Dictionary entry

Baker

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Bak″er (�), n. [AS. bæcere. See Bake, v. t.] 1. One whose business it is to bake bread, biscuit, etc.

2. A portable oven in which baking is done.

A baker's dozen, thirteen. — Baker foot, a distorted foot. 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.