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One who practices some mechanic art or craft; an artisan. [Obs.] How to build ships, and dreadful ordnance cast, Instruct the articles and reward their. Waller.

One peculiarly dexterous and tasteful in almost any employment, as an opera dancer, a hairdresser, a cook.

Of or pertaining to art or to artists; made in the manner of an artist; conformable to art; characterized by art; showing taste or skill. -- Ar*tis"tic*al*ly, adv.

Artistic effect or quality. Southey.

One attached to the policy or family of Bonaparte, or of the Bonapartes.

In Spain and Portugal, one who supports the constitution.

A supporter or partisan of chartism. [Eng.]

Inartistic.

e public in a particular character; as, a person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator. Will he now retire, After appearance, and again prolong Our expectation Milton.

The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem. You and love are still my argument. Shak. The abstract or argument of the piece. Jeffrey. [Shields] with boastful argument portrayed. Milton.…

An association for promoting art (esp. the arts of design), and giving encouragement to artists.

An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular kind, as a silversmith.

One who professes and practices some liberal art; an artist. [Obs.]

Contrived without skill or art; inartistic. [R.] Artless and massy pillars. T. Warton.

Without technical or artistic knowledge. Difficult to convey to the atechnic reader. Etching & Engr.

A brush made of badgers' hair, used by artists. Badger dog. (Zoöl.) See Dachshund.

An artistic dance performed as a theatrical entertainment, or an interlude, by a number of persons, usually women. Sometimes, a scene accompanied by pantomime and dancing.

Artistic representation or display.

sy. [Modern] Hers was a pleasant Bohemian life till she was five and thirty. Blackw. Mag. Artists have abandoned their Bohemian manners and customs nowadays. W. Black. Bohemian chatterer, or Bohemian waxwing (Zoöl.), a small bird of Europe and America (Ampelis garrulus); the waxwing. -- Bohemian glass, a variety of ha…

To cut, as wood, stone, or other material, in an artistic or decorative manner; to sculpture; to engrave. Carved with figures strange and sweet. Coleridge.