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Sedan
A portable chair or covered vehicle for carrying a single person, -- usually borne on poles by two men. Called also sedan chair.
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A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.
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A bed or stretcher so arranged that a person, esp. a sick or wounded person, may be easily carried in or upon it.
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In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmi…
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A light, close carriage, with seats inside for two or four, and the fore wheels so arranged as to turn short.
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A spacious and elegant apartment for the reception of company or for works of art; a hall of reception, esp. a hall for public entertainments or amus…
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