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The office or occupation of a tutor; tutorship; guardianship.

One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.

The principles, or the system, of combination among workmen engaged in the same occupation or trade.

[Obs.] My house is as were the cave where the young outlaw hoards the stolen vails of his occupation. Chapman.

Different; diverse; several; manifold; as, men of various names; various occupations; various colors. So many and so various laws are given. Milton. A wit as various, gay, grave, sage, or wild. Byron.

One who varnishes; one whose occupation is to varnish.

The condition, pursuits, or occupation of a virtuoso. Bp. Hurd.

Destined or appropriate employment; calling; occupation; trade; business; profession. He would think his service greatly rewarded, if he might obtain by that means to live in the sight of his prince, and yet practice his own chosen vocation. Sir. P. Sidney.

The act or occupation of covering or lining with boards in panel.

The art or occupation of preparing warp or webs for the weaver. Craig. Warping bank, a bank of earth raised round a field to retain water let in for the purpose of enriching land. Craig. -- Warping hook, a hook used by rope makers for hanging the yarn on, when warping it into hauls for tarring. -- Warping mill, a mac…

One whose occupation is to make and repair watches.

ass on; as, time wears on. G. Eliot. -- To wear weary, to become weary, as by wear, long occupation, tedious employment, etc.

One who weaves, or whose occupation is to weave. "Weavers of linen." P. Plowman.

[Canada] -- Whale fin (Com.), whalebone. Simmonds. -- Whale fishery, the fishing for, or occupation of taking, whales. -- Whale louse (Zoöl.), any one of several species of degraded amphipod crustaceans belonging to the genus Cyamus, especially C. ceti. They are parasitic on various cetaceans. -- Whale's bone, ivory…

A man whose occupation is to make or repair wheels and wheeled vehicles, as carts, wagons, and the like.

raneous matter, from wool, or the surface of woolen cloth. -- Wool comber. (a) One whose occupation is to comb wool. (b) A machine for combing wool. -- Wool grass (Bot.), a kind of bulrush (Scirpus Eriophorum) with numerous clustered woolly spikes. -- Wool scribbler. See Woolen scribbler, under Woolen, a. -- Wool s…

actices, and interests of men; general affairs of life; human society; public affairs and occupations; as, a knowledge of the world. Happy is she that from the world retires. Waller. If knowledge of the world makes man perfidious, May Juba ever live in ignorance. Addison.