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A registrar or recorder; a notary. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

The art or office of a herald; the art, practice, or science of recording genealogies, and blazoning arms or ensigns armorial; also, of marshaling cavalcades, processions, and public ceremonies.

e list and pedigrees of one or more herds of choice breeds of cattle; -- also called herd record, or herd register.

The sacred secretary or recorder sent by each state belonging to the Amphictyonic Council, along with the deputy or minister. Liddel & Scott.

Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page. -- His*tor"ic*al*ness, n. -- His*to*ric"i*ty, n. There warriors frowning in historic brass. Pope. Historical painting, that branch of painting which represents the events of history. -- Historical sense, that meanin…

To record or narrate in the manner of a history; to chronicle. [R.]

To record in or as history. [R.] Lamb. Thy conquest meet to be historified. Sir P. Sidney.

ned; hence, a formal statement of such information; a narrative; a description; a written record; as, the history of a patient's case; the history of a legislative bill.

having become very popular or acclaimed; -- said of entertainment performances; as, a hit record, a hit movie.

eld in several cities of England; specif., a court held in London, before the lord mayor, recorder, and sheriffs, to determine certain classes of suits for the recovery of lands within the city. In the progress of law reform this court has become unimportant. Mozley & W.

An instrument for determining and recording the quantity of water discharged from a pipe, orifice, etc., in a given time.

An instrument for recording automatically the variations of the humidity of the atmosphere.

Extending beyond the reach of memory, record, or tradition; indefinitely ancient; as, existing from time immemorial. "Immemorial elms." Tennyson. "Immemorial usage or custom." Sir M. Hale. Time immemorial (Eng. Law.), a time antedating (legal) history, and beyond "legal memory" so called; formerly an indefinite time, b…

ch incites the mind, or moves to action; motive; incentive; impulse. Burke. From the long records of a distant age, Derive incitements to renew thy rage. Pope.

To write on a scroll; to record. [Written also inscrol.] Shak.

To enter or record in a journal or diary. Johnson.

To record transactions, accounts, or events in; as, to keep books, a journal, etc. ; also, to enter (as accounts, records, etc. ) in a book.

An instrument for measuring, and recording graphically, the pressure of the blood in any of the blood vessels of a living animal; -- called also kymographion.

Of or pertaining to stone; inscribed on stone; as, a lapidarian record.

An instrument for recording the larynx movements in speech.