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One whose occupation is to manufacture utensils, ornaments, etc., of silver; a worker in silver.

history of every systematic attempt to provide a new social existence for the mass of the workers. F. Harrison.

A tool, variously shaped or grooved on the end or face, used by blacksmiths and other workers in metals, for shaping their work, whether sheet metal or forging, by holding the swage upon the work, or the work upon the swage, and striking with a sledge. Swage block, a perforated block of iron, having grooved sides and a…

which the means and processes of production are in the control of local organizations of workers, who are manage them for the common good.

A magician; a wonder worker. Lowell.

One who deals in wonders, or believes in them; a wonder worker. Carlyle.

A miracle worker; -- a title given by the Roman Catholics to some saints.

ntial houses of cedar adorned with totem poles, and were expert stone carvers and copper workers. Slavery, the potlatch, and the use of immense labrets were characteristic. Many now work in the salmon industry.

Insufficiently provided with hands or workers; short-handed; sparsely populated. Norway . . . might defy the world, . . . but it is much underhanded now. Coleridge.

A worker on sewed muslin. [Eng.]

A worker in iron who finishes or polishes the work, in distinction from one who forges it.

A man employed in labor, whether in tillage or manufactures; a worker.

l or manufacturing business; an artificer; a workman; a manufacturer; a mechanic; esp., a worker in wood; -- now chiefly used in compounds, as in millwright, wheelwright, etc. He was a well good wright, a carpenter. Chaucer.