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A helper; one hired to help another; also, thew hole force of hired helpers in any business.

An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character.

Fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or social life. High-pressure engine, an engine in which steam at high pressure is used. It may be either a condensing or a noncondensing engine. Formerly the term was used only of the latter. See Steam engine.

A day fixed by law for suspension of business; a legal holiday.

losely. How home the charge reaches us, has been made out. South. They come home to men's business and bosoms. Bacon.

traightas, an honest judge or merchant; an honest statement; an honest bargain; an honest business; an honest book; an honest confession. An honest man's the noblest work of God. Pope. An honest physician leaves his patient when he can contribute no farther to his health. Sir W. Temple. Look ye out among you seven men…

as formerly at Canton; a succession of offices connected by a common passage and used for business or storage. Hong merchant, one of the few Chinese merchants who, previous to the treaty of 1842, formed a guild which had the exclusive privilege of trading with foreigners.

ally in recognition of services for which it is not usual or not lawful to assign a fixed business price. Heumann.

The business of a farrier; especially, the art of curing the diseases of horses.

The business of a hosier.

One whose business is to build houses; a housewright.

A feast or merry-making made by or for a family or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises. Johnson.

The business of the mistress of a family; female management of domestic concerns.

tever manner, way, or degree. However yet they me despise and spite. Spenser. Howe'er the business goes, you have made fault. Shak.

on-wheel hub. -- Up to the hub, as far as possible in embarrassment or difficulty, or in business, like a wheel sunk in mire; deeply involved. [Colloq.]

The business of a huckster; small dealing; peddling. Ignoble huckster age of piddling tithes. Milton.

entle by overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine or civilize. Was it the business of magic to humanize our natures with compassion Addison.

The act of hurrying in motion or business; pressure; urgency; bustle; confusion. Ambition raises a tumult in the soul, it inflames the mind, and puts into a violent hurry of thought. Addison.

The business of a husbandman, comprehending the various branches of agriculture; farming. Husbandry supplieth all things necessary for food. Spenser.

The business of a housewife; female domestic economy and skill. Tusser.