| Receiver (receiver) |
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| n. | (- r) |
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| Re*ceiv"er |
| [Cf. F.
receveur.] |
One who takes or receives in
any manner.
A person appointed, ordinarily
by a court, to receive, and hold in trust, money or other property
which is the subject of litigation, pending the suit; a person
appointed to take charge of the estate and effects of a corporation,
and to do other acts necessary to winding up its affairs, in certain
cases.
One who takes or buys stolen goods from a
thief, knowing them to be stolen.
A vessel
connected with an alembic, a retort, or the like, for receiving and
condensing the product of distillation.
The glass vessel in
which the vacuum is produced, and the objects of experiment are put,
in experiments with an air pump. Cf. Bell jar, and see
Illust. of Air pump.
A
vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder
before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound
engine.
That portion of a telephonic apparatus, or
similar system, at which the message is received and made audible; --
opposed to transmitter.
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| Receiver (receiver) |
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| n. | |
|---|
| Re*ceiv"er |
|
In
portable breech-loading firearms, the steel frame screwed to the
breech end of the barrel, which receives the bolt or block, gives
means of securing for firing, facilitates loading, and holds the
ejector, cut-off, etc.
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