Angling was . . . a moderator of passions. --Walton.
2. The officer who presides over an assembly to preserve
order, propose questions, regulate the proceedings, and
declare the votes.
3. In the University of Oxford, an examiner for moderations;
at Cambridge, the superintendant of examinations for
degrees; at Dublin, either the first (senior) or second
(junior) in rank in an examination for the degree of
Bachelor of Arts.
4. A mechamical arrangement for regulating motion in a
machine, or producing equality of effect.