Câr'ri-er, n.

noun

n. [See CARRY.] 1. One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger. The air which is but . . . a carrier of the sounds. Bacon. 2. One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster. Carrier. a, face-plate. b, carrier. 3. A piece fastened by a set screw, or otherwise, to work in a lathe, and connecting it with the face-plate; a dog.

A mechanical carrier with a cylindrical component on the left connected to a stepped, funnel-like mechanism on the right. — Carrier.