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h a certain character; by or from birth; by nature; innate; as, a born liar. "A born matchmaker." W. D. Howells. Born again (Theol.), regenerated; renewed; having received spiritual life. "Except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God." John iii. 3. -- Born days, days since one was born; lifetime. [Col…

-- often with down. O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker. Ps. xcv. 6.

mooth, is extensively used in the arts, as by turners, engravers, mathematical instrument makers, etc. Box elder, the ash-leaved maple (Negundo aceroides), of North America. -- Box holly, the butcher's broom (Russus aculeatus). -- Box thorn, a shrub (Lycium barbarum). -- Box tree, the tree variety of the common box.…

ed color, of a light, friable texture, and less fragrant than calambac; -- used by cabinetmakers.

An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.

A maker of catalogues; esp. one skilled in the making of catalogues.

A maker or seller of candles. The chandler's basket, on his shoulder borne, With tallow spots thy coat. Gay.

A person versed in chemistry or given to chemical investigation; an analyst; a maker or seller of chemicals or drugs.

ating furniture designed, or like that designed, by Thomas Chippendale, an English cabinetmaker of the 18th century. Chippendale furniture was generally of simple but graceful outline with delicately carved rococo ornamentation, sculptured either in the solid wood or, in the cheaper specimens, separately and glued on.…

A maker of cider. [Obs.] Mortimer.

A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished.

A codifier; a maker of codes. [R.]

One who makes or stamps coin; a maker of money; -- usually, a maker of counterfeit money. Precautions such as are employed by coiners and receivers of stolen goods. Macaulay.

[Goldsmith's] compilations are widely distinguished from the compilations of ordinary bookmakers. Macaulay.

a sphere upon a plane surface as if projected upon the surface of a cone; -- much used by makers of maps in Europe. -- Conical surface (Geom.), a surface described by a right line moving along any curve and always passing through a fixed point that is not in the plane of that curve.

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

A cuckold maker. [R.] Jordan.

A shoemaker; -- jocularly so called from the patron sant of the craft.

A maker of, or writer for, a cyclopedia.

s of propriety; as, deformity in an edifice; deformity of character. Confounded, that her Maker's eyes Should look so near upon her foul deformities. Milton.