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A carbineer.

The leader or driver of the camels in caravan.

A soldier armed with a carbine.

A warm or spicy condiment or pickle made in India, compounded of various vegetable substances, sweets, acids, etc.

Either of two obelisks which were moved in ancient times from Heliopolis to Alexandria, one of which is now on the Thames Embankment in London, and the other in Central Park, in the City of New York.

One nominated in conjunction with another; a joint nominee. Kirby.

or other things are consigned; a factor; -- correlative to consignor. Consigner and consignee are used by merchants to express generally the shipper of merchandise, and the person to whom it is addressed, by bill of lading or otherwise. De Colange.

Having a cramp or square piece at the end; -- said of a cross so furnished.

A dragon fly. See Darning needle, under Darn, v. t.

The person to whom any property is legally conveyed.

See Jinnee, Jinn.

uster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents. Go to the feast, revel and domineer. Shak. His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to domineer at home. Prior.

Ruling arrogantly; overbearing. A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate. Blackw. Mag.

The person to whom a gift or donation is made.

Lit., given; hence, in a literary work, as a drama or tale, that which is assumed as to characters, situation, etc., as a basis for the plot or story. W. E. Henley.

to use arts for securing the election of a candidate. A master of the whole art of electioneering. Macaulay.

One who electioneers.

A person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering. See under Engineering, n.

In the United States army, the Corps of Engineers, a corps of officers and enlisted men consisting of one band and three battalions of engineers commanded by a brigadier general, whose title is Chief of Engineers. It has charge of the construction of fortifications for land and seacoast defense, the improvement of rive…

tter are made useful to man in structures and machines; the occupation and work of an engineer.