See Also: mechanic(medicine)
mechanic(dictionary)
mechanic(dictionary)
Mechanic(casino)
Mechanic - Poker(gambling)
Card Mechanic - Poker(gambling)
Mechanic' s Grip - Poker(gambling)

Ebola (iou) and mechanic (iou)


Ebola (iou)



Ebola noun. L20.
[The name of a river and district in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), where the disease was first observed in 1976.]
Used attrib. with Reference to a tropical African filovirus that causes a severe, infectious, generally fatal haemorrhagic disease in humans. Esp. in Ebola fever, Ebola virus.

mechanic (iou)



mechanic adjective & noun. LME.
[(Old & mod. French mecanique from) Latin mechanicus, from Greek mekhanikos from mekhanike MACHINE noun: see -IC.]
A. adjective.
Pertaining to or involving manual labour or skill. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
Pertaining to or of the Nature of a machine or machines; worked by machinery. Now arch. exc. poet. LME.
Of a person: having a manual occupation; working at a trade. Formerly also, low in the social scale; vulgar, coarse. Now rare. M16.
= MECHANICAL adjective 5a. Now rare or obsolete. M17.
Worked or working like a machine; automatic, unthinking. Cf. MECHANICAL adjective 4. arch. M17.
b. noun. See also MECHANICS.
A manual worker; an artisan. arch. M16.
mechanics' institute, mechanics' institution Hist. any of various societies providing Education for working people.
b. A person of low status, a vulgar person. derog. Now rare. E17.
A mechanical Art. Also, manual labour, skill. Only in 17.
A skilled manual worker, esp. one who makes, uses, or Repairs machinery. M17.
DENTAL mechanic.
A. MacLean The overalled mechanic was still at work on the helicopter's engine.
A person who cheats at gambling Games, esp. cards; a card-sharp, esp. one who manipulates cards. US & Austral. slang. L19.
A hired assassin. slang. L20.