[1] a person permitted by former naval regulations to accompany a captain when he was transferred from one ship to another. [2] a machine part activated by the movement of another part. [3] a spring-loaded plate in a firearm’s magazine that angles cartridges for insertion into the chamber.
A person who subscribes to receive updates of another person’s activities.
Part of a mechanism that is directly driven by a cam, and that imparts motion to the working components of that mechanism. see finger