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One whose occupation it is to make shoes and boots.

One who makes speeches; one accustomed to speak in a public assembly.

One whose occupation is to make stays.

One whose occupation it is to make tents. Acts xviii. 3.

One whose occupation is to make and repair watches.

One who makes a way; a precursor. [R.] Bacon.

One who makes widows by destroying husbands. [R.] Shak.

To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or his successor; to repeal; -- applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc. Let us see whether the New Testament abrogates what we so frequently see in the Old. South. Whose laws, like those of the Medes an…

A maker anagrams.

resin exuding from a tropical American tree (Hymenæa courbaril), and much used by varnish makers. Ure.

ng the blood from the intestinal walls. Called also miner's anæmia, tunnel disease, brickmaker's anæmia, Egyptian chlorosis.

A collector or maker of apothegms. Pope.

A contriver, designer, or maker. The architects of their own happiness. Milton. A French woman is a perfect architect in dress. Coldsmith.

To wait; to stay; to delay. [Obs.] For this perfection she must yet attend, Till to her Maker she espoused be. Sir J. Davies.

One who attitudinizes; a posture maker.

A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.

shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc. Hop back, Jack back, the cistern which receives the infusion of malt and hops from the copper. -- Wash back, a vat in which distillers ferment the wort…

een them. I am very well satisfied that it is not in my power to balance accounts with my Maker. Addison.

A seller or maker of ballads; a poetaster. Shak.

o, or that which, sews the uppers of boots. -- Boot crimp, a frame or device used by bootmakers for drawing and shaping the body of a boot. -- Boot hook, a hook with a handle, used for pulling on boots. -- Boots and saddles (Cavalry Tactics), the trumpet call which is the first signal for mounted drill. -- Sly boot…