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/məkˈænɪk/ /mɪkˈænɪk/ Listen

noun

Mechanic n.

The art of the application of the laws of motion or force to construction. (Obs.)

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. Also, a technician who maintains or repairs machinery; as, an auto mechanic. "An art quite lost with our mechanics."

adjective

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. "These mechanic philosophers." "Mechanic slaves, With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers."

Of or pertaining to a mechanic or artificer, or to the class of artisans; hence, rude; common; vulgar. "To make a god, a hero, or a king Descend to a mechanic dialect." "Sometimes he ply'd the strong, mechanic tool."

Base. (Obs.)

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"Mechanic" Quotes from Famous Books

... must surely be a pleasant thing to sing to princes, warriors, and statesmen—all that the country holds most in honour, love, and reverence. The impulse thus given is felt throughout the land. Classes are formed in every town, almost in every village; the labourer, the mechanic, young men and maidens, old men and children, may be seen, after their daily toil is done, busy with the do, re, mi, fa, &c., of the class-book. Although the system may not prove all that might be desired, yet much is taught ...

— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine--Vol. 54, No. 333, July 1843 • Various

... of the Civil War and the Commonwealth caused great confusion and many defects in the registers. Very often the rector was turned out of his parish; the intruding minister, often an ignorant mechanic, cared naught for registers. Registrars were appointed in each parish who could scarcely sign their names, much less enter a baptism. Hence we find very frequent gaps in the books from 1643 to 1660. At Tarporley, Cheshire, there ...

— Vanishing England • P. H. Ditchfield

... Davie resolved to be a mechanic. "I won't be a good-for-nothing man in the world. If I can't be a learned professor, I may be a good carpenter or a blacksmith. If I learn to make a good horseshoe, I'll be worth something." So the next morning he asked his father's leave to enter a machine-shop. His father said he might, ...

— Queer Stories for Boys and Girls • Edward Eggleston

... assembly and found one small hole in the fabric of the stabilizer. A shell fragment had gone through when the war rockets exploded nearby. The pilot verified that the fragment had hit no strengthening member inside. He nodded. The mechanic made very neat fabric patches over the two holes, upper and lower. He began to go over the fuselage. The pilot ...

— Space Platform • Murray Leinster

... Collins, the progress of the colony was barely perceptible. There were no roads in the interior; no public buildings: the house of the governor was a mere cottage, too mean for the accommodation of a modern mechanic. ...

— The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2) • John West

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