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One who employs another; as, an employer of workmen.

One who enjoys.

One who essays. Addison.

One who eyes another. Gayton.

The range or reach of the eye; eyeshot. "A seat in eyereach of him." B. Jonson.

A name given in the East and West Indies to certain trees with brilliant blossoms, probably species of Cæsalpinia.

One who strips off the skin.

One that uses wings.

e who makes or joins in a foray. They might not choose the lowand road, For the Merse forayers were abroad. Sir W. Scott.

A lobby in a theater; a greenroom.

One who gainsays, contradicts, or denies. "To convince the gainsayers." Tit. i. 9.

'' (Gruyère, Switzerland. It is a firm cheese containing numerous cells, and is known in the United States as Schweitzerkäse.

One who inlays, or whose occupation it is to inlay.

One who journeys.

See Caloyer.

See Lammergeir.

See Lanier.

One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters. It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advo…

Like, or becoming, a lawyer; as, lawyerlike sagacity. "Lawyerly mooting of this point." Milton.

hich is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a layer of bricks, or of plaster; the layers of an onion.