||Me*ca"te (?), n. [Sp.] A rope of hair or of maguey fiber, for tying
||horses, etc. [Southwestern U. S.]
Mec`ca*wee" (?), a. Of or pertaining to Mecca, in Arabia. -- n. A
native or inhabitant of Mecca.
Me*chan"ic (?), n. [F. mécanique mechanics. See Mechanic, a.] 1. The
art of the application of the laws of motion or force to construction.
[Obs.]
2. 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.
An art quite lost with our mechanics.
Sir T. Browne.
Me*chan"ic (m*kn"k), a. [F. mécanique, L. mechanicus, Gr. mhchaniko`s,
fr. mhchanh` a machine. See Machine.] 1. 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." Ray.
Mechanic slaves, With greasy aprons, rules, and hammers.
Shak.
2. 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.
Roscommon.
Sometimes he ply'd the strong, mechanic tool.
Thomson.