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him to his ancient and more certain right. Blackstone. In grevious and inhuman crimes, offenders should be remitted to their prince. Hayward. The prisoner was remitted to the guard. Dryden.

erienced. Resentment . . . is a deep, reflective displeasure against the conduct of the offender. Cogan.

Temporary suspension of the execution of a capital offender; reprieve.

the position when the enemy has gained possession of the outer work; or to protect the defenders till they can retreat or obtain terms for a capitulation.

attend on the king, and on the lord high steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders. He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their commands, and another attends the Court Chancery. The s…

One who protects; a guardian; a defender. Thou [God] hast been a shelter for me. Ps. lxi. 3.

Large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo. Totten.

A military punishment formerly practiced, which consisted in drawing an offender to the top of a beam and letting him fall to the length of the rope, by which means a limb was often dislocated. Shak.

trepid; as, a strenuous advocate for national rights; a strenuous reformer; a strenuous defender of his country. And spirit-stirring wine, that strenuous makes. Chapman. Strenuous, continuous labor is pain. I. Taylor. -- Stren"u*ous*ly, adv. -- Stren"u*ous*ness, n.

ance; as, a supple horse. If punishment . . . makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender. Locke.

The offense of attempting to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance, or of betraying the state into the hands of a foreign power; disloyalty; treachery. The treason of the murthering in the bed. Chaucer.

A transgressor of the moral law; an offender; a sinner.

One who, or that which, upholds; a supporter; a defender; a sustainer.

s riding on a sea monster, holding in his hand a snaky cord or noose with which to bind offenders, under water.

One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection. For the best ward of mine honor. Shak. The assieged castle's ward Their steadfast stands did mightily maintain. Spenser. For want of other ward, He lifted up his hand, his front to guard. Dryden.

a & n. from Whip, v. Whipping post, a post to which offenders are tied, to be legally whipped.

A mediæval instrument for punishing petty offenders, being a kind of wooden cage turning on a pivot, in which the offender was whirled round with great velocity.

75 through the efforts of the Secretary of the Treasury. B. H. Bristow, and most of the offenders were convicted.