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One skilled in ophthalmology; an oculist.

One skilled in optics. [R.] A. Smith.

One who is skilled in or practices optometry.

A public speaker; one who delivers an oration; especially, one distinguished for his skill and power as a public speaker; one who is eloquent. I am no orator, as Brutus is. Shak. Some orator renowned In Athens or free Rome. Milton.

the art of public speaking in an eloquent or effective manner; the exercise of rhetorical skill in oral discourse; eloquence. "The oratory of Greece and Rome." Milton. When a world of men Could not prevail with all their oratory. Shak.

seful knowledge in such a way. Macaulay. Ordinary seaman (Naut.), one not expert or fully skilled, and hence ranking below an able seaman.

One skilled in ornithology; a student of ornithology; one who describes birds.

One who is skilled in ornithotomy.

One who is skilled in orthoëpy.

One who is skilled in osteology; an osteologer.

One skilled in osteotomy.

One skilled in otology; an aurist.

To exceed in generalship; to gain advantage over by superior military skill or executive ability; to outmaneuver. Chesterfield.

One who performs, or is skilled in, ovariotomy.

Unskillfully painted, so that the painter's method of work is too obvious; also, having too much pigment applied to the surface. [Cant]

One skilled in paleography; a paleographist.

Skilled in all kinds of work. "The panurgic Diderot." J. Morley.

Skill in all kinds of work or business; craft. [R.] Bailey.

between two or more competent persons for joining together their money, goods, labor, and skill, or any or all of them, under an understanding that there shall be a communion of profit between them, and for the purpose of carrying on a legal trade, business, or adventure. Kent. Story.

cend; to surpass; to excel; to exceed. And strive to pass . . . Their native music by her skillful art. Spenser. Whose tender power Passes the strength of storms in their most desolate hour. Byron.