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tc.; a passion for war, or for drink; an orator should have passion as well as rhetorical skill. "A passion fond even to idolatry." Macaulay. "Her passion is to seek roses." Lady M. W. Montagu. We also are men of like passions with you. Acts xiv. 15. The nature of the human mind can not be sufficiently understood, with…

One skilled in pathology; an investigator in pathology; as, the pathologist of a hospital, whose duty it is to determine the causes of the diseases.

ring off the skin, bark, husks, etc.; to flay; to decorticate; as, to peel an orange. The skillful shepherd peeled me certain wands. Shak.

Penmanship; skill in writing; chirography.

scerning; sagacious; as, penetrative wisdom. "The penetrative eye." Wordsworth. Led on by skill of penetrative soul. Grainger.

One who uses the pen; a writer; esp., one skilled in the use of the pen; a calligrapher; a writing master.

r complete, so that nothing requisite is wanting; entire development; consummate culture, skill, or moral excellence; the highest attainable state or degree of excellence; maturity; as, perfection in an art, in a science, or in a system; perfection in form or degree; fruits in perfection.

plishes, or fulfills; as, a good promiser, but a bad performer; especially, one who shows skill and training in any art; as, a performer of the drama; a performer on the harp.

Skilled. [Obs.]

d to have obtained permission to drive the chariot of the sun, in doing which his want of skill would have set the world on fire, had he not been struck with a thunderbolt by Jupiter, and hurled headlong into the river Po.

One skilled in pharmacy; a druggist. See the Note under Apothecary.

One skilled in pharmacy; a pharmaceutist; a druggist.

One skilled in pharmacology.

One versed or skilled in phonography.

One who practices, or is skilled in, photography.

A person skilled in physic, or the art of healing; one duty authorized to prescribe remedies for, and treat, diseases; a doctor of medicine.

One skilled in physiognomy. Dryden.

One skilled in phytology; a writer on plants; a botanist. Evelyn.

One skilled in diseases of plants.

A performer, esp. a skilled performer, on the piano.