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ick and nip. Spenser. To nip in the bud, to cut off at the verycommencement of growth; to kill in the incipient stage.

One who is new in any business, profession, or calling; one unacquainted or unskilled; one yet in the rudiments; a beginner; a tyro. I am young; a novice in the trade. Dryden.

One skilled in numismatics; a numismatologist.

One who uses, or is skilled in the use of, an oar; a rower.

One who adheres to, or is skilled in, the objective philosophy. Ed. Rev.

One skilled in obstetrics; an accoucheur.

A killing; the act of killing. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

One skilled in treating diseases of the eye.

Long practiced; hence, skilled; experienced; cunning; as, an old offender; old in vice. Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old. Milton.

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

One skilled in ophthalmology; an oculist.

One skilled in optics. [R.] A. Smith.

One who is skilled in or practices optometry.

A public speaker; one who delivers an oration; especially, one distinguished for his skill and power as a public speaker; one who is eloquent. I am no orator, as Brutus is. Shak. Some orator renowned In Athens or free Rome. Milton.

he art of public speaking in an eloquent or effective manner; the exercise of rhetorical skill in oral discourse; eloquence. "The oratory of Greece and Rome." Milton. When a world of men Could not prevail with all their oratory. Shak.

eful knowledge in such a way. Macaulay. Ordinary seaman (Naut.), one not expert or fully skilled, and hence ranking below an able seaman.

One skilled in ornithology; a student of ornithology; one who describes birds.

One who is skilled in ornithotomy.

One who is skilled in orthoëpy.

One who is skilled in osteology; an osteologer.