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One who devotes himself to some specialty; as, a medical specialist, one who devotes himself to diseases of particular parts of the body, as the eye, the ear, the nerves, etc.

he victor belong the spoils. From a principle of gratitude I adhered to the coalition; my vote was counted in the day of battle, but I was overlooked in the division of the spoil. Gibbon.

A male attendant on a great personage; also (Colloq.), a devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.

A pipe wrench having an adjustable L-shaped jaw piece sliding in a sleeve that is pivoted to, and loosely embraces, the handle. Pressure on the handle increases the grip.

A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning; a learner; a pupil; a scholar; especially, one who attends a school, or who seeks knowledge from professional teachers or from books; as, the students of an academy, a college, or a university; a medical student; a hard student. Keep a gamester from the dice, a…

Given to study; devoted to the acquisition of knowledge from books; as, a studious scholar.

A building or apartment devoted to study or to literary work. "His cheery little study." Hawthorne.

To put fraudulent votes into (a ballot box). [U. S.]

To vote or vote with. [Obs.] "Suffragating tribes." Dryden.

One who assists or favors by his vote. [Obs.]

A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote. I ask your voices and your suffrages. Shak.

A woman who advocates the right to vote for women; a woman suffragist.

One who possesses or exercises the political right of suffrage; a voter.

nt or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures; generally in the plural; as, to vote supplies.

The act of swinging; a waving, oscillating, or vibratory motion of a hanging or pivoted object; oscillation; as, the swing of a pendulum.

A person devoted to luxury and pleasure; a voluptuary.

In parliamentary usage, to lay on the table; to postpone, by a formal vote, the consideration of (a bill, motion, or the like) till called for, or indefinitely.

off; to remove; to cause deprivation of; to do away with; as, a bill for taking away the votes of bishops. "By your own law, I take your life away." Dryden. -- To take breath, to stop, as from labor, in order to breathe or rest; to recruit or refresh one's self. -- To take care, to exercise care or vigilance; to be…

A hypocritical devotee. See the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.

One who is appointed to count the votes given in a legislative body, public meeting, assembly, etc.