Definition of driver

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Driver (n.) The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker..

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Driver :: Driver (n.) An overseer of a gang of slaves or gang of convicts at their work.
Driver :: Driver (n.) The driving wheel of a locomotive.
Near :: Near (adv.) Next to the driver, when he is on foot; in the Unted States, on the left of an animal or a team; as, the near ox; the near leg. See Off side, under Off, a..
Victoria :: Victoria (n.) A kind of low four-wheeled pleasure carriage, with a calash top, designed for two persons and the driver who occupies a high seat in front..
Gladstone :: Gladstone (n.) A four-wheeled pleasure carriage with two inside seats, calash top, and seats for driver and footman..
Screw-driver :: Screw-driver (n.) 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.
Off :: Off (a.) On the farther side; most distant; on the side of an animal or a team farthest from the driver when he is on foot; in the United States, the right side; as, the off horse or ox in a team, in distinction from the nigh or near horse or ox; the off leg..
Driver :: Driver (n.) One who, or that which, drives; the person or thing that urges or compels anything else to move onward..
Checkstring :: Checkstring (n.) A cord by which a person in a carriage or horse car may signal to the driver.
Roadster :: Roadster (n.) One who drives much; a coach driver.
Spanker :: Spanker (n.) The after sail of a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a boom and gaff; -- sometimes called driver. See Illust. under Sail..
Jarvy :: Jarvy (n.) The driver of a hackney coach.
Dolly :: Dolly (n.) In pile driving, a block interposed between the head of the pile and the ram of the driver..
Driver :: Driver (n.) A part that transmits motion to another part by contact with it, or through an intermediate relatively movable part, as a gear which drives another, or a lever which moves another through a link, etc. Specifically:.
Hansom Cab :: Hansom cab () A light, low, two-wheeled covered carriage with the driver's seat elevated behind, the reins being passed over the top..
Whip :: Whip (v. t.) A coachman; a driver of a carriage; as, a good whip..
Calash :: Calash (n.) A light carriage with low wheels, having 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..
Expressman :: Expressman (n.) A person employed in the express business; also, the driver of a job wagon..
Break :: Break (v. t.) A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind..
Caravaneer :: Caravaneer (n.) The leader or driver of the camels in caravan.
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