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Workyday :: Workyday (n.) A week day or working day, as distinguished from Sunday or a holiday. Also used adjectively..

Drainage :: Drainage (n.) The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works..

Epitome :: Epitome (n.) A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement.

Carpentering :: Carpentering (n.) The occupation or work of a carpenter; the act of working in timber; carpentry.

Raising :: Raising (n.) Specifically, the operation or work of setting up the frame of a building; as, to help at a raising..

Aver :: Aver (n.) A work horse, or working ox..

Workmanly :: Workmanly (a.) Becoming a skillful workman; skillful; well performed; workmanlike.

Crewelwork :: Crewelwork (n.) Embroidery in crewels, commonly done upon some plain material, such as linen..

Haze :: Haze (v. t.) To harass by exacting unnecessary, disagreeable, or difficult work..

Gate :: Gate (n.) An opening for passage in any inclosing wall, fence, or barrier; or the suspended framework which closes or opens a passage. Also, figuratively, a means or way of entrance or of exit..

Worker :: Worker (n.) One of the neuter, or sterile, individuals of the social ants, bees, and white ants. The workers are generally females having the sexual organs imperfectly developed. See Ant, and White ant, under White..

Belles-lettres :: Belles-lettres (n. pl.) Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; -- used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predominant.

Pise :: Pise (n.) A species of wall made of stiff earth or clay rammed in between molds which are carried up as the wall rises; -- called also pise work.

Tenaille :: Tenaille (n.) An outwork in the main ditch, in front of the curtain, between two bastions. See Illust. of Ravelin..

Dictate :: Dictate (v. i.) To compose literary works; to tell what shall be written or said by another.

Wheelwork :: Wheelwork (n.) A combination of wheels, and their connection, in a machine or mechanism..

Wicket :: Wicket (n.) The space between the pillars, in postand-stall working..

Puzzle :: Puzzle (v. i.) To work, as at a puzzle; as, to puzzle over a problem..

Vergeboard :: Vergeboard (n.) The ornament of woodwork upon the gable of a house, used extensively in the 15th century. It was generally suspended from the edge of the projecting roof (see Verge, n., 4), and in position parallel to the gable wall. Called also bargeboard..

Hearse :: Hearse (n.) A framework of wood or metal placed over the coffin or tomb of a deceased person, and covered with a pall; also, a temporary canopy bearing wax lights and set up in a church, under which the coffin was placed during the funeral ceremonies..

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