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To singe. [Obs.] Chaucer.

a fair pair of gallows, there to end their lives with shame, as a number of such other losengers had done. Holinshed.

Flattery; deceit; trickery. [Obs.] Chaucer.

e who, or that which, foreshows, or foretells. Yon gray lines That fret the clouds are messengers of day. Shak.

A traveler by some established conveyance, as a coach, steamboat, railroad train, etc. Passenger falcon (Zoöl.), a migratory hawk. Ainsworth. -- Passenger pigeon (Zoöl.), the common wild pigeon of North America (Ectopistes migratorius), so called on account of its extensive migrations.

A unit of measurement of the passenger transportation performed by a railroad during a given period, usually a year, the total of which consists of the sum of the miles traversed by all the passengers on the road in the period in question.

Passenger miles collectively; the total number of miles traveled by passengers on a railroad during a given period.

h letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate. Beton . . . was accredited to the Court of France. Froude.

An aëroplane or airship designed to carry passengers.

An official messenger and representative.

A messenger. [R.] The dear good angel of the Spring, The nightingale. B. Jonson.

of being annoyed; molestation; vexation; annoy. A deep clay, giving much annoyance to passengers. Fuller. For the further annoyance and terror of any besieged place, they would throw into it dead bodies. Wilkins.

Literally: One sent forth; a messenger. Specifically: One of the twelve disciples of Christ, specially chosen as his companions and witnesses, and sent forth to preach the gospel. He called unto him his disciples, and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles. Luke vi. 13.

A messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court. Bouvier.

The diligent pilot in a dangerous tempest doth not attend the unskillful words of the passenger. Sir P. Sidney.

A large, roomy boat for the conveyance of passengers or goods; as, a ship's barge; a charcoal barge.

A messenger or crier of a court; a servitor; one who cites or bids persons to appear and answer; -- called also an apparitor or summoner.

A two-masted passenger boat or small vessel, used in the bay of Manila.

A messenger; a herald. Robertson.

A clerk who registers passengers, baggage, etc., for conveyance, as by railway or steamship, or who sells passage tickets at a booking office.