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20 words match “SHOEMAKER”

SHOEMAKER n. 3 definitions
One whose occupation it is to make shoes and boots.
AWL n.
A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.
CORDWAINER n.
A worker in cordwain, or cordovan leather; a shoemaker. [Archaic.]
CRISPIN n. 2 definitions
A shoemaker; -- jocularly so called from the patron sant of the craft.
ELSIN n.
A shoemaker's awl. [Prov. Eng.]
FLOAT n.
A single-cut file for smoothing; a tool used by shoemakers for rasping off pegs inside a shoe.
HEELBALL n.
A composition of wax and lampblack, used by shoemakers for polishing, and by antiquaries in copying inscriptions.
INDENT v.
out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant.
LAPSTONE n.
A stone for the lap, on which shoemakers beat leather.
LINGEL n.
A shoemaker's thread. [Obs.]
RHINOSCLEROMA n.
ose and subsequently upon the neighboring parts, esp. the lips, palate, and throat. J. V. Shoemaker.
RUNNER n.
food fish (Elagatis pinnulatis) of Florida and the West Indies; -- called also skipjack, shoemaker, and yellowtail. The name alludes to its rapid successive leaps from the water.
SAINT v.
to give the title or reputation of a saint to (some one). A large hospital, erected by a shoemaker who has been beatified, though never sainted. Addison. To saint it, to act as a saint, or with a show of piety. Whether the charmer sinner it or saint it. Shak.
SHOE n.
rs. -- Shoe pac, a kind of moccasin. See Pac. -- Shoe stone, a sharpening stone used by shoemakers and other workers in leather.
SHOEMAKING n.
The business of a shoemaker.
SIZE n.
ll, a small piese of parchment added to a roll. -- Size stick, a measuring stick used by shoemakers for ascertaining the size of the foot.
SNOB n.
A journeyman shoemaker. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
SOUTER n.
A shoemaker; a cobbler. [Obs.] Chaucer. There is no work better than another to please God: . . . to wash dishes, to be a souter, or an apostle, -- all is one. Tyndale.
SPARABLE n.
A kind of small nail used by shoemakers.
WAX n. 2 definitions
A waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread.