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The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell-division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rodlike fibers diverging from each aster, and called the spindle.

One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel. [U.S.]

The conductor of a musical band.

Formerly, a local judge among miners; now, an officer of the barmote. [Eng.]

One who keeps bees.

To master thoroughly.

To plaster over; to cover or smear thickly; to bedaub. Beplastered with rouge. Goldsmith.

See Barmaster.

One who, or that which, blasts or destroys.

One who boasts; a braggart.

The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough.

See Burgomaster.

A burgomaster.

, Flanders, and Germany, corresponding to mayor in England and the United States; a burghmaster.

An official statement of the quantity and value of real estate for the purpose of apportioning the taxes payable on such property.

A kind of tobacco for smoking, made of the dried leaves, coarsely broken; -- so called from the rush baskets in which it is packed in South America. McElrath.

One who consumes candles by being up late for study or dissipation. A bookworm, a candlewaster. B. Jonson.

One who casts; as, caster of stones, etc. ; a caster of cannon; a caster of accounts.

A placing among the stars; a catalogue of stars. The catasterisms of Eratosthenes. Whewell.

A vessel employed in sailing along a coast, or engaged in the coasting trade.