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son under popular indignation or official sentence, as when a soldier is drummed out of a regiment. -- Rogue's yarn, yarn of a different twist and color from the rest, inserted into the cordage of the British navy, to identify it if stolen, or for the purpose of tracing the maker in case of defect. Different makers ar…

A register or roll showing the order in which officers, enlisted men, companies, or regiments are called on to serve.

One of the soldiers of the first regiment 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.

A horseman or trooper. [Obs.] Such a regiment of rutters Never defied men braver. Beau. & Fl.

hair strokes only, such proofs being taken before the engraving is finished. -- Skeleton regiment, a regiment which has its complement of officers, but in which there are few enlisted men. -- Skeleton shrimp (Zoöl.), a small crustacean of the genus Caprella. See Illust. under Læmodipoda.

guished from a private purse. (b) (Mil.) Moneys saved out of the expenses of a company or regiment, and applied to objects of common interest. [Eng.] -- Stock shave, a tool used by blockmakers. -- Stock station, a place or district for rearing stock. [Australia] W. Howitt. -- Stock tackle (Naut.), a tackle used when…

Exceeding the number stated or prescribed; as, a supernumerary officer in a regiment.

long till you make some act of prayer to God. Jer. Taylor. There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived. Macaulay.

lants of the genus Sarracenia. -- Trumpet major (Mil.), the chief trumpeter of a band or regiment. -- Trumpet marine (Mus.), a monochord, having a thick string, sounded with a bow, and stopped with the thumb so as to produce the harmonic tones; -- said to be the oldest bowed instrument known, and in form the archetyp…

Not assigned to any company or regiment.

In Continental armies, especially in the French army, a woman accompanying a regiment, who sells provisions and liquor to the soldiers; a female sutler.

One of a picked company of irregular riflemen in each regiment of the French infantry.

appropriate function or office; as, weak eyes; a weak stomach; a weak magistrate; a weak regiment, or army.

The right or left division of an army, regiment, etc.

ldiers who adopt the dress and drill of the Zouaves, as was done by a number of volunteer regiments in the army of the United States in the Civil War, 1861-65.