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The steersman of a boat; a petty officer who has charge of a boat and its crew.

To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or falsehood; to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat. [R.] I'll . . . cog their hearts from them. Shak.

To present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; -- followed by to.

The presentation of a clergyman to a benefice by a bishop, who has it in his own gift.

One who collates to a benefice.

A partner or associate in some civil or ecclesiastical office or employment. It is never used of partners in trade or manufactures.

Partnership in office. Milton.

An officer appointed and commissioned to collect and receive customs, duties, taxes, or toll. A great part of this is now embezzled . . . by collectors, and other officers. Sir W. Temple.

The office of a collector of customs or of taxes.

of justice, a term applied in Scotland to the supreme civil courts and their principal officers. -- The sacred college, the college or cardinals at Rome.

les] be done publicly, in the face of the world, that there may be no room to suspect artifice and collusion. Atterbury. By the ignorance of the merchants or dishonesty of the weavers, or the collusion of both, the ware was bad and the price excessive. Swift.

The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.

The office, rank, or commission of a colonel.

The Holy Spirit, -- reffering to his office of comforting believers. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things. John xiv. 26.

A public assembly of the Roman people for electing officers or passing laws.

Relating to the comitia, or popular assembles of the Romans for electing officers and passing laws. Middleton.

ry force or post, or the whole territory under the authority or control of a particular officer.

A commander; the commanding officer of a place, or of a body of men; as, the commandant of a navy-yard.

A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it. A leader and commander to the people. Is. lv. 4.

The office of a commander.