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one who covenants to do anything for another; specifically, one who contracts to perform work on a rather large scale, at a certain price or rate, as in building houses or making a railroad.

onsistent; accordant; suitable; proper; as, convenable remedies. [Obs.] With his wod his work is convenable. Spenser.

e fallacy of. [Obs.] God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. Bacon.

To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [Obs.] "Shaken tubs . . . be new cooped." Holland.

To do the work of a cooper upon; as, to cooper a cask or barrel.

Work done by a cooper.

Work done by a cooper in making or repairing barrels, casks, etc.; the business of a cooper.

One whose occupation is to manufacture copper utensils; a worker in copper.

An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work; as, a copy of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or a statue. I have not the vanity to think my copy equal to the original. Denham.

an author or his assignee, under statute, to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all other persons. This right may be had in maps, charts, engravings, plays, and musical compositions, as well as in books.

Corbel work or the construction of corbels; a series of corbels or piece of continuous corbeled masonry, sometimes of decorative purpose, as in the stalactite ornament of the Moslems.

A worker in cordwain, or cordovan leather; a shoemaker. [Archaic.]

A miner's underground working time or shift. Raymond.

nstone which characterize the later part of the period, as developed in the State of New York.

a single-acting pumping engine, used in mines, in Cornwall and elsewhere, and for water works. A heavy pump rod or plunger, raised by the steam, forces up the water by its weight, in descending.

cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement. Correction and instruction must both work Ere this rude beast will profit. Shak.

A material for carpeting or floor covering, made of ground cork and caoutchouc or India rubber.

A tailor who botches his work. [Obs.] Shak.

who hires a small cottage, with or without a plot of land. Cottiers commonly aid in the work of the landlord's farm. [Written also cottar and cotter.]

equences; exercise of deliberate judgment; prudence. They all confess, therefore, in the working of that first cause, that counsel is used. Hooker.