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A young or inferior devil; a little, malignant spirit; a puny demon; a contemptible evil worker. To mingle in the clamorous fray Of squabbling imps. Beattie.

A worker in iron; one who makes and repairs utensils of iron; a blacksmith.

Industrial Workers of the World (the name of two American labor organizations, one of which advocates syndicalism).

A small hammer used by marble workers and sculptors.

he manufacture and dyeing of cotton fabrics, used cacao as a medium of exchange, and were workers of gold, silver, and copper. Their architecture comprised elaborately carved temples and places, and they possessed a superior calendar, and a developed system of hieroglyphic writing, with records said to go back to about…

A worker in metals, or one skilled in metals.

A worker in metals.

One who models; hence, a worker in plastic art. [Written also modeller.]

he ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.

A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a machine in a mill or manufactory.

losed vessel at a high temperature. -- Phosphorus disease (Med.), a disease common among workers in phosphorus, giving rise to necrosis of the jawbone, and other symptoms. -- Red, or Amorphous, phosphorus (Chem.), an allotropic modification of phosphorus, obtained as a dark red powder by heating ordinary phosphorus i…

A diseased condition, produced by the absorption of lead, common among workers in this metal or in its compounds, as among painters, typesetters, etc. It is characterized by various symptoms, as lead colic, lead line, and wrist drop. See under Colic, Lead, and Wrist.

instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others; also, a pointed cutting tool, as a stone cutter's point; -- called also pointer.

ofessionally, or for a livelihood, and not in the character of an amateur; a professional worker.

A worker in a stone quarry.

ck and wounded war, also giving aid and relief during great calamities; also, a member or worker of such a society; -- so called from the badge of neutrality; the Geneva cross.

atterns, as letters, borders, etc., to be used as samples, or to display the skill of the worker. Susie dear, bring your sampler and Mrs. Schumann will show you how to make that W you bothered over. E. E. Hale.

A South American ant (Ecodoma cephalotes) remarkable for having two large kinds of workers besides the ordinary ones, and for the immense size of its formicaries. The sauba ant cuts off leaves of plants and carries them into its subterranean nests, and thus often does great damage by defoliating trees and cultivated pl…

ind of moccasin. See Pac. -- Shoe stone, a sharpening stone used by shoemakers and other workers in leather.

A sort of pneumonia occuring in iron workers, produced by the inhalation of particles of iron.