Baker \Bak"er\, n. [AS. b[ae]cere. See Bake, v. i.]
1. One whose business it is to bake bread, biscuit, etc.
2. A portable oven in which baking is done. [U.S.]
A baker's dozen, thirteen.
Baker foot, a distorted foot. [Obs.]
--Jer. Taylor.
Baker's itch, a rash on the back of the hand, caused by the
irritating properties of yeast.
Baker's salt, the subcarbonate of ammonia, sometimes used
instead of soda, in making bread.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |