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n. One who accomplishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who admonishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One lying in ambush. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A depository for ashes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A place where potash is made. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who banishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who uses blandishments. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One that blushes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who brandishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An Englishman; a subject or inhabitant of Great Britain, esp. one in the British military or naval service. [ Now used jocosely ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. 1. One who burnishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A tool with a hard, smooth, rounded end or surface, as of steel, ivory, or agate, used in smoothing or polishing by rubbing. It has a variety of forms adapted to special uses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who cherishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cherisher of my flesh and blood. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a device for suppressing fire, consisting of a steel cylinder containing compressed carbon dioxide, which may be released by pressing on a handle. The release of the gas is usually accomplished through a hose attached to a funnel-shaped vent which is directed at the base of the fire, and when released, part of the carbon dioxide is chilled sufficiently to solidify into a powder. The large quantity of inert carbon dioxide released on top of a small fire is usually sufficient to exinguish the flame by excluding oxygen, and the cooling effect also helps drive the temperature of the combustible material below that required to support compustion. It is used in situations where putting water on the fire might cause undesirable damage. [ PJC ]

v. t. [ Ir. cosair a feast, a banquet? or cf. F. coucher to lie. Cf. Couch, Coshering. ] 1. (Old Law) To levy certain exactions or tribute upon; to lodge and eat at the expense of. See Coshering. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To treat with hospitality; to pet. [ Ireland ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who coshers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Old Law) A feudal prerogative of the lord of the soil entitling him to lodging and food at his tenant's house. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sometimes he contrived, in deflance of the law, to live by coshering, that is to say, by quartering himself on the old tentants of his family, who, wretched as was their own condition, could not refuse a portion of their pittance to one whom they still regarded as their rightful lord. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

Crusher gauge, an instrument for measuring the explosive force of gunpowder, etc., by its effect in compressing a piece of metal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which dashes or agitates; as, the dasher of a churn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dashboard or splashboard. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who makes an ostentatious parade. [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, demolishes; as, a demolisher of towns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, diminishes anything. Clerke (1637). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Disherit. ] The act of disheriting, or debarring from inheritance; disinherison. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disherited; p. pr. & vb. n. Disheriting. ] [ F. déshériter; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + hériter to inherit. See Inherit, and cf. Dusheir, Disinherit. ] To disinherit; to cut off, or detain, from the possession or enjoyment of an inheritance. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. desheritance. ] The act of disinheriting or state of being disinherited; disinheritance. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) One who puts another out of his inheritance. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

2. (Zool.) A European bird; the wagtail. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. an electrical appliance{ 4 } which washes tableware automatically by directing powerful streams of hot soapy water at the items from multiple jets. [ PJC ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, distinguishes or separates one thing from another by marks of diversity. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who discerns accurately the difference of things; a nice or judicious observer. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who embellishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who establishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, extinguishes; esp., a hollow cone or other device for extinguishing a flame, as of a torch or candle. [ 1913 Webster ]

fire extinguisher a portable device designed to deliver chemicals, usually in a stream, that can suppress or extinguish a fire. Examples of fire extinghuishers are a carbon dioxide extinguisher, or CO2 extinguisher, and soda-acid extinguisher. [ PJC ]

n. (Zool.) A European marine fish (Cottus bubalis), allied to the sculpin; -- called also lucky proach. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who finishes, puts an end to, completes, or perfects; esp. used in the trades, as in hatting, weaving, etc., for the workman who gives a finishing touch to the work, or any part of it, and brings it to perfection. [ 1913 Webster ]

O prophet of glad tidings, finisher
Of utmost hope! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Something that gives the finishing touch to, or settles, anything. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. fiscere. ] 1. One who fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A carnivorous animal of the Weasel family (Mustela Canadensis); the pekan; the “black cat.” [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Fishermen 1. One whose occupation is to catch fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) A ship or vessel employed in the business of taking fish, as in the cod fishery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Fisheries 1. The business or practice of catching fish; fishing. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A place for catching fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) The right to take fish at a certain place, or in particular waters. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

2. A man of more appearance of wit than reality. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) (a) A large sparoid fish of the Atlantic coast and all tropical seas (Lobotes Surinamensis). (b) The European red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio); -- called also flusher. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An exhibitionist{ 1 }, especially a male, who briefly exposes his private parts in a public place. [ PJC ]

n. 1. A butcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

A flesher on a block had laid his whittle down. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A two-handled, convex, blunt-edged knife, for scraping hides; a fleshing knife. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who flourishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A workman employed in cleaning sewers by flushing them with water. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The red-backed shrike. See Flasher. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a first-year undergraduate. [ Brit. slang ]
Syn. -- freshman. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. fourbisseur. ] One who furbishes; esp., a sword cutler, who finishes sword blades and similar weapons.

n. One who supplies or fits out. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

prop. n. A mountain in Kashmir, 26, 470 feet high. [ proper name ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. A person who enters into a party or other social event without an invitation, or into a theater or other public performance without a ticket. [ PJC ]

n. [ OE. gosherde. See Goose, and Herd a herdsman. ] One who takes care of geese. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who gushes. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. fr. Icel. hapurtask trumpery, trifles, perh. through French. It is possibly akin to E. haversack, and to Icel. taska trunk, chest, pocket, G. tasche pocket, and the orig. sense was perh., peddler's wares. ] 1. A dealer in small wares, as tapes, pins, needles, and thread. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dealer in items of men's clothing, such as hats, gloves, neckties, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

The haberdasher heapeth wealth by hats. Gascoigne. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A dealer in drapery goods of various descriptions, as laces, silks, trimmings, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The goods and wares sold by a haberdasher; also (Fig.), trifles. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]