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Messenger

Messenger

Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary | 1986 | Copyright

439. Messenger

  1. Aethalides herald of the Argonauts. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 11]
  2. Alden, John (1599–1687) speaks to Priscilla Mullins for Miles Standish. [Am. Lit.: “The Courtship of Miles Standish” in Hart, 188–189]
  3. caduceus Mercury’s staff; symbol of messengers. [Rom. Myth.: Jobes, 266–267]
  4. dove sent by Noah to see if the waters were abated; returns with an olive leaf. [O.T.: Genesis 8:8–11]
  5. eagle symbolic carrier of God’s word to all. [Christian Symbol-ism: Appleton, 35]
  6. Gabriel announces births of Jesus and John the Baptist. [N.T.: Luke 1:19, 26]
  7. Hermes (Rom. Mercury ) messenger of the gods. [Gk. Myth.: Wheeler Dictionary, 240]
  8. Iris messenger of the gods. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 130; Gk. Lit.: Iliad ]
  9. Irus real name was Arnaeus; messenger of Penelope’s suitors. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey ]
  10. Munin and Hugin Odin’s two ravens; brought him news from around world. [Norse Myth.: Leach, 761]
  11. Nasby nickname for U.S. postmasters. [Am. Usage: Brewer Dictionary, 745–746]
  12. Pheidippides ran 26 miles from Marathon to Athens to carry news of Greek defeat of Persians. [Gk. Legend: Zimmerman, 159]
  13. Pony Express speedy relay mail-carrying system of 1860s. [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 276]
  14. Reuters news agency; established as telegraphic and pigeon post bureau (1851). [Br. Hist.: Benét, 852]
  15. Revere, Paul (1735–1818) warned colonials of British advance (1775). [Am. Hist.: 425–426]
  16. staff symbolic of a courier on a mission. [Christian Symbolism: Appleton, 4]
  17. Stickles, Jeremy messenger for the king of England (1880s). [Br. Lit.: Lorna Doone, Magill I, 524–526]
  18. Strogoff, Michael courier of the czar. [Fr. Lit.: Michael Strogoff ]
  19. thorn the messenger of Satan. [N.T.: II Corinthians 12:7]
  20. Western Union company founded in 1851; provides telegraphic service in U.S. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2958]
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messenger

The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | Copyright

messenger.
1. An endless rope which was used in weighing the anchor in the days before the introduction of auxiliary power aboard ships when the capstan was worked by hand. As the hemp anchor cables of those days were generally too thick and heavy to be brought themselves round the capstan direct, a messenger was used instead. It was led through two single blocks from the vicinity of the hawseholes, along the main deck so that it ran close alongside and parallel with the cable, round the capstan, where three or four turns were taken round the barrel, and back along the main deck on the other side of the ship. As the capstan was turned, so the messenger moved with it, and the cable was bound fast to the messenger with nippers so that it was hove in at the same rate as the messenger.

2. A small rope attached to the eye of a hawser and used to haul it out to the ring of a mooring buoy is also called a messenger.

3. In the US Navy, the most junior member of a watch.
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messenger

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

mes·sen·ger / ˈmesənjər/ • n. 1. a person who carries a message or is employed to carry messages. ∎  Biochem. a substance that conveys information or a stimulus within the body. 2. Naut. (also messenger line) an endless rope, cable, or chain used with a capstan to haul an anchor cable or to drive a powered winch. ∎  a light line used to haul or support a larger cable. • v. [tr.] send (a document or package) by messenger: could you have it messengered over to me? PHRASES: shoot (or kill) the messenger treat the bearer of bad news as if they were to blame for it.

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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

messenger shoot the messenger treat the bearer of bad news as if they were to blame for it; often in the form, don't shoot (or kill) the messenger! Being the bearer of bad tidings has been a traditionally thankless task, as in Sophocles' Antigone, ‘No man loves the messenger of ill.’

See also corbie messenger.
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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military | 2001 | Copyright

messenger n.
1. also messenger line an endless rope, cable, or chain used with a capstan to haul an anchor cable or to drive a powered winch.

2. a light line used to haul or support a larger cable.
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MESSENGER

A Dictionary of Astronomy | 1997 | Copyright

MESSENGER Abbr. for Mercury Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging.
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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

messenger •badger, cadger •Alger, neuralgia •ganja, grandeur, phalanger •charger, enlarger, maharaja, raja •slàinte • turbocharger •dredger, edger, hedger, ledger, pledger, St Leger •avenger, revenger •gauger, golden-ager, major, old-stager, pager, rampager, sergeant major, stager, wager •arranger, changer, danger, endanger, exchanger, Grainger, hydrangea, manger, ranger, stranger •moneychanger • teenager •bushranger •besieger, paraplegia, procedure •abridger •cringer, ginger, impinger, infringer, injure, ninja, whinger, winger •dowager • voyager • harbinger •bondager • wharfinger • packager •Scaliger •challenger, Salinger •pillager, villager •armiger • scrimmager •rummager, scrummager •manager • derringer • forager •porringer • encourager •Massinger, passenger •presager • messenger • Kissinger •integer, vintager •cottager • frontager • ravager •salvager • scavenger •Elijah, Niger, obliger •codger, dodger, lodger, roger, todger •forger, Georgia, gorger •gouger •lounger, scrounger •sunlounger • soldier •Abuja, puja

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