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ize with the teeth; to catch eagerly (at anything); -- often with at; as, a dog snapsat a passenger; a fish snaps at the bait.

avenly form . . . snare them. Milton. The mournful crocodile With sorrow snares relenting passengers. Shak.

e size of an object. -- Stage wagon, a wagon which runs between two places for conveying passengers or goods. -- Stage whisper, a loud whisper, as by an actor in a theater, supposed, for dramatic effect, to be unheard by one or more of his fellow actors, yet audible to the audience; an aside. stage of the game, [Coll…

h that runs regularly from one stage, station, or place to another, for the conveyance of passengers.

A house where a stage regularly stops for passengers or a relay of horses.

or route; a place where railroad trains regularly come to a stand, for the convenience of passengers, taking in fuel, moving freight, etc.

The occupation or business of running a steamboat, or of transporting merchandise, passengers, etc., by steamboats.

erally to indicate any part of a vessel having the poorest accommodations and occupied by passengers paying the lowest rate of fare.

between the stern and the aftmost seat of the rowers, -- usually furnished with seats for passengers. -- Stern wheel, a paddle wheel attached to the stern of the steamboat which it propels.stern wheeler.

A female steward; specifically, a woman employed in passenger vessels to attend to the wants of female passengers.

To furnish with a tickets; to book; as, to ticket passengers to California. [U.S.]

ar or beam used on a canal for stopping boats at the tollhouse, or on a road for stopping passengers. -- Toll bridge, a bridge where toll is paid for passing over it. -- Toll corn, corn taken as pay for grinding at a mill. -- Toll dish, a dish for measuring toll in mills. -- Toll gatherer, a man who takes, or gathe…

automobile designed for touring; specif., a roomy car, not a limousine, for five or more passengers.

The business done upon a railway, steamboat line, etc., with reference to the number of passengers or the amount of freight carried. Traffic return, a periodical statement of the receipts for goods and passengers, as on a railway line. -- Traffic taker, a computer of the returns of traffic on a railway, steamboat line…

Any unit of the total obtained by adding the passenger miles and ton miles in a railroad's transportation for a given period; -- a term and practice of restricted or erroneous usage.

A railway laid in the streets of a town or city, on which cars for passengers or for freight are drawn by horses; a horse railroad.

A covered boat for goods and passengers, used on the Dutch and Flemish canals.

The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car. Its sides are pierced for light and ventilation. Turret clock, a large clock adapted for an elevated position, as in the tower of a church. -- Turret head (Mach.), a vertical cylindrical revolving tool holder for bringing different tools into action successi…

Not traveled; not trodden by passengers; as, an untraveled forest.

of navigation; especially, one that is larger than a common rowboat; as, a war vessel; a passenger vessel. [He] began to build a vessel of huge bulk. Milton.