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A kind of gimlet for making vents in casks; -- called also piercer.

Admitting of the presentation of a clergiman; as, a church presentable. [R.] Ayliffe.

ide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies.

To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided the border counties.

To supply with rations, as a regiment.

To construct again; to rebuild; to remodel; to form again or anew. Regiments had been dissolved and reconstructed. Macaulay.

ply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; as, he recruited two regiments; the army was recruited for a campaign; also, to muster; to enlist; as, he recruited fifty men. M. Arnold.

bling of persons who have been separated, as of a family, or the members of a disbanded regiment; an assembly so composed.

ormal or official examination of the state of, as troops, and the like; as, to review a regiment.

n 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 are…

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.

The West Indian Pithecolobium micradenium, a legiminous tree with a red coiled-up pod.

ir 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.

ished 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 th…

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

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

crown-saw or cylindrical saw for perforating the skull, turned, when used, like a bit or gimlet. See Trephine.

rovement on the trepan. It is a circular or cylindrical saw, with a handle like that of a gimlet, and a little sharp perforator called the center pin.