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Same as Arthrostraca.

Not dealt with in trade; not visited for purposes of trade. [Obs.] Hakluyt

d; an annulling; abrogation; utter destruction; as, the abolition of slavery or the slave trade; the abolition of laws, decrees, ordinances, customs, taxes, debts, etc.

One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade.

Spurious; without the support of law; illegal. When any particular class of artificers or traders thought proper to act as a corporation without a charter, such were called adulterine guilds. Adam Smith.

ferring advantage; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position; trade is advantageous to a nation. Advabtageous comparison with any other country. Prescott. You see . . . of what use a good reputation is, and how swift and advantageous a harbinger it is, wherever one goes. Chesterfield.…

efends, vindicates, or espouses any cause by argument; a pleader; as, an advocate of free trade, an advocate of truth.

iliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to be able or rich enough. The merchant can afford to trade for smaller profits. Hamilton. He could afford to suffer With those whom he saw suffer. Wordsworth.

sisting of a basic iodide and gallate of bismuth, sometimes used in place of iodoform. [A Trademark]

osterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca.

o serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.

ce or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement.

rough carnelian. Arangoes were formerly imported from Bombay for use in the African slave trade. McCulloch.

Hence: Any continuous or ramified channel of communication; as, arteries of trade or commerce.

er divisions of Crustacea, so called because the thorax and abdomen are both segmented; Tetradecapoda. It includes the Amphipoda and Isopoda.

A handicraft; a trade; art of making. [Obs.]

One trained to manual dexterity in some mechanic art or trade; and handicraftsman; a mechanic. This is willingly submitted to by the artisan, who can . . . compensate his additional toil and fatigue. Hume.

In the English corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets. On an average, taking the mean of unequal numbers or quantities.

In the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member. [Obs.]

A commercial traveler; one employed to solicit orders for manufacturers and tradesmen. Thackeray.