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The employment of selling books.

To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge unceremoniously, as from employment. [Collog. U. S.]

The business or employment of a broker. Burke.

h vigor and earnestness; -- generally used reflexively. Cartwright buckled himself to the employment. Fuller.

one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or shorter time; constant employment; regular occupation; as, the business of life; business before pleasure. Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business Luke ii. 49.

To summon to the discharge of a particular duty; to designate for an office, or employment, especially of a religious character; -- often used of a divine summons; as, to be called to the ministry; sometimes, to invite; as, to call a minister to be the pastor of a church. Paul . . . called to be an apostle Rom. i. 1. T…

One's usual occupation, or employment; vocation; business; trade. The humble calling of ter female parent. Thackeray.

ions of the mind]; its primary signification, which is literally room for, as well as its employment, favars this; although it can not be dented that there are examples of its usage in an active sense. Sir W. Hamilton.

A man whose employment is to drive, or to convey goods in, a car or car.

otion; quickness; swiftness. Time, with all its celerity, moves slowly to him whose whole employment is to watch its flight. Johnson.

A partner or associate in some civil or ecclesiastical office or employment. It is never used of partners in trade or manufactures.

The employment or arrangement of columns in a structure. Gwilt.

The office or employment of a commissary. Ayliffe.

The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons; a trust; a charge.

Art or skill; dexterity in particular manual employment; hence, the occupation or employment itself; manual art; a trade. Ye know that by this craft we have our wealth. Acts xix. 25. A poem is the work of the poet; poesy is his skill or craft of making. B. Jonson. Since the birth of time, throughout all ages and nation…

The office or employment of a curate.

The office or employment of a datary.

To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter. Come some evening and dawdle over a dish of tea with me. Johnson. We . . . dawdle up and down Pall Mall. Thackeray.

One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler.

To cast off as useless or as no longer of service; to dismiss from employment, confidence, or favor; to discharge; to turn away. They blame the favorites, and think it nothing extraordinary that the queen should . . . resolve to discard them. Swift.