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The diplomatic agent of the pope highest in grade, superior to a nuncio.

serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him.

e or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement.

ough carnelian. Arangoes were formerly imported from Bombay for use in the African slave trade. McCulloch.

ttle. -- Under arms, armed and equipped and in readiness for battle, or for a military parade. Arm's end, Arm's length, Arm's reach. See under Arm.

Hence: Any continuous or ramified channel of communication; as, arteries of trade or commerce.

r divisions of Crustacea, so called because the thorax and abdomen are both segmented; Tetradecapoda. It includes the Amphipoda and Isopoda.

A handicraft; a trade; art of making. [Obs.]

One trained to manual dexterity in some mechanic art or trade; and handicraftsman; a mechanic. This is willingly submitted to by the artisan, who can . . . compensate his additional toil and fatigue. Hume.

levation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade; as, a road has an ascent of five degrees.

hypocritical or pretended concurrence. Abject flattery and indiscriminate assentation degrade as much as indiscriminate contradiction and noisy debate disgust. Ld. Chesterfield.

Of the second grade in the staff of the army; as, an assistant surgeon. [U.S.]

ressure under which the barometer stands at 760 millimeters, at a temperature of 0º Centigrade, at the level of the sea, and in the latitude of Paris. Sir W. Thomson.

In the English corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets. On an average, taking the mean of unequal numbers or quantities.

In the companies of London tradesmen, one not yet admitted to wear the livery; a junior member. [Obs.]

ack stairs, Backstairs, and Backstair, in the Vocabulary. -- Back step (Mil.), the retrograde movement of a man or body of men, without changing front. -- Back stream, a current running against the main current of a stream; an eddy. -- To take the back track, to retrace one's steps; to retreat. [Colloq.]…

A commercial traveler; one employed to solicit orders for manufacturers and tradesmen. Thackeray.

The trade of a baker. [R.]

cially, and as a fire alarm. -- Balance of torsion. See Torsion Balance. -- Balance of trade (Pol. Econ.), an equilibrium between the money values of the exports and imports of a country; or more commonly, the amount required on one side or the other to make such an equilibrium. -- Balance valve, a valve whose surfa…

A Hindoo trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer. [Written also banyan.]