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An Indian who serves as a messenger.

apartment on the after end of the lower gun deck of a ship of war, usually occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers, except the captain; -- called wardroom in the United States navy.

A forerunner; a precursor; a messenger. I knew by these harbingers who were coming. Landor.

Vital part; secret meaning; real intention. And then show you the heart of my message. Shak.

A message transmitted by a heliograph.

Designating a light and elegant style developed in England under George III., chiefly by Messrs. A.Heppelwhite & Co.

s was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character.

Decently; becomingly. [Obs.] "Do this message honorably." Shak.

ening the mouth, or articulating; to mumble in monotonous undertone; to drone. The cloudy messenger turns me his back, And hums. Shak.

In India, a running footman; a messenger. [Written also hurkaroo.]

unicative; not free or apt to impart to others in conversation; reserved; silent; as, the messenger was incommunicative; hence, not disposed to hold fellowship or intercourse with others; exclusive. The Chinese . . . an incommunicative nation. C. Buchanan. -- In`com*mu"ni*ca*tive*ly, adv. -- In`com*mu"ni*ca*tive*ness,…

arren; desert; bleak; cheerless; wild. "Inhospitable wastes." Blair. -- In*hos"pi*ta*ble*mess, n. -- In*hos"pi*ta*bly, adv.

tion. The least inkling or glimpse of this island. Bacon. They had some inkling of secret messages. Clarendon.

ol.), that kind of inspiration which excludes all defect in the utterance of the inspired message. -- Verbal inspiration (Theol.), that kind of inspiration which extends to the very words and forms of expression of the divine message.

One who, or that which, sends or conveys intelligence or news; a messenger. All the intriguers in foreign politics, all the spies, and all the intelligencers . . . acted solely upon that principle. Burke.

A female messenger. [R.]

A messenger between two parties. Johnson.

The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods. Shak.

Containing the same information, as isagelous sentences. The coded message and the original, though appearing entirely unlike, are completely isagelous. Bacon The complementary strands have isagelous sequences. J. D. Watson. -- Isagel I*sag"e*lous (i*sâg"ê*lûs), a. Etym: [Is- + Gr. a`gelos information.]…

A small wooden mess tub; -- a name given by sailors to one in which they receive their food. Cooper.