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A person cited to answer, or defend against, a petition.

e who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform.

In Utah, a legal holiday, July 24, commemorated the arrival, in 1847, of Brigham Young and his followers at the present site of Salt Lake City.

Same as Rani.

One to whom anything is resigned, or in whose favor a resignation is made.

See Sheepback.

A scrutinizer; specifically, an examiner of votes, as at an election.

See Garfish (a).

A sermonizer. B. Jonson.

A tribe of North American Indians who occupied Western New York and part of Ohio, but were driven away and widely dispersed by the Iroquois.

See Snath.

To utter with a grimace or contemptuous expression; to utter with a sneer; to say sneeringly; as, to sneer fulsome lies at a person. Congreve. "A ship of fools," he sneered. Tennyson.

One who sneers.

Given to sneering. [Obs.]

In a sneering manner.

convulsive force, occasioned by irritation of the inner membrane of the nose. Not to be sneezed at, not to be despised or contemned; not to be treated lightly. [Colloq.] "He had to do with old women who were not to be sneezed at." Prof. Wilson.

yellow-flowered composite plant (Helenium autumnale) the odor of which is said to cause sneezing.

The wood of a South African tree. See Neishout.

A European herbaceous plant (Achillea Ptarmica) allied to the yarrow, having a strong, pungent smell.

The act of violently forcing air out through the nasal passages while the cavity of the mouth is shut off from the pharynx by the approximation of the soft palate and the base of the tongue.