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Sore; painful. [Prov. Eng.] Ray.

A female seer; a prophetess.

A scombroid food fish of Maderia (Cybium Commersonii).

A kind of muslin of a texture between nainsook and mull.

The office or quality of a seer.

A light fabric, originally made in the East Indies, of silk and linen, usually having alternating stripes, and a slightly craped or puckered surface; also, a cotton fabric of similar appearance.

Dry wood. [Written also searwood.] [Obs.] Dryden.

One who foresees or foreknows.

One who oversees; a superintendent; a supervisor; as, an overseer of a mill; specifically, one or certain public officers; as, an overseer of the poor; an overseer of highways.

The office of an overseer.

One given to seeing sights or noted things, or eager for novelties or curiosities.

One who supposes.

An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc. [Eng.]

A spiritual overseer, superintendent, or director. Ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. 1 Pet. ii. 25. It is a fact now generally recognized by theologians of all shades of opinion, that in the language of the New Testament the same officer in the church is cal…

The office of a spiritual overseer, as of an apostle, bishop, or presbyter. Acts i. 20.

One who directs work; an overseer. [Sp. Amer.]

-- Court party, a party attached to the court. -- Court rolls, the records of a court. SeeRoll. -- Court in banc, or Court in bank, The full court sitting at its regular terms for the hearing of arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi prius. -- Court of Arches, audience, etc. See u…

Second sight. I felt by anticipation the horrors of the Highland seers, whom their gift of deuteroscopy compels to witness things unmeet for mortal eye. Sir W. Scott.

An overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of convicts at their work.

One who walks about in a large retail store as an overseer and director. [U.S.]