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The quality of being florid; floridness. Floyer.

ne having a number of drills driven from a common shaft. -- Gang master, a master or employer of a gang of workmen. -- Gang plank. See Gang board (above). -- Gang plow. See Gang cultivator (above). -- Gang press, a press for operating upon a pile or row of objects separated by intervening plates. -- Gang saw, a sa…

Gumminess; a viscous or adhesive quality or nature. [R.] Floyer.

A breaker or destroyer of images or idols; a determined enemy of idol worship.

to secure and maintain the rights of workingmen as respects their relations to their employers. [U. S.] -- Knights of Pythias, a secret order, founded in Washington, d.C., in 1864, for social and charitable purposes. -- Knights of the Round Table, knights belonging to an order which, according to the legendary accoun…

A destroyer of civil liberty. B. F. Wade.

The closing of a factory or workshop by an employer, usually in order to bring the workmen to satisfactory terms by a suspension of wages.

its actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head…

e anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania, about 1854, for the purpose of intimidating employers and officers of the law, and for avenging themselves by murder on persons obnoxious to them. The society was broken up by criminal prosecutions in 1876.

An annoyer. [Obs.] Tusser.

Oily. [R.] Ray. Floyer.

A mixture of two parts of the oil of roses with one of the vinegar of roses. Floyer.

or requites; specifically, an officer or agent of a government, a corporation, or an employer, whose duty it is to pay salaries, wages, etc., and keep account of the same.

r other labor organization, to intercept outsiders, and prevent them from working for employers with whom the organization is at variance. [Cant]

Putridity. Floyer.

to one's integrity, capacity, pecuniary ability, and the like; as, I referred to his employer for the truth of his story.

by a person sent to examine, explore, or investigate; as, a messenger reports to his employer what he has seen or ascertained; the committee reported progress. There is no man that may reporten all. Chaucer.

Impregnated or tinctured with rhubarb. Floyer.

Malicious waste or destruction of an employer's property or injury to his interests by workmen during labor troubles.

Parted by animal secretion; as, secretitious humors. Floyer.