Word Meanings - JOINERY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The art, or trade, of a joiner; the work of a joiner. A piece of joinery . . . whimsically dovetailed. Burke.
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- TRADE-MARK
A peculiar distinguishing mark or device affixed by a manufacturer or a merchant to his goods, the exclusive right of using which is recognized by law. - TRADESFOLK
People employed in trade; tradesmen. Swift. - TRADESPEOPLE
People engaged in trade; shopkeepers. - PIECER
1. One who pieces; a patcher. 2. A child employed in spinning mill to tie together broken threads. - JOINER
1. One who, or that which, joins. 2. One whose occupation is to construct articles by joining pieces of wood; a mechanic who does the woodwork necessary for the finishing of buildings. "One Snug, the joiner." Shak. 3. A wood-working machine, for - PIECEMEALED
Divided into pieces. - PIECEMEAL
1. In pieces; in parts or fragments. "On which it piecemeal brake." Chapman. The beasts will tear thee piecemeal. Tennyson. 2. Piece by piece; by little and little in succession. Piecemeal they win, this acre first, than that. Pope. - TRADED
Professional; practiced. Shak. - TRADELESS
Having no trade or traffic. Young. - TRADES-UNIONIST; TRADE-UNIONIST
A member of a trades union, or a supporter of trades unions. - PIECELESS
Not made of pieces; whole; entire. - JOINERY
The art, or trade, of a joiner; the work of a joiner. A piece of joinery . . . whimsically dovetailed. Burke. - TRADER
1. One engaged in trade or commerce; one who makes a business of buying and selling or of barter; a merchant; a trafficker; as, a trader to the East Indies; a country trader. 2. A vessel engaged in the coasting or foreign trade. - TRADESCANTIA
A genus including spiderwort and Wandering Jew. - PIECELY
In pieces; piecemeal. - TRADESWOMAN
A woman who trades, or is skilled in trade. - TRADESMAN
1. One who trades; a shopkeeper. 2. A mechanic or artificer; esp., one whose livelihood depends upon the labor of his hands. Burrill. - TRADE NAME
The name by which an article is called among traders, etc.; as, tin spirits is a common trade name in the dyeing industry for various solutions of tin salts. An invented or arbitrary adopted name given by a manufacturer or merchant to an article - TRADE
The trade winds. 9. Refuse or rubbish from a mine. Syn. -- Profession; occupation; office; calling; avocation; employment; commerce; dealing; traffic. Board of trade. See under Board. -- Trade dollar. See under Dollar. -- Trade price, the price - WHIMSICALLY
In a whimsical manner; freakishly. - SPARPIECE
The collar beam of a roof; the spanpiece. Gwilt. - SOLE TRADER
A feme sole trader. - DRIFTPIECE
An upright or curved piece of timber connecting the plank sheer with the gunwale; also, a scroll terminating a rail. - CODPIECE
A part of male dress in front of the breeches, formerly made very conspicuous. Shak. Fosbroke. - AFTERPIECE
The heel of a rudder. (more info) 1. A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment. - FIELDPIECE
A cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army; a piece of field artillery; -- called also field gun. - BACKPIECE; BACKPLATE
A piece, or plate which forms the back of anything, or which covers the back; armor for the back. - TIMEPIECE
A clock, watch, or other instrument, to measure or show the progress of time; a chronometer. - CHIMNEY-PIECE
A decorative construction around the opning of a fireplace. - BALUSTRADE
A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building. - SEAPIECE
A picture representing a scene at sea; a marine picture. Addison. - SIDEPIECE
The jamb, or cheek, of an opening in a wall, as of door or window.