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American composer (1901–1974)
Harry Partch (June 24, 1901 – September 3, 1974) was an American composer, music theorist, and creator of unique musical instruments. He composed using
Harry_Partch
The American composer Harry Partch (1901–1974) composed using scales of unequal intervals in just intonation, derived from the natural Harmonic series;
Instruments_by_Harry_Partch
The American composer Harry Partch (1901–1974) composed in musical tunings not available on conventional Western instruments. Instead, he developed a 43-tone
List_of_works_by_Harry_Partch
Musical tuning based on pure intervals
developed their own scales or instruments in order to use the tuning. Harry Partch, Lou Harrison, La Monte Young, Terry Riley, John Adams, and Glenn Branca
Just_intonation
Musical scale created by Harry Partch
devised by Max Friedrich Meyer and refined by Harry Partch.[failed verification] The first of Partch's "four concepts" is "The scale of musical intervals
Harry_Partch's_43-tone_scale
Use in music of microtones (intervals smaller than a semitone)
tuning an instrument and a systems of pitches Partch's 43-tone scale – Musical scale created by Harry Partch Quarter tone – Musical interval Raga – Melodic
Microtonality
Harry Partch in a unique ensemble of microtonal instruments that Partch designed and built himself; Drummond performed in the premieres of Partch’s Daphne
Newband
American gag cartoonist
Virgil Franklin Partch (October 17, 1916 – August 10, 1984), who generally signed his work Vip, was an American gag cartoonist. His work appeared in magazines
Virgil_Partch
Book by Harry Partch
Music is a book first published in 1949 by microtonal composer Harry Partch (1901–1974). Partch first presents a polemic against both equal temperament and
Genesis_of_a_Music
American classical guitarist (born 1950)
tuning, including works by Lou Harrison, LaMonte Young, John Cage, and Harry Partch. He often arranges pieces for guitar and other instruments such as harp
John_Schneider_(guitarist)
American singer, songwriter, composer and actor (born 1949)
collaboration, he pursued a more eclectic and experimental sound influenced by Harry Partch and Captain Beefheart, as heard on the loose trilogy Swordfishtrombones
Tom_Waits
Classical Japanese dance-drama theater
the 1962 album 'This is IT' state "Watts in a Japanese no-noh." Harry Partch – Partch called his work Delusion of the Fury "a ritualistic web". Kate Molleson
Noh
Migratory worker or homeless vagabond
Nolan, singer and songwriter. George Orwell, British author John Patric Harry Partch Al Purdy Ben Reitman, anarchist and physician Carl Sandburg Emil Sitka
Hobo
Surname
Partch is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Harry Partch (1901–1974), American composer, music theorist, and creator of musical instruments
Partch
Numerical limit on the factors used in a musical tuning system
was devised by Harry Partch. The idea of a limit to the prime numbers that could be used to generate intervals originated with Harry Partch. The essential
Limit_(music)
Film maker, film critic (1915–2002)
2018-03-01. Partch, Harry; Blackburn, Philip; Tourtelot, Madeline; Partch, . Rotate the body in all its planes, Harry; Partch, . Windsong, Harry; Partch, . Music
Madeline_Tourtelot
American musician (born 1970)
album. A Beck song called "Harry Partch", a tribute to the composer of the same name and his "corporeal" music, employs Partch's 43-tone scale. During 1998
Beck
Musical instrument that modifies an existing class of instruments
experimental musical instruments, such as Luigi Russolo (1885–1947), Harry Partch (1901–1974), and John Cage (1912–1992), were not well received by the
Experimental musical instrument
Experimental_musical_instrument
Music genre
computer-controlled composition associated with composers such as Lejaren Hiller. Harry Partch and Ivor Darreg worked with other tuning scales based on the physical
Experimental_music
Classification of musical instruments
many pieces of new-age music. Also other builders like Yuri Landman, Harry Partch (for example his famous cloud chamber bowl instrument), Pierre Bastien
Found_object_(music)
Day of the year
(died 1945) 1901 – Marcel Mule, French saxophonist (died 2001) 1901 – Harry Partch, American composer and theorist (died 1974) 1901 – Chuck Taylor, American
June_24
City in California, United States
mentioned in the lyrics of "Route 66" composed by Bobby Troup. Composer Harry Partch wrote "Barstow," inspired by eight pieces of graffiti written by hitchhikers
Barstow,_California
Mexican actor (1899–1968)
In the early 1920s, Novarro had a romantic relationship with composer Harry Partch, who was working as an usher at the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the time
Ramon_Novarro
Music theory concept
Otonality and utonality are terms introduced by Harry Partch to describe chords whose pitch classes are the harmonics or subharmonics of a given fixed
Otonality_and_utonality
Name list
Harry Ord (1819–1885), British colonial administrator Harry Pace (1884–1943), American music publisher and insurance executive Harry Partch (1901–1974)
Harry_(given_name)
American vibraphonist and percussionist (1932–2019)
the Microtonal Blues Band, and spent time with composer and inventor Harry Partch. As a sideman, he accompanied George Harrison on tour and recorded with
Emil_Richards
American composer (1926–2019)
with Harry Partch. He helped the senior musician to build instruments and use them in the performance and recording of new compositions. Partch then arranged
Ben_Johnston_(composer)
2016 studio album by Paul Simon
making use of custom-made instruments by composer and music theorist Harry Partch. Three of the songs on the album are collaborations with Italian electronic
Stranger_to_Stranger
2003 Harry Partch: U.S. Highball Released: August 19, 2003 Label: Nonesuch (#79697) Format: CD single, MP3 Ben Johnston's arrangement of Harry Partch's recollections
Kronos_Quartet_discography
American composer (born 1953)
jazz, experimental and minimalist composers Kurt Weill, Duke Ellington, Harry Partch, Philip Glass, Lou Harrison, Terry Riley, and Steve Reich. Influences
Danny_Elfman
American novelist (1891–1980)
Partington Ridge from 1944 to 1947, along with other bohemian writers like Harry Partch, Emil White, and Jean Varda. There he wrote "Into the Nightlife", about
Henry_Miller
Music genre
therefore, be classified as avant-garde. Composers such as John Cage and Harry Partch, on the contrary, remained avant-gardists throughout their creative careers
Avant-garde_music
Musical concepts
of major, and Moritz Hauptmann calling it a "falsehood of the major". Harry Partch considered both to have equal standing, with the major corresponding
Major_and_minor
1928 song by Harry McClintock
ISBN 9780252017179. Retrieved September 23, 2010. Granade, S Andrew (2014). Harry Partch, Hobo Composer. Boydell & Brewer. p. 205. ISBN 9781580464956. Retrieved
The_Big_Rock_Candy_Mountains
2023 award ceremony for music
notes writer (Andy Irvine and Paul Brady) Harry Partch, 1942 John Schneider, album notes writer (Harry Partch) Life's Work: A Retrospective Ted Olson,
65th_Annual_Grammy_Awards
Delusion of the Fury is a stage play by the American composer Harry Partch that is based on a Japanese Noh drama. The first draft for singers, mimes, dancers
Delusion_of_the_Fury
Japanese musician (1940–2003)
Sciences II in 1964. He was inspired by the Fluxus movement and the work of Harry Partch and Erik Satie. He started the computer music group "Anonyme" in 1972
Hiroshi_Yoshimura
Harmonic grouping of notes
of Spectral Music. Oxford University Press, 2025. 853. Gilmore, Bob. Harry Partch: A Biography. Yale University Press, 1998. 207. "Inversion", The New
Chord_(music)
Psalm
by the Israelite captives in Babylon. The second of the Two Psalms by Harry Partch (1901–1974) is "By the Rivers of Babylon", which he recorded in 1942
Psalm_137
Set of musical pitches
with Harry Partch ("Many theorists of just intonation consider the tonality diamond Partch's greatest contribution to microtonal theory."). Partch arranged
Tonality_diamond
Topics referred to by the same term
private school in Kansas City, Missouri "Barstow", a musical work by Harry Partch Bartow (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles associated
Barstow
Turkish concert pianist
Tom (22 Nov 2004). "Music Matters: Idil Biret, Lies and Epiphanies, Harry Partch, Anna Meredith's Postcard from China". BBC. Retrieved 9 Sep 2022. Radio
İdil_Biret
Musical instrument in which the sound-producing body is a piece of metal
microtonal tunings are used in Iannis Xenakis' Pléïades and in the music of Harry Partch. Metallophones are a subset, made of metal, of Hornbostel-Sachs category
Metallophone
1956 science fiction film by Fred M. Wilcox
and electronic pieces, as avant-garde composer Harry Partch was also due to contribute music. When Partch left the project, the Barrons took over the entire
Forbidden_Planet
Tuned hand drum
tension on the membrane and partly on the length of the tube. In 1948 Harry Partch, an American composer, developed a system of music that depended on the
Boobam
Type of musical instrument that produces a sound by being hit
loaded with blank charges in Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. John Cage, Harry Partch, Edgard Varèse, and Peter Schickele, all noted composers, created entire
Percussion_instrument
Topics referred to by the same term
of or relating to the body Corporeal (Altar Linen) A term devised by Harry Partch to describe his philosophy of musical theatre Corporeal mime Corporeal
Corporeal
American composer
received his MA in 1967. He later studied composition with Robert Erickson, Harry Partch, and Ken Gaburo, and electronic media with Pauline Oliveros at the University
Allen_Strange
American composer (1917–2003)
the American gamelan movement and world music; along with composers Harry Partch and Claude Vivier, and ethnomusicologist Colin McPhee. The majority of
Lou_Harrison
American composer (1897–1965)
11, 1897, in rural Menlo Park, California. His father, Henry Blackwood "Harry" Cowell, was a romantic poet and then-recent immigrant from County Clare
Henry_Cowell
American composer
Branca Wendy Carlos Ivor Darreg Adriaan Fokker Lou Harrison Yuri Landman Harry Partch Tui St. George Tucker Nicola Vicentino Tunings and scales Non-octave-
Elaine_Walker_(composer)
Tone with a frequency higher than the frequency of the reference tone
discoveries led some Western composers to explore alternate tuning systems. Harry Partch for example designed a tuning system that divides the octave into 43
Overtone
American rock band (1981–2011)
Stooges, MC5 or the Velvet Underground than composers like John Cage or Harry Partch. Volohov, Dan (November 17, 2021). "Interview: Lee Ranaldo on New Release
Sonic_Youth
Ancient Greek tragedy by Euripides
Scala in Milan on February 22, 1948. It was revived in Milan in 1972. Harry Partch composed an opera based on The Bacchae titled Revelation in the Courthouse
The_Bacchae
Form of art using sound
composer Richard Wagner regarding whether music can express meaning. Harry Partch and some other musicologists, such as Kyle Gann, have studied and tried
Music
1983 studio album by Tom Waits
introduced him to new avant-garde influences such as Captain Beefheart and Harry Partch and encouraged a more radical approach to songwriting. Waits wrote the
Swordfishtrombones
American composer and musician (born 1935)
directed by William Farley. 1995: Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy – Harry Partch, Lou Harrison, and Terry Riley. Directed by Michael Blackwood. 2008:
Terry_Riley
Topics referred to by the same term
The Beginning Of a Web", opening section of Delusion of the Fury by Harry Partch This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Exordium
Exordium
Japanese organ-violin duo
"microtonal pop music", specifically just intonation in the form of Harry Partch's 43-tone scale. Nishida studied Arabic style violin with Abdo Dagir.
Syzygys_(band)
Topics referred to by the same term
Works 85–92 by Aphex Twin The Ptolemy, a 1934 large reed organ built by Harry Partch All pages with titles beginning with Ptolemy All pages with titles containing
Ptolemy_(disambiguation)
Krakow. Hinkle-Turner (2006), p.110. van Boer (2012), p.73. Johnstone, Harry D. (2004). "Cooke, Benjamin (1734-1793), organist and composer". Oxford
List of music students by teacher: N to Q
List_of_music_students_by_teacher:_N_to_Q
Musical instrument tuning with a limit of seven
available in septimal tuning are 2, 3, 5, and 7. Limit is a term devised by Harry Partch. In the 2nd century, Ptolemy described the septimal intervals: 21/20
7-limit_tuning
Music genre
contemporary popular music" include Syd Barrett, Captain Beefheart, the Shaggs, Harry Partch, Robert Graettinger, Tonetta and Daniel Johnston. Conversely, the book
Outsider_music
Musical instrument part
Gudok H'arpeggione Hardanger fiddle Herati dutar Hurdy-gurdy Kithara (of Harry Partch) Koto Some instruments of the lute family Mohan veena Moodswinger Moonlander
Sympathetic_string
Record label
and world music. It is best known for its series of releases featuring Harry Partch and Henry Brant. The label was awarded an endowment by the McKnight Foundation
Innova_Recordings
American classical composer (1949–2013)
zoomoozophone in 1978. From 1990 to his death he was the conservator of the Harry Partch instrumentarium. Born in Los Angeles, Drummond studied trumpet and composition
Dean_Drummond
American composer (born 1937)
Nancarrow), Pauline Oliveros, Charlemagne Palestine, Ben Johnston (on Harry Partch), Steve Reich, David Rosenboom, Frederic Rzewski, Richard Teitelbaum
Philip_Glass
American avant-garde art and music collective
may have been the famous avant-garde composer and instrument designer Harry Partch, the influence of whose work may be heard in Residents compositions such
The_Residents
Arts patron and photographer
financed a 1973 documentary film about the composer and instrument builder Harry Partch, The Dreamer That Remains. She subsequently developed an interest in
Betty_Freeman
American composer and music theorist (1934–2006)
Paul Boepple, Henry Brant, Carl Ruggles, Kenneth Gaburo, John Cage, Harry Partch, and Edgard Varèse. He also studied acoustics, information theory and
James_Tenney
Topics referred to by the same term
Pollux River, in Nunavut, Canada Castor and Pollux, a composition by Harry Partch Temple of Castor and Pollux, in the Roman Forum, Rome Castor (mountain)
Castor and Pollux (disambiguation)
Castor_and_Pollux_(disambiguation)
Times. p. 23. Wiecki, Ronald V. (1991). "Relieving "12-Tone Paralysis": Harry Partch in Madison, Wisconsin, 1944-1947". American Music. 9 (1): 56. doi:10
List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1944
List_of_Guggenheim_Fellowships_awarded_in_1944
American composer and guitarist (1948–2018)
influenced by the writings of Dane Rudhyar, Hermann von Helmholtz, and Harry Partch. Early members of his group included Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo of
Glenn_Branca
City in California, United States
particle physicist and founder of the Exploratorium in San Francisco Harry Partch, composer and creator of musical instruments; set up a studio in an abandoned
Sausalito,_California
Italian poet and writer (1888–1970)
Another War" and "Vanity") were made into song by American composer Harry Partch (Eleven Intrusions, 1949–50); and eleven poems were set by the French-Romanian
Giuseppe_Ungaretti
Topics referred to by the same term
(musical instrument), ancient Greek lyre. Kithara (Harry Partch), a third-bridge zither created by Harry Partch. Misa Kitara, a guitar-shaped touchpad MIDI controller
Kitara
Musical instruments, commonly flutes, made of bamboo
African xylophone Bamboo marimba, one of the instruments created by Harry Partch Bamboo flutes Bansuri, Indian subcontinent Sáo, Vietnamese flute Angklung
Bamboo_musical_instruments
American string quartet
featuring Kronos Quartet 1995 – Musical Outsiders: An American Legacy – Harry Partch, Lou Harrison, and Terry Riley. Directed by Michael Blackwood. 1998 –
Kronos_Quartet
Bowed string instrument
"ergonomics vs. sound" problem have appeared. The American composer Harry Partch fitted a viola with a cello neck to allow the use of his 43-tone scale
Viola
media mogul; founder of Park Communications and the Park Foundation Harry Partch – resident, composer, music theorist, and creator of unique musical instruments
List of people from Ithaca, New York
List_of_people_from_Ithaca,_New_York
Sequence of notes that results from inverting the intervals of the overtone series
Undertone Series) as one stage in his process of Harmonic Translation. Harry Partch argued that the overtone series and the undertone series are equally
Undertone_series
Calendar year
politician, 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1923) September 3 – Harry Partch, American composer (b. 1901) September 4 Creighton Abrams, American general
1974
Traditional ensemble music of Indonesia
étude called Galamb Borong influenced by gamelan. Avant-garde composer Harry Partch, one of America's most idiosyncratic composers, was also influenced by
Gamelan
Irish-American writer
Gidlow, philosopher Alan Watts, photographer Ansel Adams, and composer Harry Partch, who set several of her poems to music. Later in life she served as the
Ella_Young
Musical instrument in the percussion family
percussion instruments, including the boobam and lujon, after working with Harry Partch in the mid-1950s. The lujon is played with soft mallets and produces
Lujon_(musical_instrument)
Tonality flux is Harry Partch's term for the kinds of subtle harmonic changes that can occur in a microtonal context from notes moving from one chord to
Tonality_flux
American composer of experimental classical music (born 1934)
Nancarrow), Pauline Oliveros, Charlemagne Palestine, Ben Johnston (on Harry Partch), Steve Reich, David Rosenboom, Frederic Rzewski, Richard Teitelbaum
Christian_Wolff_(composer)
List of sound recordings preserved in the U.S. Library of Congress
1944 U.S. Highball (A Musical Account of a Transcontinental Hobo Trip) Harry Partch, Gate 5 Ensemble 1946 Four Saints in Three Acts Broadway cast recording
National_Recording_Registry
Geological phenomenon
of a Liar, choreographer David Gordon brought together the music of Harry Partch and the words of John McPhee from The Control of Nature, read by Norma
Debris_flow
American composer (born 1958)
epic symphonies for massed electric guitars, and fully staged operas by Harry Partch, featuring the composer's original instruments. Wolfe, Gordon, and Lang
Julia_Wolfe
American composer (born 1936)
Nancarrow), Pauline Oliveros, Charlemagne Palestine, Ben Johnston (on Harry Partch), Steve Reich, David Rosenboom, Frederic Rzewski, Richard Teitelbaum
Steve_Reich
1980 British film
"It's the Same Old Story" by Billie Holiday "Delusion of the Fury" by Harry Partch Bad Timing was first shown at the Berlin International Film Festival
Bad_Timing
American composer
plays. An important influence in the development of Grady's music was Harry Partch, like Grady, a musician from the Southwest, and a composer of theatrical
Kraig_Grady
Musical composition practice
anticipated spectralist ideas in their theoretical writings include Harry Partch, Henry Cowell, and Paul Hindemith. Also crucial to the origins of spectralism
Spectral_music
Device for making musical sounds
artistic approach and develop experimental musical instruments, like Harry Partch, who created many instruments to play his own music based on unequal
Musical_instrument
Month of 1974
September 1974). "Harry Partch, 73, A Composer, Dead". The New York Times. Page 36, columns 4-5. Retrieved 14 November 2023. Partch, Harry (2000) [1991].
September_1974
Icelandic musician (born 1982)
Schubert, Schumann and Messiaen as well as more experimental composers like Harry Partch and George Crumb. Collaborators on the album are Shahzad Ismaily, Hilmar
Gyða_Valtýsdóttir
Record label
Mauricio Kagel, György Ligeti, Meredith Monk, Conlon Nancarrow, Luigi Nono, Harry Partch, Steve Reich, Wolfgang Rihm, Terry Riley, Kaija Saariaho, Giacinto Scelsi
WERGO
Chinese poet (701–762)
in his song-symphony Das Lied von der Erde in 1908. American composer Harry Partch based his Seventeen Lyrics by Li Po (early 1930s, his earliest surviving
Li_Bai
Musical interval
superparticular, which is in keeping with its unique role in music. Harry Partch has written: Although this ratio [45/32] is composed of numbers which
Tritone
HARRY PARTCH
HARRY PARTCH
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Beargha ‘descendant of Beargh’, a byname meaning ‘plunderer’.Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Báire ‘descendant of Báire’, a short form of either of two Gaelic personal names, Bairrfhionn or Fionnbharr.English, of Welsh origin : patronymic from Harry, the medieval English vernacular form of Henry, preceded by Welsh ap ‘son of’. Compare Parry.Variant spelling of Barrie 1.
Male
Welsh
 Welsh surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form of ap Harry, PARRY means "son of Harry." Compare with another form of Parry.
Male
English
Pet name for longer English names containing Hard- or Hart-, HARDY means "brave, hardy, strong."Â
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Carrie, CARRY means "man."Â
Male
English
Medieval diminutive form of English Henry, HARRY means "home-ruler."
Male
English
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Barra, BARRY means "fair-headed."Â
Boy/Male
Australian, British, Christian, English, French, Welsh
Son of Harry; From the Pear Tree; Wanderer
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Harry, HARRI means "home-ruler." Compare with other forms of Harri.
Boy/Male
Welsh
Son of Harry.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Hurry.
Boy/Male
Swedish American Norse Teutonic English German
rules the home'.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly South Wales and southwestern England)
English (mainly South Wales and southwestern England) : from the medieval personal name Harry, which was the usual vernacular form of Henry, with assimilation of the consonantal cluster and regular Middle English change of -er- to -ar-.French : from the Germanic personal name Hariric, composed of the elements hari, heri ‘army’ + rīc ‘power(ful)’.
Boy/Male
Welsh
Son of Harry.
Male
Finnish
Finnish form of Latin Henricus, HARRI means "home-ruler." Compare with other forms of Harri.
Male
English
 Variant spelling of English Perry, PARRY means "wanderer." Welsh surname transferred to forename use, from an Anglicized form of ap Harry, meaning "son of Harry."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the personal name Larry, a pet form of Lawrence.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hindu, Indian, Irish, Jamaican, Norse, Scandinavian, Swedish, Tamil, Teutonic
Ruler of an Enclosure; Form of Harold; Army-power; Estate Ruler; Henry; Army Ruler; Army Man; Home Ruler
Male
English
Pet form of English Laurence, LARRY means "of Laurentum."
Male
Welsh
 Welsh form of Latin Henricus, HARRI means "home-ruler." Compare with other forms of Harri.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Army Man
HARRY PARTCH
HARRY PARTCH
Surname or Lastname
English (East Midlands and South Yorkshire)
English (East Midlands and South Yorkshire) : possibly a metonymic occupational name for a stave maker, from the plural of Middle English staf ‘rod’, ‘staff’.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Rising king, Lord of stars
Girl/Female
American, British, English, Hebrew
God is My Judge; Feminine Variant of Daniel
Boy/Male
Shakespearean Welsh
King Henry the Sixth, Part III' and 'King John' Earl of Pembroke.
Boy/Male
Buddhist, Indian, Japanese
Ancient Reflection
Girl/Female
Arabic, Hindu, Indian, Muslim
Pretty Face
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Peaceful Beloved
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Indian, Tamil
Supreme God
Boy/Male
Tamil
Rajavelu | ராஜாவேலà¯à®‚Â
Kingmaker
Male
Irish
Variant spelling of Irish Meallán, MELLAN means "little lump."
HARRY PARTCH
HARRY PARTCH
HARRY PARTCH
HARRY PARTCH
HARRY PARTCH
v. t.
To strip; to lay waste; as, the Northmen came several times and harried the land.
a.
Inured to fatigue or hardships; strong; capable of endurance; as, a hardy veteran; a hardy mariner.
interj.
Marry.
v. i.
To hold the head; -- said of a horse; as, to carry well i. e., to hold the head high, with arching neck.
v. t.
To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as, a merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry a life insurance.
n.
A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil, called the hardy hole.
v. t.
To have or hold as a burden, while moving from place to place; to have upon or about one's person; to bear; as, to carry a wound; to carry an unborn child.
v. t.
To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in a contest; to bring to a successful issue; to win; as, to carry an election.
v. t.
To remove or carry quickly with, or as with, a revolving motion; to snatch; to harry.
v. t.
To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm.
v. i.
To make a predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste.
v. i.
To act as a bearer; to convey anything; as, to fetch and carry.
v. t.
To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten miles farther.
imp. & p. p.
of Harry
v. t.
To agitate; to worry; to harrow; to harass.
a.
Hairy.
v. i.
To move or act with haste; to proceed with celerity or precipitation; as, let us hurry.
v. t.
To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column) to another; as, to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to carry an account to the ledger; to carry a number in adding figures.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Harry
v. t.
To draw; to drag; to carry off by violence.