n. 1. One who drives a chariot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) A constellation. See Auriga, and Wagones. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A circuiter. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A small, sharp-pointed instrument used in piercing eyelet holes; a stiletto. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who lives in a garret; a poor author; a literary hack. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. gazetier. ] 1. A writer of news, or an officer appointed to publish news by authority. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A newspaper; a gazette. [ Obs. ] Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A geographical dictionary; a book giving the names and descriptions, etc., of many places. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An alphabetical descriptive list of anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Mach.) A steering gear, esp. for an automobile, not affected by the road wheels, as when they strike an obstacle side ways, but easily controlled by the hand wheel or steering lever. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A dancer of the lavolta. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of a group of children appearing on the television program The Mickey Mouse Club in the 1950's. [ U. S. ] [ PJC ]

n. [ F. muletier, fr. mulet a mule, dim. fr. L. mulus. ] One who drives mules. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. mousquetaire; cf. It. moschettiere. ] A soldier armed with a musket. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A writer of pamphlets; a scribbler. Dryden. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To write or publish pamphlets. [ 1913 Webster ]

By pamphleteering we shall not win. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Private. ] 1. An armed private vessel which bears the commission of the sovereign power to cruise against the enemy. See Letters of marque, under Marque. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The commander of a privateer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Kidd soon threw off the character of a privateer and became a pirate. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Privateered p. pr. & vb. n. Privateering. ] To cruise in a privateer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Cruising in a privateer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Privateersmen An officer or seaman of a privateer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes an excessive and unconscionable profit by exploiting scarcity or a monopoly position. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. To make an excessive profit, as on the sale of difficult to obtain goods; to act as a profiteer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who speaks in a pulpit; a preacher; -- so called in contempt. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

We never can think it sinful that Burns should have been humorous on such a pulpiteer. Prof. Wilson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A composer of sonnets, or small poems; a small poet; -- usually in contempt. [ 1913 Webster ]

What woful stuff this madrigal would be
In some starved hackney sonneteer or me! Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To compose sonnets. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. steer, AS. steór; akin to D. & G. stier a bull, OHG. stior, Icel. stjōrr, þjōrr, Sw. tjur, Dan. tyr, Goth. stiur, Russ. tur', Pol. tur, Ir. & Gael. tarbh, W. tarw, L. taurus, Gr. tay^ros, Skr. sthūra strong, stout, AS. stor large, Icel. stōrr, OHG. stūri, stiuri. √168. Cf. Stirk, Taurine, a. ] A young male of the ox kind; especially, a common ox; a castrated taurine male from two to four years old. See the Note under Ox. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To castrate; -- said of male calves. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Steered p. pr. & vb. n. Steering. ] [ OE. steeren, steren, AS. stiéran, st&ymacr_;ran, steóran; akin to OFries. stiora, stiura, D. sturen, OD. stieren, G. steuern, OHG. stiuren to direct, support, G. steuer contribution, tax, Icel. st&ymacr_;ra to steer, govern, Sw. styra, Dan. styre, Goth. stiurjan to establish, AS. steór a rudder, a helm, and probably to Icel. staurr a pale, stake, Gr. stayro`s, and perhaps ultimately to E. stand. √168. Cf. Starboard, Stern, n. ] To direct the course of; to guide; to govern; -- applied especially to a vessel in the water. [ 1913 Webster ]

That with a staff his feeble steps did steer. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To direct a vessel in its course; to direct one's course. “No helmsman steers.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be directed and governed; to take a direction, or course; to obey the helm; as, the boat steers easily. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where the wind
Veers oft, as oft [ a ship ] so steers, and shifts her sail. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To conduct one's self; to take or pursue a course of action. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. steór, stiór; akin to D. stuur, G. steuer, Icel. st&ymacr_;ri. √168. See Steer, v. t. ] [ Written also stere. ] A rudder or helm. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. steóra. See Steer a rudder. ] A helmsman; a pilot. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being steered; dirigible. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or practice of steering, or directing; as, the steerage of a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

He left the city, and, in a most tempestuous season, forsook the helm and steerage of the commonwealth. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) (a) The effect of the helm on a ship; the manner in which an individual ship is affected by the helm. (b) The hinder part of a vessel; the stern. [ R. ] Swift. (c) Properly, the space in the after part of a vessel, under the cabin, but used generally to indicate any part of a vessel having the poorest accommodations and occupied by passengers paying the lowest rate of fare. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Direction; regulation; management; guidance. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that hath the steerage of my course. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That by which a course is directed. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Here he hung on high,
The steerage of his wings. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Steerage passenger, a passenger who takes passage in the steerage of a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) A rate of motion through the water sufficient to render a vessel governable by the helm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who steers; as, a boat steerer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. from Steer, v. [ 1913 Webster ]

Steering wheel (Naut.), the wheel by means of which the rudder of a vessel is turned and the vessel is steered. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no rudder. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A young or small steer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Steersmen [ Steer a rudder + man: cf. AS. steórmann. ] One who steers; the helmsman of a vessel. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Steer a rudder + mate a companion. ] One who steers; steersman. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is armed with a target or shield. [ Written also targetier. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. volontaire. See Voluntary, a. ] 1. One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil.) One who enters into service voluntarily, but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers; -- opposed to conscript; specifically, a voluntary member of the organized militia of a country as distinguished from the standing army. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) A grantee in a voluntary conveyance; one to whom a conveyance is made without valuable consideration; a party, other than a wife or child of the grantor, to whom, or for whose benefit, a voluntary conveyance is made. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A plant, especially a flowering plant in a garden, that appears spontaneously without having been intentionally planted. [ RDH ]

a. Of or pertaining to a volunteer or volunteers; consisting of volunteers; voluntary; as, volunteer companies; volunteer advice. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Volunteered p. pr. & vb. n. Volunteering. ] To offer or bestow voluntarily, or without solicitation or compulsion; as, to volunteer one's services. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To enter into, or offer for, any service of one's own free will, without solicitation or compulsion; as, he volunteered in that undertaking. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A navy of vessels fitted out and manned by volunteers who sail under the flag of the regular navy and subject to naval discipline. Prussia in 1870, in the Franco-German war, organized such a navy, which was commanded by merchant seamen with temporary commissions, with the claim (in which England acquiesced) that it did not come within the meaning of the term privateer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. A religious and philanthropic organization, similar to the Salvation Army, founded (1896) by Commander and Mrs. Ballington Booth. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. Tennessee; -- a nickname. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One wearing a waistcoat; esp., a woman wearing one uncovered, or thought fit for such a habit; hence, a loose woman; strumpet. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Do you think you are here, sir,
Amongst your waistcoateers, your base wenches? Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who carries a wallet; a foot traveler; a tramping beggar. [ Colloq. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]