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Given to prayer; praying much or often; devotional. "The prayerful man." J. S. Blackie. -- Prayer"ful*ly, adv. -- Prayer"ful*ness, n.

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, or that which, preys; a plunderer; a waster; a devourer. Hooker.

One who pays rates or taxes.

See Replier. Bacon.

One whose occupation is to saw timber into planks or boards, or to saw wood for fuel; a sawer.

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

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

The gray snapper. See under Snapper.

One who destroys himself; a suicide.

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.

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

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.

A steel-gray mineral of metallic luster. It is a sulphide of silver and copper.

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

One who is assessed and pays a tax.