n. (Law) One to whom anything is legally abandoned. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. On the knee. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) One to whom the title of property is transferred; -- opposed to alienor. [ 1913 Webster ]

It the alienee enters and keeps possession. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖‖ n. (Zool.) The wild buffalo of India (Bos, or Bubalus, arni), larger than the domestic buffalo and having enormous horns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. assigné, p. p. of assigner. See Assign, v., and cf. Assign an assignee. ] (Law) (a) A person to whom an assignment is made; a person appointed or deputed by another to do some act, perform some business, or enjoy some right, privilege, or property; as, an assignee of a bankrupt. See Assignment (c). An assignee may be by special appointment or deed, or be created by jaw; as an executor. Cowell. Blount. (b) pl. In England, the persons appointed, under a commission of bankruptcy, to manage the estate of a bankrupt for the benefit of his creditors. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person who sells by auction; a person whose business it is to dispose of goods or lands by public sale to the highest or best bidder. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To sell by auction; to auction. [ 1913 Webster ]

Estates . . . advertised and auctioneered away. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. bargaigné, p. p. See Bargain, v. i. ] (Law) The party to a contract who receives, or agrees to receive, the property sold. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. biological science applied to the study the relation between workers and their environments.
Syn. -- ergonomics. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the application of engineeering principles to solve problems in medicine, such as the design of artificial limbs or organs; -- called also biomedical engineering. [ PJC ]

3. the branch of engineering dealing with the application of biological processes to the solution of practical problems, such as the manufacture of products by fermentation, the production and use of enzymes for various purposes, the use of microorganisms in environmental cleanup, etc.; -- called also biotechnology. [ PJC ]

n. The application of engineeering principles to solve problems in medicine, such as the design of artificial limbs or organs; -- called also bioengineering. [ PJC ]

n. [ F. boucanier, fr. boucaner to smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild beasts for their skins, boucan a smoking place for meat or fish, gridiron for smoking: a word of American origin. ] A robber upon the sea; a pirate; -- a term applied especially to the piratical adventurers who made depredations on the Spaniards in America in the 17th and 18th centuries. [ Written also bucanier. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Primarily, one who dries and smokes flesh or fish after the manner of the Indians. The name was first given to the French settlers in Haiti or Hispaniola, whose business was to hunt wild cattle and swine. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To act the part of a buccaneer; to live as a piratical adventurer or sea robber. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a buccaneer; piratical. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. canonnier. ] A man who manages, or fires, cannon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A carbineer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. caravanier. ] The leader or driver of the camels in caravan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. carabinier. ] (Mil.) A soldier armed with a carbine. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Hind. chatnī. ] 1. A warm or spicy condiment or pickle made in India, compounded of various vegetable substances, such as chopped fruits or green tomatoes, etc., often cooked with sweets and acids such as sugar and vinegar, with ginger and spices.
Syn. -- Indian relish. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

[ So named after Cleopatra, queen of Egypt. ] Either of two obelisks which were moved in ancient times from Heliopolis to Alexandria, one of which is now on the Thames Embankment in London, and the other in Central Park, in the City of New York.

☞ Some writers consider that only the obelisk now in Central Park is properly called Cleopatra's needle. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One nominated in conjunction with another; a joint nominee. Kirby. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. consign&unr_;, p. p. of consigner. ] The person to whom goods or other things are consigned; a factor; -- correlative to consignor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Consigner and consignee are used by merchants to express generally the shipper of merchandise, and the person to whom it is addressed, by bill of lading or otherwise. De Colange. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (a) In the United States army, the a corps of officers and enlisted men consisting of one band and three battalions of engineers commanded by a brigadier general, whose title is Chief of Engineers. It has charge of the construction of fortifications for land and seacoast defense, the improvement of rivers and harbors, the construction of lighthouses, etc., and, in time of war, supervises the engineering operations of the armies in the field. (b) In the United States navy, a corps made up of the engineers, which was amalgamated with the line by act of March 3, 1899. It consisted of assistant and passed assistant engineers, ranking with ensigns and lieutenants, chief engineers, ranking from lieutenant to captain, and engineer in chief, ranking with commodore and having charge of the Bureau of Steam Engineering. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ F. cramponné. See Crampoons. ] (Her.) Having a cramp or square piece at the end; -- said of a cross so furnished. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Zool.) A dragon fly. See Darning needle, under Darn, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Scots Law) The person to whom any property is legally conveyed. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n.; pl. djinn r djinns A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals. Same as djinni and Jinnee. See Jinnee, Jinn.
Syn. -- genie, jinn, jinni, jinnee, djinn, djinni. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Dominie. ] 1. A name given to a pastor of the Reformed Church. The word is also applied locally in the United States, in colloquial speech, to any clergyman.
Syn. -- dominus, dominie. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ From Sp. domine a schoolmaster. ] (Zool.) A West Indian fish (Epinula magistralis), of the family Trichiuridæ. It is a long-bodied, voracious fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & t. [ imp. & p. p. Domineered p. pr. & vb. n. Domineering. ] [ F. dominer, L. dominari: cf. OD. domineren to feast luxuriously. See Dominate, v. t. ] To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents. [ 1913 Webster ]

Go to the feast, revel and domineer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

His wishes tend abroad to roam,
And hers to domineer at home. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ruling arrogantly; overbearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate. Blackw. Mag.

Syn. -- Haughty; overbearing; lordly. See Imperious. -- Dom`i*neer"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ OF. doné, F. donné, p. p. See the preceding word. ] 1. The person to whom a gift or donation is made. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Anciently, one to whom lands were given; in later use, one to whom lands and tenements are given in tail; in modern use, one on whom a power is conferred for execution; -- sometimes called the appointor. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. donner to give. ] Lit., given; hence, in a literary work, as a drama or tale, that which is assumed as to characters, situation, etc., as a basis for the plot or story. W. E. Henley.

That favorite romance donnée of the heir kept out of his own. Saintsbury. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Electionered p. pr. & vb. n. Electioneering. ] To make interest for a candidate at an election; to use arts for securing the election of a candidate. [ 1913 Webster ]

A master of the whole art of electioneering. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who electioneers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. enginer: cf. OF. engignier, F. ingénieur. See Engine, n. ] 1. A person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering; as, a civil engineer; an electronic engineer; a chemical engineer. See under Engineering, n. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. One who manages as engine, particularly a steam engine; an engine driver. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who carries through an enterprise by skillful or artful contrivance; an efficient manager. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Civil engineer, a person skilled in the science of civil engineering. --
Military engineer, one who executes engineering works of a military nature. See under Engineering. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Engineered p. pr. & vb. n. Engineering. ] 1. To lay out or construct, as an engineer; to perform the work of an engineer on; as, to engineer a road. J. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To use contrivance and effort for; to guide the course of; to manage; as, to engineer a bill through Congress. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Originally, the art of managing engines; in its modern and extended sense, the art and science by which the properties of matter are made useful to man, whether in structures, machines, chemical substances, or living organisms; the occupation and work of an engineer. In the modern sense, the application of mathematics or systematic knowledge beyond the routine skills of practise, for the design of any complex system which performs useful functions, may be considered as engineering, including such abstract tasks as designing software (software engineering). [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

☞ In a comprehensive sense, engineering includes architecture as a mechanical art, in distinction from architecture as a fine art. It was formerly divided into military engineering, which is the art of designing and constructing offensive and defensive works, and civil engineering, in a broad sense, as relating to other kinds of public works, machinery, etc. --
Civil engineering, in modern usage, is strictly the art of planning, laying out, and constructing fixed public works, such as railroads, highways, canals, aqueducts, water works, bridges, lighthouses, docks, embankments, breakwaters, dams, tunnels, etc. --
Mechanical engineering relates to machinery, such as steam engines, machine tools, mill work, etc. --
Mining engineering deals with the excavation and working of mines, and the extraction of metals from their ores, etc. Engineering is further divided into steam engineering, gas engineering, agricultural engineering, topographical engineering, electrical engineering, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person examined. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To run in debt by getting goods made up in a way unsuitable for the use of others, and then threatening not to take them except on credit. [ R. ] Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To veneer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Ginn See Jinnee. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖or ‖ n. [ F., p. p. of gratiner to cook au gratin. ] (Cookery) same as au gratin. [ PJC ]

n. An harpooner. Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Hind. Hindūstānī an Indian, fr. Hind. and Per. Hindūstān India. ] Of or pertaining to the Hindoos or their language. -- n. The language of Hindustan; the name given by Europeans to the most generally spoken of the modern Aryan languages of India. It is Hindi with the addition of Persian and Arabic words. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A small slender hollow metallic tube, sharp-pointed at one end and fitted at the other end with an adapter of larger internal diameter, designed for introduction of liquids directly into the bloodstream or other parts of the body of an animal. [ PJC ]

2. a hypodermic needle{ 1 } together with an attached syringe. [ PJC ]

n. [ F. illuminé. Cf. Illuminati. ] One of the Illuminati. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. empersone. See 1st In-, and Parson. ] (Eng. Eccl. Law) Presented, instituted, and inducted into a rectory, and in full possession. -- n. A clergyman so inducted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) An Indiaman. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] An arrow poison, made from an apocynaceous plant (Strophanthus hispidus) of the Gaboon country; -- called also onaye. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Knock-knee. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Knock-kneed. [ 1913 Webster ]