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One who rounds; one who comes about frequently or regularly.

pleasure, daily or frequently pursued; especially, a course of business or offical duties regularly or frequently returning.

the practice of doing things with undiscriminating, mechanical regularity.

nt of foot of the British army, formerly called the Royals, and supposed to be the oldest regular corps in Europe; -- now called the Royal Scots.

Wild; irregular. [Obs.]

Masonry constructed of unsquared stones that are irregular in size and shape.

Full of asperities on the surface; broken into sharp or irregular points, or otherwise uneven; not smooth; rough; as, a rugged mountain; a rugged road. The rugged bark of some broad elm. Milton.

Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.

To make uneven; to form into irregular inequalities; to wrinkle; to crumple; as, to rumple an apron or a cravat. They would not give a dog's ear of their most rumpled and ragged Scoth paper for twenty of your fairest assignats. Burke.

travel; to make progress; to be moved by mechanical means; to go; as, the steamboat runs regularly to Albany; the train runs to Chicago.

A low irregular shrub (Artemisia tridentata), of the order Compositæ, covering vast tracts of the dry alkaline regions of the American plains; -- called also sagebush, and wild sage.

The recompense or consideration paid, or stipulated to be paid, to a person at regular intervals for services; fixed wages, as by the year, quarter, or month; stipend; hire. This is hire and salary, not revenge. Shak.

arge African antelope (Alcelaphus tunata), similar to the hartbeest, but having its horns regularly curved.

A slight iregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold.

anything graduated, especially when employed as a measure or rule, or marked by lines at regular intervals. Specifically:

To move awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or unsteady; to sprawl; to shamble. "Some scambling shifts." Dr. H. More. "A fine old hall, but a scambling house." Evelyn.

Irregular in position; having no regular order; as, scattered leaves. -- Scat"tered*ly, adv. -- Scat"tered*ness, n.

Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones.

To make irregular, crooked, or unmeaning marks; to scribble; to scrawl. David . . . scrabbled on the doors of the gate. 1. Sam. xxi. 13.

Rough with irregular points, or a broken surface; scraggy; as, a scragged backbone.