Mechanic

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Base.

II. Mechanic ·adj The art of the application of the laws of motion or force to construction.

III. Mechanic ·adj Of or pertaining to a mechanic or artificer, or to the class of artisans; hence, rude; common; vulgar.

IV. Mechanic ·adj Having to do with the application of the laws of motion in the art of constructing or making things; of or pertaining to mechanics; mechanical; as, the mechanic arts.

V. Mechanic ·adj A mechanician; an artisan; an artificer; one who practices any mechanic art; one skilled or employed in shaping and uniting materials, as wood, metal, ·etc., into any kind of structure, machine, or other object, requiring the use of tools, or instruments.