. --Dryden.
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     3. A light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen,
        butchers, etc.
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     4. An open two-wheeled pleasure carriage.
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     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.
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