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Webster 1913 Edition


Repeater

Re-peat′er

(-?r)
,
Noun.
One who, or that which, repeats.
Specifically:
(a)
A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters.
(b)
A repeating firearm.
(c)
(Teleg.)
An instrument for resending a telegraphic message automatically at an intermediate point.
(d)
A person who votes more than once at an election.
[U.S.]
(e)
See
Circulating decimal
, under
Decimal
.
(f)
(Naut.)
A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicated.
Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Webster 1828 Edition


Repeater

REPE'ATER

,
Noun.
1.
One that repeats; one that recites or rehearses.
2.
A watch that strikes the hours at will, by the compression of a spring.