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The art of mechanically multiplying copies of a writing, or any work of art.

ndary cause or agent; not directly or primarily; by means; -- opposed to immediately. God worketh all things amongst us mediately. Sir W. Raleigh. The king grants a manor to A, and A grants a portion of it to B. In this case. B holds his lands immediately of A, but mediately of the king. Blakstone.

[Obs.] Shak. Medicine bag, a charm; -- so called among the North American Indians, or in works relating to them. -- Medicine man (among the North American Indians), a person who professes to cure sickness, drive away evil spirits, and regulate the weather by the arts of magic. -- Medicine seal, a small gem or paste…

Worthy of meed, reward, or recompense; meritorious. "Meedful works." Wiclif.

One of the larger measures of work, amounting to one million ergs; -- called also megalerg.

Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a mellow soil. "Mellow glebe." Drayton

A work of twelve volumes, each containing the offices in the Greek Church for a month; also, each volume of the same. Shipley.

The production and working or manufacture of metals. [R.] R. Park.

A worker in metals, or one skilled in metals.

The science or art of metals and metal working; also, a treatise on metals.

One who works in metals, or prepares them for use; one who is skilled in metallurgy.

The art of working metals, comprehending the whole process of separating them from other matters in the ore, smelting, refining, and parting them; sometimes, in a narrower sense, only the process of extracting metals from their ores.

A worker in metals.

A measure of energy or work done; the power exerted in raising one gram through the distance of one meter against gravitation.

ethod; to dispose in due order; to arrange in a convenient manner; as, to methodize one's work or thoughts. Spectator.

o triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which, among the ancients, was often adorned with carved work. See Illust. of Entablature.

at earnestness; vigorously; powerfully. Whereunto I also labor, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily. Col. i. 29.

Accomplished by might; hence, extraordinary; wonderful. "His mighty works." Matt. xi. 20.

An excavation in rock, transverse to the workings, from which material for filling is obtained.

The business of work of a milliner.