n. [ OE. ostreger, OF. ostrucier, F. autoursier, fr. OF. austour, ostor, hawk, F. autour; cf. L. acceptor, for accipiter, hawk. ] A falconer who keeps a goshawk. [ Obs. ] Shak. Cowell. [ Written also austringer. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation).
Syn. -- toller. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. someone who plays musical handbells. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who brings. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yet the first bringer of unwelcome news
Hath but a losing office. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bringer in, one who, or that which, introduces. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who cringes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) One of the ribs in a groined arch, springing from the corners in a diagonal direction. [ See Illustr. of Groined vault. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the American inventor. ] A kind of short-barreled pocket pistol, of very large caliber, often carrying a half-ounce ball. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who puts rings into the snouts of hogs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who infringes or violates; a violator. Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D., lit., cliff springer. ] (Zool.) A small, graceful South African antelope (Nanotragus oreotragus), which, like the chamois, springs from one crag to another with great agility; -- called also kainsi. [ Written also klippspringer. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Murenger. Jacob. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The osprey. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. pottanger, for pottager; cf. F. potager a soup basin. See Porridge. ] A porridge dish; esp., a bowl or cup from which children eat or are fed; as, a silver porringer. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, rings; especially, one who rings chimes on bells. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mining) A crowbar. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Horse Racing) A horse that is not entitled to take part in a race, but is fraudulently got into it. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, springs; specifically, one who rouses game. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A young plant. [ Obs. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Arch.) (a) The impost, or point at which an arch rests upon its support, and from which it seems to spring. Hence: (b) The bottom stone of an arch, which lies on the impost. The skew back is one form of springer. (c) The rib of a groined vault, as being the solid abutment for each section of vaulting. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) The grampus. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Zool.) A variety of the field spaniel. See Spaniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Zool.) A species of antelope; the springbok. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows. [ 1913 Webster ]

Be content to put your trust in honest stringers. Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A libertine; a wencher. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Railroad) A longitudinal sleeper. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Shipbuilding) A streak of planking carried round the inside of a vessel on the under side of the beams. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Carp.) A long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a frame, or to support a floor or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Newspapers) A reporter or correspondent who works for a news agency on a part-time basis, especially one covering local news for a newspaper published in a different area; -- called also string correspondent. [ PJC ]

7. (Aviation) a longitudinal supporting structure to reinforce the skin of an airplane fuselage. [ PJC ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, wrings; hence, an extortioner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A machine for pressing water out of anything, particularly from clothes after they have been washed. [ 1913 Webster ]