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The foul air let out of a room through a register or pipe provided for the purpose.

he catch of fish on a fishing vessel. Bill of fare. See under Bill. -- Fare indicator or register, a device for recording the number of passengers on a street car, etc. -- Fare wicket. (a) A gate or turnstile at the entrance of toll bridges, exhibition grounds, etc., for registering the number of persons passing it.…

Records or registers of important events.

Anything that does work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; especially (Mech.) a small projecting rod, wire, or piece, which is brought into contact with an object to effect, direct, or restrain a motion.

An instrument for registering the velocity of the blood.

To declare, by hailing, the port from which a vessel sails or where she is registered; hence, to sail; to come; -- used with from; as, the steamer hails from New York.

rees of one or more herds of choice breeds of cattle; -- also called herd record, or herd register.

parts of a statement, argument, or narration; that which is inconsistent. If a man would register all his opinions upon love, politics, religion, and learning, what a bundle of inconsistencies and contradictions would appear at last! Swift.

a quadrant, sextant, etc. -- Index hand, the pointer or hand of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; a hand that points to something. -- Index of a logarithm (Math.), the integral part of the logarithm, and always one less than the number of integral figures in the given number. It is also called the charact…

Shown; denoted; registered; measured. Indicated power. See Indicated horse power, under Horse power.

ole of; to give the sum or total of; as, an integrating anemometer, one that indicates or registers the entire action of the wind in a given time.

To make an inventory of; to make a list, catalogue, or schedule of; to insert or register in an account of goods; as, a merchant inventories his stock. I will give out divers schedules of my beauty; it shall be inventoried, and every particle and utensil labeled. Shak.

An account of travels, or a register of places and distances as a guide to travelers; as, the Itinerary of Antoninus.

Land office, a government office in which the entries upon, and sales of, public land are registered, and other business respecting the public lands is transacted. [U.S.] -- Land pike. (Zoöl.) (a) The gray pike, or sauger. (b) The Menobranchus. -- Land service, military service as distinguished from naval service. --…

That which is appointed to be read; especially, a chronicle or register of the lives of saints, formerly read at matins, and in the refectories of religious houses.

ed to the husband's brother. The firstborn son of a leviratical marriage was reckoned and registered as the son of the deceased brother. Alford.

To enroll; to place or register in a list. Listed among the upper serving men. Milton.

An automatic instrument for registering, by photography or otherwise, the states and variations of any of the terrestrial magnetic elements.

To keep account of; to enumerate and register; as, to mark the points in a game of billiards or cards.

Pertaining to martyrology or martyrs; registering, or registered in, a catalogue of martyrs.