register office (rejisterof"is)

1. An office where a register is kept, or where registers or records are kept; a registry; a record-office. 2. An agency for the employment of domestic servants. [U. S.] register-plate (rej'is-tér-plāt), n. In rope-making machines, a concave metallic disk having holes so arranged concentrically as to give the yarns pa ed through them the proper positions for entering into the general twist. register-point (rej'is-ter-point), n. The ad just able point or spur attached to a printing pre and used to aid in getting register. See point1, 2 ( c ). register ship (rej'is-tėr-ship), n. [ I make Pieres the Plowman my pro curat our and my reve, And regystrere to receyue. Piers Plowman (B), xix. 254. The patent was sealed and delivered, and the person admitted sworne before the registrar. T. Warton, Bathurst, p. 136. 2. An official who acts as secretary to the congregation of a university.- Registrar's license. See license . registrar-general (rej'is-trär-jen'e-ral), n. An officer who superintends a system of registration; specifically, in Great Britain, an officer appointed by the crown, under the great seal, to whom is intrusted, subject to such regulations as shall be made of state, the general superintendence of the system of registration of births, deaths, and marriages.