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Not using prayer; habitually neglecting prayer to God; without prayer. "The next time you go prayerless to bed." Baxter. -- Prayer"less*ly, adv. -- Prayer"less*ness, n.

One who pays rates or taxes.

One who says; an utterer. Mr. Curran was something much better than a sayer of smart sayings. Jeffrey.

A mixed stuff, called also sagathy. See Sagathy.

One that starts from the scratch; hence, one of first-rate ability.

One who slays; a killer; a murderer; a destrroyer of life.

One who foretells events by the art of soothsaying; a prognosticator.

See Soothsayer. [Obs.]

One that sprays; any instrument for vaporizing and spraying liquids.

e occupation is to represent characters on the stage; as, Garrick was a celebrated stageplayer.

Staid; fixed; settled; sober; -- now written staid. See Staid. Bacon. Pope.

Staidly. See Staidly. [R.]

Staidness. [Archaic] W. Whately.

One who upholds or supports that which props; one who, or that which, stays, stops, or restrains; also, colloquially, a horse, man, etc., that has endurance, an a race.

One who strays; a wanderer.

Bent down, and hollow in the back; sway-backed; -- said of a horse. Shak.

A fencer; a gladiator; one who exhibits his skill in the use of the sword.

One who is assessed and pays a tax.

Any workman engaged in work involved in putting the track in place. [U. S. & Canada] -- Track"lay`ing, n.

One who, or that which, underlays or is underlaid; a lower layer.