n. 1. 1 a family comprising the bubble shells.
Syn. -- family Akeridae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ AS. bæcere. See Bake, v. t. ] 1. One whose business it is to bake bread, biscuit, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A portable oven in which baking is done. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A baker's dozen, thirteen. --
Baker foot, a distorted foot. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. --
Baker's itch, a rash on the back of the hand, caused by the irritating properties of yeast. --
Baker's salt, the subcarbonate of ammonia, sometimes used instead of soda, in making bread. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having legs that bend inward at the knees. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The trade of a baker. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A place for baking bread; a bakehouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. biker; akin to Icel. bikarr, Sw. bägare, Dan. baeger, G. becher, It. bicchiere; -- all fr. LL. bicarium, prob. fr. Gr. bi^kos wine jar, or perh. L. bacar wine vessel. Cf. Pitcher a jug. ] 1. A large drinking cup, with a wide mouth, supported on a foot or standard. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An open-mouthed, thin glass vessel, having a projecting lip for pouring; -- used for holding solutions requiring heat. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes beds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who bespeaks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who writes and publishes books; especially, one who gathers his materials from other books; a compiler. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Horse Racing) A betting man who “makes a book.” See To make a book, under Book, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes boots. -- Boot"mak`ing, n. [1913 Webster]

n. 1. One who, or that which, breaks. [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll be no breaker of the law. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines; also, the building in which such a machine is placed. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) A small water cask. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sand bank, or a rock or reef near the surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

The breakers were right beneath her bows. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone.
Syn. -- ledgeman. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One whose occupation is to make bricks. -- Brick"mak*ing, n. [1913 Webster]

n. One whose occupation is to make cabinets or other choice articles of household furniture, as tables, bedsteads, bureaus, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a person who makes or sells candles. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. someone who makes candies and other sweets.
Syn. -- confectioner. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Elec.) A device contained within an electrical circuit designed to interrupt the circuit when the current exceeds a preset value; it is sometimes called a contact breaker. Its function is to prevent fire or damage to the circuit or the devices on the circuit which could be caused by excess current, such as that caused by a short-circuit. It differs from a fuse in not having a conducting element which melts (see 2nd fuse, n.). Circuit breakers are designed to be easily reset, i. e. to reclose the circuit after it has been opened by the circuit breaker; this is usually accomplished by simply moving a switch back and forth. They are commonly used in buildings to protect individual electrical lines, and are often contained in groups within a box called a circuit breaker panel, which divides the current from a main electrical line into multiple circuits each protected by a separate circuit breaker. Less commonly they may be found on individual devices. [ PJC ]

n. One who boasts; a braggart. [ Obs. ] Old Play. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who croaks, murmurs, grumbles, or complains unreasonably; one who habitually forebodes evil. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) A small American fish (Micropogon undulatus), of the Atlantic coast. (a) An American fresh-water fish (Aplodinotus grunniens); -- called also drum. (c) The surf fish of California. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When caught these fishes make a croaking sound; whence the name, which is often corrupted into crocus.

[ Perh. fr. W. crecial the daker hen; crec a sharp noise (creg harsh, hoarse, crechian to scream) + iar hen; or cf. D. duiken to dive, plunge. ] (Zool.) The corncrake or land rail.

{ } n. [ See Dicker. ] (O. Eng. & Scots Law) A measure of certain commodities by number, usually ten or twelve, but sometimes twenty; as, a daker of hides consisted of ten skins; a daker of gloves of ten pairs. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A maker of gowns, or similar garments; a mantuamaker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sometimes erroneously written fakir. ] 1. One who fakes something; as (a) a thief. (b), a peddler of petty things. (c) a workman who dresses things up. [ Slang ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. a person who makes deceitful pretenses.
Syn. -- imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, fraud, sham, pseudo, pseud, role player. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who forsakes or deserts. [ 1913 Webster ]

or , n. One who makes, or manufactures, glass. -- Glass" mak`ing, or Glass"mak`ing, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who cuts and cures hay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A machine for curing hay in rainy weather. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A forceful punch that results in someone being knocked down or knocked out; as, he delivered a haymaker to his opponent's jaw. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

n. One who is guilty of the crime of housebreaking. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a ship with a reinforced bow and powerful engines designed to break up layers of ice on waterways and keep channels open for navigation.
Syn. -- iceboat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A remark or action intended to relieve tension or reduce formality when initiating conversation or beginning a speech; it is often a humorous or light remark. [ PJC ]

n. One who uses a kayak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One that is connected with a lake or lakes, as in habitation, toil, etc.: (a) One of the poets of the Lake school. See Lake poets, under Lake, n. (b) (Zool.) A fish living in, or taken from, a lake, esp. the namaycush. (c) A lake steamer or canal boat. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bridge tender . . . thought the Cowies “a little mite” longer than that laker. The Century. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One who disobeys the law; someone who violates the law; a criminal.
Syn. -- violator, lawbreaker, law breaker, perpetrator. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

-- Law"break`ing, n. & a. [1913 Webster]

n. A legislator; a lawgiver. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. Those persons who make or amend or repeal laws, collectively.
Syn. -- legislature, legislative assembly, general assembly. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A device which converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance, usually outdoors; it is used to amplify or transmit over a distance speech from a person, who is typically speaking into a microphone. Sometimes it is used to play recorded speech or music.
Syn. -- speaker, speaker unit, loudspeaker system, speaker system. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who makes, forms, or molds; a manufacturer; specifically, the Creator. [ 1913 Webster ]

The universal Maker we may praise. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) The person who makes a promissory note. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who writes verses; a poet. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ “The Greeks named the poet poihth`s, which name, as the most excellent, hath gone through other languages. It cometh of this word poiei^n, make; wherein, I know not whether by luck or wisdom, we Englishmen have met well the Greeks in calling him a maker.” Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

To meet one's maker, to die. [ PJC ]

n. The final preparation and adjustments. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who makes dresses, cloaks, etc., for women; a dressmaker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person who makes maps; a cartographer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who makes matches for burning or kinding. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who tries to bring about marriages. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes merriment or indulges in conviviality; a jovial comrade. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes mischief; one who excites or instigates quarrels or enmity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who mistakes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Well meaning ignorance of some mistakers. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who coins or prints money; also, a counterfeiter of money. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who accumulates money or wealth; specifically, one who makes money-getting his governing motive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) Same as Moonsail. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person who habitually muckrakes. [ PJC ]

n. (Zool.) Same as Nacre. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. nakere, F. nakaire, LL. nacara, Per. naqāret. ] A kind of kettledrum. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Any device (such as a clapper or bell or horn) used to make a loud noise at a celebration. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) (a) The European nuthatch. (b) The nutcracker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Ocher. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol. & Anat.) 1. a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat.
Syn. -- cardiac pacemaker, sinoatrial node. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. An implanted electronic device that takes over the function of the natural cardiac pacemaker{ 1 }; -- used to assist people whose heartbeat is irregular.
Syn. -- artificial pacemaker. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. A horse used to set the pace in racing.
Syn. -- pacer, pacesetter. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who takes pains; one careful and faithful in all work. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]