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An arrow poison, made from an apocynaceous plant (Strophanthus hispidus) of the Gaboon country; -- called also onaye.

Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun. Whewell. The allineation of the two planets. C. A. Young.

The party to a contract who receives, or agrees to receive, the property sold. Blackstone.

A carbineer.

A soldier armed with a carbine.

One nominated in conjunction with another; a joint nominee. Kirby.

luster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; -- often with over; as, to domineer over dependents. Go to the feast, revel and domineer. Shak. His wishes tend abroad to roam, And hers to domineer at home. Prior.

Ruling arrogantly; overbearing. A violent, brutal, domineering old reprobate. Blackw. Mag.

A person skilled in the principles and practice of any branch of engineering. See under Engineering, n.

In the United States army, the Corps of Engineers, a corps of officers and enlisted men consisting of one band and three battalions of engineers commanded by a brigadier general, whose title is Chief of Engineers. It has charge of the construction of fortifications for land and seacoast defense, the improvement of rive…

atter are made useful to man in structures and machines; the occupation and work of an engineer.

A person examined.

To run in dept by getting goods made up in a way unsuitable for the use of others, and then threatening not to take them except on credit. [R.] Goldsmith.

One of the Illuminati.

stering milky juice, and poisonous acrid fruit somewhat resembling an apple. Bastard manchineel, a tree (Cameraria latifolia) of the East Indies, having similar poisonous properties. Lindley.

A reception, or a musical or dramatic entertainment, held in the daytime. See SoirÉe.

A rude, fierce person. [Obs.] No savage fierce, bandit, or mountaineer. Milton.

A dish for keeping muffins hot.

One guilty of mutiny.

A person named, or designated, by another, to any office, duty, or position; one nominated, or proposed, by others for office or for election to office.