baker

[Eng. bak (e); -er. A.S. bæcere; Icel. bakari; Sw. bagare; Dan. bager; Dut. bakker; Ger. bäcker, becker.] One whose occu pation is to bake bread, biscuits, . "There was not a baker's shop in the city round which twenty or thirty soldiers were not constantly prowling."-Macaulay: Hist. Eng . , ch. xii. * baker-foot, s. A foot like that of a baker, by which was meant a badly-shaped or distorted foot. ( Bp . Taylor .) * baker-legged, a. Having legs like those of a baker, by which was meant legs bending forward at the knees. ( Webster .) * baker's dozen (Dr. Brewer ( Dict . of Phrase and Fable ) says, "When a heavy penalty was inflicted for short weight, bakers used to give a surplus number of loaves, called the in bread , to avoid all risk of incurring the fine."] Thirteen.