noun.
A contrivance for killing large ferocious animals.
noun.
The technical name among house-painters for anything used to prevent resin, locally present in woodwork, from exuding and making visible spots on the painted surface; also, in a more general sense, any substance used to remove spots on such surfaces.
noun.
One who kills or deprives of life; especially, a slaughterer; a butcher.
noun.
A club of hard wood, used for killing fish.—
noun.
A delphinid, Orca gladiator, and other species of that genus: so called from their ravenous and ferocious habits.