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One who works by the day; -- usually applied to a farm laborer, or to a workman who does not work at any particular trade. Goldsmith.

A hole bored through a tenon nearer to the shoulder than the holes through the cheeks are to the edge or abutment against which the shoulder is to rest, so that a pin or bolt, when driven into it, will draw these parts together. Weale.

Having the ear perforated.

Hellebore. [Obs.] Chaucer.

imp. of Forbear.

One who, or that which, harbors. Geneva was . . . a harborer of exiles for religion. Strype.

Wrought with severe labor; elaborate; studied. Swift.

ng powerfully cathartic and even poisonous qualities. H. niger is the European black hellebore, or Christmas rose, blossoming in winter or earliest spring. H. officinalis was the officinal hellebore of the ancients.

A poisonous glucoside accompanying helleborin in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a bittersweet taste. It has a strong action on the heart, resembling digitalin.

habiting, a region in very far north; most northern; hence, very cold; fright, as, a hyperborean coast or atmosphere. The hyperborean or frozen sea. C. Butler (1633).

Bearing marks of labor and effort; elaborately wrought; not easy or natural; as, labored poetry; a labored style.

In a labored manner; with labor.

One who labors in a toilsome occupation; a person who does work that requires strength rather than skill, as distinguished from that of an artisan.

The twin flower which grows in cold northern climates.

Made of oak. [Obs.]

Having a bore of perfectly smooth surface; -- distinguished from rifled. -- n.

One who plays on the tabor. Shak.

A small tabor. [Written also tabouret.]

An assistant or subordinate laborer. Locke.

Affording no harbor or shelter. "Unharbored heaths." [Obs.] Milton.