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of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin.

One who is skilled in the art of anatomy, or dissection.

Pertaining to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a goose.

Destitute of skin. Brande & C.

To busy; to keep at work; to ply. [Obs.] She was skillful in applying his "humors." Sir P. Sidney.

Basking in the sun. [R.]

Something which by its shape or use suggests an apron; as, (a) The fat skin covering the belly of a goose or duck. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

A bowman, one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow.

The art or skill of an archer.

The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows.

A person skilled in the art of building; one who understands architecture, or makes it his occupation to form plans and designs of buildings, and to superintend the artificers employed.

Pertaining to a master builder, or to architecture; evincing skill in designing or construction; constructive. "Architectonic wisdom." Boyle. These architectonic functions which we had hitherto thought belonged. J. C. Shairp.

ivil life; -- often called civil architecture. Many other architectures besides Gothic. Ruskin.

One skilled in arithmetic.

One skilled in coat armor or heraldry. Cussans.

of navigation. Science is systematized knowledge . . . Art is knowledge made efficient by skill. J. F. Genung.

Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill. [Archaic] "Artful strains." "Artful terms." Milton.

In an artful manner; with art or cunning; skillfully; dexterously; craftily.

Workmanship; a skillfully contrived work. The material universe.. in the artifice of God, the artifice of the best Mechanist. Cudworth.

An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular kind, as a silversmith.