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Porch n.
1. Arch. A covered and inclosed entrance to a building, whether taken from the interior, and forming a sort of vestibule within the main wall, or projecting without and with a separate roof. Sometimes the porch is large enough to serve as a covered walk. See also Carriage porch, under Carriage, and Loggia.
The graceless Helen in the porch I spied
Of Vesta's temple. --Dryden.
2. A portico; a covered walk. [Obs.]
Repair to Pompey's porch, where you shall find find us. --Shak.
The Porch, a public portico, or great hall, in Athens, where Zeno, the philosopher, taught his disciples; hence, sometimes used as equivalent to the school of the Stoics. It was called "h poiki`lh stoa`. [See Poicile.]
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Car·riage n.
1. That which is carried; burden; baggage. [Obs.]
David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage. --1. Sam. xvii. 22.
And after those days we took up our carriages and went up to Jerusalem. --Acts. xxi. 15.
2. The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying.
Nine days employed in carriage. --Chapman.
3. The price or expense of carrying.
4. That which carries of conveys, as: (a) A wheeled vehicle for persons, esp. one designed for elegance and comfort. (b) A wheeled vehicle carrying a fixed burden, as a gun carriage. (c) A part of a machine which moves and carries of supports some other moving object or part. (d) A frame or cage in which something is carried or supported; as, a bell carriage.
5. The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing; deportment; personal manners.
His gallant carriage all the rest did grace. --Stirling.
6. The act or manner of conducting measures or projects; management.
The passage and whole carriage of this action. --Shak.
Carriage horse, a horse kept for drawing a carriage.
Carriage porch Arch., a canopy or roofed pavilion covering the driveway at the entrance to any building. It is intended as a shelter for those who alight from vehicles at the door; -- sometimes erroneously called in the United States porte-cochère.
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