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The act of collating or comparing; a comparison of one copy er thing (as of a book, or manuscript) with another of a like kind; comparison, in general. Pope.

One who collates manuscripts, books, etc. Addison.

me civil or ecclesiastical office or employment. It is never used of partners in trade or manufactures.

A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening the soft fiber into a bat.

See Coamings. Combing machine (Textile Manuf.), a machine for combing wool, flax, cotton, etc., and separating the longer and more valuable fiber from the shorter. See also Carding machine, under Carding.

at is bought and sold (except animals), -- goods, wares, merchandise, produce of land and manufactures, etc.

to pasture on public commons. Commonable beasts are either beasts of the plow, or such as manure the ground. Blackstone.

tilizing land; esp., a composition of various substances (as muck, mold, lime, and stable manure) thoroughly mingled and decomposed, as in a compost heap. And do not spread the compost on the weeds To make them ranker. Shak.

Manure; compost. [Obs.] Shak.

A manual or ritual of customary devotional exercises.

t-iron guns lined with wrought-iron or steel tubes. Farrow. -- Converting furnace (Steel Manuf.), a furnace in which wrought iron is converted into steel by cementation.

A place where copper is wrought or manufactured. Woodward.

One whose occupation is to manufacture copper utensils; a worker in copper.

The stop which connects the manuals, or the manuals with the pedals; -- called also coupler.

Manuscript or printed matter to be set up in type; as, the printers are calling for more copy.

Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; as, the text of the manuscript is corrupt.

The house or room in which a merchant, trader, or manufacturer keeps his books and transacts business.

Art or skill; dexterity in particular manual employment; hence, the occupation or employment itself; manual art; a trade. Ye know that by this craft we have our wealth. Acts xix. 25. A poem is the work of the poet; poesy is his skill or craft of making. B. Jonson. Since the birth of time, throughout all ages and nation…

a creator of great skill in the manual arts. Syn. -- craftsman. [WordNet 1.5]

One skilled in some trade or manual occupation; an artificer; a mechanic.