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ranch of agriculture dealing with the methods of conversion of agricultural products into manufactured articles; agricultural technology.

Waste material from the manufacture of alkali; specif., soda waste.

An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner. [Obs.] Cowell.

variety of the domestic goat, reared for its long silky hair, which is highly prized for manufacture.

colorless, oily liquid, originally obtained from indigo by distillation, but now largely manufactured from coal tar or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliant dyes are made.

A disease due to inhaling the poisonous fumes present in the manufacture of aniline.

ulfillment, reciprocation, or satisfaction; to serve the purpose; as, gypsum answers as a manure on some soils. Do the strings answer to thy noble hand Dryden.

their relics, as inscriptions, monuments, remains of ancient habitations, statues, coins, manuscripts, etc.; one who searches for and studies the relics of antiquity.

dings or monuments of an early epoch, inscriptions, implements, and other relics, written manuscripts, etc.

A manufactory of arms, as rifles, muskets, pistols, bayonets, swords. [U.S.]

A public establishment for the storage, or for the manufacture and storage, of arms and all military equipments, whether for land or naval service.

An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular kind, as a silversmith.

One trained to manual dexterity in some mechanic art or trade; and handicraftsman; a mechanic. This is willingly submitted to by the artisan, who can . . . compensate his additional toil and fatigue. Hume.

One who professes and practices an art in which science and taste preside over the manual execution.

A rich kind of satin manufactured in India. Brande & C.

, or value of; to make less complex; to weaken. To undersell our rivals . . . has led the manufacturer to . . . attenuate his processes, in the allotment of tasks, to an extreme point. I. Taylor. We may reject and reject till we attenuate history into sapless meagerness. Sir F. Palgrave.

That which is written with one's own hand; an original manuscript; a person's own signature or handwriting.

ns. Unconscious or automatic reasoning. H. Spenser. Automatic arts, such economic arts or manufacture as are carried on by self-acting machinery. Ure.

A commercial traveler; one employed to solicit orders for manufacturers and tradesmen. Thackeray.

A by-product from the manufacture of steel by the basic process, used as a fertilizer. It is rich in lime and contains 14 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid. Called also Thomas slag, phosphatic slag, and odorless phosphate.