(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.
