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Practical (medicine) and naker (iou)


Practical (medicine)


practical


1. Of or pertaining to practice or action.

2. Capable of being turned to use or account; useful, in distinction from ideal or theoretical; as, practical chemistry. "Man's practical understanding." . "For all practical purposes." .

3. Evincing practice or skill; capable of applying knowledge to some useful end; as, a practical man; a practical mind.

4. Derived from practice; as, practical skill. Practical joke, a joke put in practice; a joke the fun of which consists in something done, in distinction from something said; especially, a trick played upon a person.

Origin: L. Practicus active, Gr. Fit for doing or performing, practical, active, fr. To do, work, effect: cf. F. Pratique, formerly also practique. Cf. Pragmatic, Practice.

Source: Websters Dictionary


naker (iou)



naker noun. ME.
[Old French nac(ai)re = Italian nacchera (cf. medieval Latin nacara, Greek anakara) from Arab. na&kdbelow;&kdbelow;ara drum.]
Chiefly Hist. A kettledrum.
nakerer noun (long rare or obsolete) a person who plays the naker ME.