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One skilled in the knowledge of plants; a collector of, or dealer in, herbs, especially medicinal herbs.

from Hide. Concealed; put out of view; secret; not known; mysterious. Hidden fifths or octaves (Mus.), consecutive fifths or octaves, not sounded, but suggested or implied in the parallel motion of two parts towards a fifth or an octave.

To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation. Bred to disguise, in public 'tis you hide. Pope. Hide and seek, a play of children, in which some hide themselves, and others seek them. Swift.

A trainer and dealer in horses.

r deadly bullets light. Dryden. Hull down, said of a ship so distant that her hull is concealed by the convexity of the sea.

An instrument designed to mark the presence of water, especially in air. Weale.

To be concealed. [R.] Milton.

Not to be healed; incurable. "Wounds immedicable." Milton.

fined. Included stamens (Bot.), such as are shorter than the floral envelopes, or are concealed within them.

Not congealable; incapable of being congealed. -- In`con*geal"a*ble*ness, n.

In an infamous manner or degree; scandalously; disgracefully; shamefully. The sealed fountain of royal bounty which had been infamously monopolized and huckstered. Burke.

Not capable of being healed; incurable; irremediable.

That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible. Young. -- In`sup*press"i*bly, adv.

A manufacturer of iron, or large dealer therein. Bp. Hurd.

A dealer in iron or hardware.

Not repealable; not capable of being repealed or revoked, as a law. -- Ir`re*peal"a*ble*ness, n. -- Ir`re*peal"a*bly, adv.

Incapable of being revealed. -- Ir`re*veal"a*bly, adv.

Incapable of being reversed, recalled, repealed, or annulled; as, an irreversible sentence or decree. This rejection of the Jews, as it is not universal, so neither is it final and irreversible. Jortin.

A Scripture name of the Supreme Being, by which he was revealed to the Jews as their covenant God or Sovereign of the theocracy; the "ineffable name" of the Supreme Being, which was not pronounced by the Jews.

A dealer in the public stocks or funds; a stockjobber. [Eng.]