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mand; a person who labors or exerts himself for the benefit of another, his master or employer; a subordinate helper. "A yearly hired servant." Lev. xxv. 53. Men in office have begun to think themselves mere agents and servants of the appointing power, and not agents of the government or the country. D. Webster.…

other's command; attendance of an inferior, hired helper. slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or the like; also, spiritual obedience and love. "O God . . . whose service is perfect freedom." Bk. of Com. Prayer. Madam, I entreat true peace of you, Which I will purchase with my duteous service. Shak. God requir…

One of the triad of Hindoo gods. He is the avenger or destroyer, and in modern worship symbolizes the reproductive power of nature.

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

a body of workmen, done as a means of enforcing compliance with demands made on their employer. Strikes are the insurrections of labor. F. A. Walker.

must with it and raising a new fermentation. We stum our wines to renew their spirits. Floyer.

An employer who oppresses his workmen by paying low wages. [Slang]

s factory hands, watchmen, drivers, check takers, and the like, by revealing to their employers what they have done or omitted.

ion of tension, stiffness, or contraction. A tensive pain from distension of the parts. Floyer.

A determining; as, in oyer and terminer. See Oyer.

Hindoo gods, consisting of Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer. [Spelled also Trimurtti.]

A destroyer. [R. & Poetic] There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends. Pope.

trinity. He is regarded as the preserver, while Brahma is the creator, and Siva the destroyer of the creation.

A statute fixing the compensation that a workman may recover from an employer in case of accident, esp. the British act of 6 Edw. VII. c. 58 (1906) giving to a workman, except in certain cases of "serious and willful misconduct," a right against his employer to a certain compensation on the mere occurrence of an accide…