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One whose occupation is to bind books.

A house or shed built of boards, boughs, or other slight materials, for temporary occupation. Camden.

One who brews; one whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors.

ilding with bricks, or of uniting them by cement or mortar into various forms; the act or occupation of laying bricks.

One whose occupation is to make bricks. -- Brick"mak*ing, n.

Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic.

One who builds; one whose occupation is to build, as a carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason. In the practice of civil architecture, the builder comes between the architect who designs the work and the artisans who execute it. Eng. Cyc.

l 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.

One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food.

One whose occupation is to make cabinets or other choice articles of household furniture, as tables, bedsteads, bureaus, etc.

The art or occupation of making the finer articles of household furniture.

The art or occupation of working upon wooden furniture requiring nice workmanship; also, such furniture.

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

The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation. Goldsmith. The cant of any profession. Dryden.

Outward condition or circumstances; occupation; profession; character; position; as, to work in the capacity of a mason or a carpenter.

The occupation or work of a carpenter; the act of workingin timber; carpentry.

ndignities tamely, a phrase used by early dramatists, perhaps from the mean nature of the occupation. Halliwell. -- To carry coals to Newcastle, to take things to a place where they already abound; to lose one's labor. -- To carry off (a) To remove to a distance. (b) To bear away as from the power or grasp of others.…

else for, or by giving up for something else; as, to change the clothes; to change one's occupation; to change one's intention. They that do change old love for new, Pray gods, they change for worse! Peele.

of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place, occupation, character, etc.; as, a child of God; a child of the devil; a child of disobedience; a child of toil; a child of the people.

One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc.