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sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker. Totten. Driver ant (Zoöl.), a species of African stinging ant; one of the visiting ants (Anomma arcens); -- so called because they move about in vast armies, and drive away or devour all insects and other small animals.…

A tool for turning screws so as to drive them into their place. It has a thin end which enters the nick in the head of the screw.

The common American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus); -- so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud. Called also meadow hen, and Indian hen.

A four-wheeled carriage, with a falling top, a seat on the outside for the driver, and two double seats on the inside arranged so that the sitters on the front seat face those on the back seat.

The driver's seat on a carriage or coach.

A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.

d with or without a calash top. [U.S.] Buggy cultivator, a cultivator with a seat for the driver. -- Buggy plow, a plow, or set of plows, having a seat for the driver; -- called also sulky plow.

A driver or a brassy with a convex face.

The driver of a cab.

ng a top or hood that can be raised or lowered, seats for inside, a separate seat for the driver, and often a movable front, so that it can be used as either an open or a close carriage. The baroness in a calash capable of holding herself, her two children, and her servants. W. Irving.

The leader or driver of the camels in caravan.

advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift. [Scotch] We bargained with the driver to give us a cast to the next stage. Smollett. If we had the cast o' a cart to bring it. Sir W. Scott.

One who or that which chases; a pursuer; a driver; a hunter.

A cord by which a person in a carriage or horse car may signal to the driver.

A close four-wheeled carriage, with one seat inside, and a seat for the driver.

and back seat inside, each for two persons, and an elevated outside seat in front for the driver.

A four-wheeled close carriage for two persons inside, with an outside seat for the driver; -- so called because giving the appearance of a larger carriage cut off.

In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver.

comotive to which the connecting rods of the engine are attached; -- called also, simply, driver. See Illust. of Locomotive.

machine by which any physical power is applied to produce a given physical effect. Engine driver, one who manages an engine; specifically, the engineer of a locomotive. -- Engine lathe. (Mach.) See under Lathe. -- Engine tool, a machine tool. J. Whitworth. -- Engine turning (Fine Arts), a method of ornamentation by…