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A woman who assists other women in childbirth; a female practitioner of the obstetric art.

The art or practice of assisting women in childbirth; obstetrics.

A servant; a subordinate; an officer or assistant of inferior rank; hence, an agent, an instrument. Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua. Ex. xxiv. 13. I chose Camillo for the minister, to poison My friend Polixenes. Shak.

Assisting in memory.

The art of memory; a system of precepts and rules intended to assist the memory; artificial memory.

ine. (a) (Woodworking) A planing machine for making moldings. (b) (Founding) A machine to assist in making molds for castings. -- Molding, or Moulding, mill, a mill for shaping timber. -- Molding, or Moulding, sand (Founding), a kind of sand containing clay, used in making molds.

That which supports or defends; stronghold; place or means of defense; munition; assistance. "Other muniments and petty helps." Shak.

reciprocally given and received; reciprocal; interchanged; as, a mutual love, advantage, assistance, aversion, etc. Conspiracy and mutual promise. Sir T. More. Happy in our mutual help, And mutual love. Milton. A certain shyness on such subjects, which was mutual between the sisters. G. Eliot.

Not engaged on either side; not taking part with or assisting either of two or more contending parties; neuter; indifferent. The heart can not possibly remain neutral, but constantly takes part one way or the other. Shaftesbury.

who does not make it his business to fight, as any one of the medical officers and their assistants, chaplains, and others; also, any of the citizens of a place occupied by an army; also, any one holding a similar position with respect to the navy.

A brief writing intended to assist the memory; a memorandum; a minute.

A figure of speech in which the orator implores the assistance of God or man.

To assist as a midwife. [Obs.] E. Waterhouse.

The act of assisting as a midwife; delivery. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Serving to assist childbirth; obstetric; hence, facilitating any bringing forth or deliverance. [Obs.] Yet is all human teaching but maieutical, or obstetricious. Cudworth.

The science of midwifery; the art of assisting women in parturition, or in the trouble incident to childbirth.

Indicating dependence or reliance; with confidence in; as, to depend on a person for assistance; to rely on; hence, indicating the ground or support of anything; as, he will promise on certain conditions; to bet on a horse.

are the effects of its operation on the stomach. Locke. Speculative painting, without the assistance of manual operation, can never attain to perfection. Dryden.

he bishop, or a clergyman appointed to perform divine service for condemned criminals and assist in preparing them for death.

Assisting the sense of hearing; as, an otacoustic instrument.