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  Cart \Cart\, 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.
  
     2. A two-wheeled vehicle for the ordinary purposes of
        husbandry, or for transporting bulky and heavy articles.
  
              Packing all his goods in one poor cart. --Dryden.
  
     3. A light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen,
        butchers, etc.
  
     4. An open two-wheeled pleasure carriage.
  
     Cart horse, a horse which draws a cart; a horse bred or
        used for drawing heavy loads.
  
     Cart load, or Cartload, as much as will fill or load a
        cart. In excavating and carting sand, gravel, earth, etc.,
        one third of a cubic yard of the material before it is
        loosened is estimated to be a cart load.
  
     Cart rope, a stout rope for fastening a load on a cart; any
        strong rope.
  
     To put (or get or set) the cart before the horse, to
        invert the order of related facts or ideas, as by putting
        an effect for a cause.