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A comrade; a companion; a fellow; an associate. He all his peers in beauty did surpass. Spenser.

One whose trade is to make or sell perfumes.

A retrograde metamorphosis of the floral organs to the condition of leaves.

By extension, men appointed by a trades union, or other labor organization, to intercept outsiders, and prevent them from working for employers with whom the organization is at variance. [Cant]

A gratuity given by tradesmen to customers settling their accounts. [Southern U. S.]

The rough paving of a street to a grade with blocks of stone. Mayhew.

Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also, official station; occupation; calling. "The enervating magic of place." Hawthorne. Men in great place are thrice servants. Bacon. I know my place as I would they should do theirs. Shak.…

The whole machinery and apparatus employed in carrying on a trade or mechanical business; also, sometimes including real estate, and whatever represents investment of capital in the means of carrying on a business, but not including material worked upon or finished products; as, the plant of a foundry, a mill, or a rai…

A subdivision of Carnivora having plantigrade feet. It includes the bears, raccoons, and allied species.

Show of magnificence; parade; display; power.

A trade name for camlets, or stout worsteds.

A subterraneous passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks. Mahan.

easy and concise method of applying the rules of arithmetic to questions which occur in trade and business.

To walk or strut about in a pompous, showy manner, or with warlike parade. Swift.

A kind of willow basket; -- a term still used in some branches of trade. B. Jonson.

A common soldier; a soldier below the grade of a noncommissioned officer. Macaulay.

business, art, science, or branch of learning; an expert; an adept; as, proficient in a trade; a proficient in mathematics, music, etc.

or gain; gainful; lucrative; useful; helpful; advantageous; beneficial; as, a profitable trade; profitable business; a profitable study or profession. What was so profitable to the empire became fatal to the emperor. Arbuthnot. -- Prof"it*a*ble*ness, n. -- Prof"it*a*bly, adv.

ing; evincing progress; increasing; as, progressive motion or course; -- opposed to retrograde.

of foreign production as will restrict or prevent their importation; -- opposed to free trade. Writ of protection. (Law) (a) A writ by which the king formerly exempted a person from arrest; -- now disused. [Eng.] Blackstone. (b) A judicial writ issued to a person required to attend court, as party, juror, etc., intend…