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One who gathers or collects.

A line connecting points on the earth's surface having the same mean summer temperature.

Formerly, the head officer of a lathe. See 1st Lathe.

An imitation of leather, made of paper and cloth.

An extinct gigantic quaternary mammal, allied to the ant-eaters and sloths. Its remains are found in South America.

Thick, like mother; viscid. They oint their naked limbs with mothered oil. Dryden.

A murderer. [Obs. or Prov.]

Any species of Paleotherium.

A female panther.

Having part, or all, of the feathers imperfectly developed.

A crab of the genus pinnotheres. See Oyster crab, under Oyster.

Fragments; atoms; smithers. [Colloq.] W. Black.

Checkmate given when movement of the king is completely obstructed by his own men.

One who collects taxes or revenues. -- Tax"gath`er*ing, n.

Having no father; fatherless; hence, born contrary to nature. Shak.

Deprived of a mother; motherless.

Made sloping, so as to throw off water; as, a weathered cornice or window sill.

Faded; dried up; shriveled; wilted; wasted; wasted away. -- With"ered*ness, n. Bp. Hall.

Toward the back or rear; backward. "Therewith aback she started." Chaucer.

duction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof.