Definition of mechanic
- a. - The art of the application of the laws of motion or force
to construction.
- a. - 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.
- a. - 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.
- a. - Of or pertaining to a mechanic or artificer, or to the
class of artisans; hence, rude; common; vulgar.
- a. - Base.