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A farm steward. [Obs.]

Certain railroads whose traffic largely consists in carrying the produce of farmers or grangers; -- specifically applied to the Chicago & Alton; Chicago, Burlington & Quincey; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific; Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul; and Chicago & Northwestern, railroads. [U. S.].

Stocks or shares of the granger railroads.

The practice of illustrating a particular book by engravings collected from other books.

One who collects illustrations from various books for the decoration of one book.

To collect (illustrations from books) for decoration of other books. G. A. Sala.

One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.

One who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service; a dependent; one who adheres to others' society longer than he is wanted. Goldsmith.

A trough or open box in which fodder is placed for horses or cattle to eat.

Any plant of a genus of herbs (Impatiens) having capsules which, if touched when ripe, discharge their seeds. -- See Impatiens.

A hanger-on.

An American ranunculaceous plant (Hidrastis Canadensis), having a yellow tuberous root; -- also called yellowroot, golden seal, etc.

A place for raising oranges; a plantation of orange trees.

boreal, and the species of Petaurus are furnished with lateral parachutes. See Flying phalanger, under Flying.

That which separates or arranges; specifically, a sieve. [Obs.] "The tamis ranger." Holland.

The office of the keeper of a forest or park. [Eng.]

One who uses abusive slang; a ranting partisan. [Colloq. or Humorous] W. Irving.

One who comes from a foreign land; a foreigner. I am a most poor woman and a stranger, Born out of your dominions. Shak.

A kind of orange, much like the mandarin, but of deeper color and higher flavor. It is said to have been produced in America from the mandarin. [Written also tangierine.]

A pillow for the cheek; a pillow. [Obs. & R.] His bright helm was his wanger. Chaucer.