A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other metal ware. "Tailors and tinkers." Piers Plowman.
One skilled in a variety of small mechanical work.
A small mortar on the end of a staff.
A young mackerel about two years old.
The chub mackerel.
The silversides.
A skate. [Prov. Eng.]
The razor-billed auk.
To mend or solder, as metal wares; hence, more generally, to mend.
To busy one's self in mending old kettles, pans, etc.; to play the tinker; to be occupied with small mechanical works.
98,828 entries. Headwords are matched first, then definition text.