Word Meanings - LOCKSMITH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An artificer whose occupation is to make or mend locks.

WHOSESOEVER
The possessive of whosoever. See Whosoever.
ARTIFICER
A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.; also, one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades, etc., in a military laboratory. Syn. -- Artisan; artist. See Artisan. (more info) 1. An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one
OCCUPATION
1. The act or process of occupying or taking possession; actual possession and control; the state of being occupied; a holding or keeping; tenure; use; as, the occupation of lands by a tenant. 2. That which occupies or engages the time
LOCKSMITH
An artificer whose occupation is to make or mend locks.
WHOSE
The possessive case of who or which. See Who, and Which. Whose daughter art thou tell me, I pray thee. Gen. xxiv. 23. The question whose solution I require. Dryden.
GOLDYLOCKS
A plant of several species of the genus Chrysocoma; -- so called from the tufts of yellow flowers which terminate the stems; also, the Ranunculus auricomus, a kind of buttercup.
BADDERLOCKS
A large black seaweed sometimes eaten in Europe; -- also called murlins, honeyware, and henware.
GOLDILOCKS
See GOLDYLOCKS
INOCCUPATION
Want of occupation.
DISOCCUPATION
The state of being unemployed; want of occupation.
PREOCCUPATION
1. The act of preoccupying, or taking possession of beforehand; the state of being preoccupied; prepossession. 2. Anticipation of objections. South.