Definition of work

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Work (n.) Structures in civil, military, or naval engineering, as docks, bridges, embankments, trenches, fortifications, and the like; also, the structures and grounds of a manufacturing establishment; as, iron works; locomotive works; gas works..

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Router :: Router (n.) A plane made like a spokeshave, for working the inside edges of circular sashes..
Frock :: Frock (n.) A loose outer garment; especially, a gown forming a part of European modern costume for women and children; also, a coarse shirtlike garment worn by some workmen over their other clothes; a smock frock; as, a marketman's frock..
Workhouse :: Workhouse (n.) A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor.
Jackwood :: "Jackwood (n.) Wood of the jack (Artocarpus integrifolia), used in cabinetwork..
Sway-backed :: Sway (n.) A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
Reference :: Reference (n.) A work, or a passage in a work, to which one is referred..
Repousse :: Repousse (n.) Repousse work.
Hypothesis :: Hypothesis (n.) A tentative theory or supposition provisionally adopted to explain certain facts, and to guide in the investigation of others; hence, frequently called a working hypothesis..
Fieldwork :: Fieldwork (n.) Any temporary fortification thrown up by an army in the field; -- commonly in the plural.
Execute :: Execute (v. i.) To do one's work; to act one's part of purpose.
Thurl :: Thurl (v. t.) To cut through, as a partition between one working and another..
Potential :: Potential (n.) The energy of an electrical charge measured by its power to do work; hence, the degree of electrification as referred to some standard, as that of the earth; electro-motive force..
Sapper :: Sapper (n.) One who saps; specifically (Mil.), one who is employed in working at saps, building and repairing fortifications, and the like..
Execution :: Execution (n.) That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work; -- usually with do.
Caboose :: Caboose (n.) A car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car..
Optimism :: Optimism (n.) The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature, being the work of God, is ordered for the best, or that the ordering of things in the universe is such as to produce the highest good..
Windlass :: Windlass (n.) A machine for raising weights, consisting of a horizontal cylinder or roller moving on its axis, and turned by a crank, lever, or similar means, so as to wind up a rope or chain attached to the weight. In vessels the windlass is often used instead of the capstan for raising the anchor. It is usually set upon the forecastle, and is worked by hand or steam..
Vulcan :: Vulcan (n.) The god of fire, who presided over the working of metals; -- answering to the Greek Hephaestus..
Inlay :: Inlay (v. t.) To lay within; hence, to insert, as pieces of pearl, iviry, choice woods, or the like, in a groundwork of some other material; to form an ornamental surface; to diversify or adorn with insertions..
Craftsmanship :: Craftsmanship (n.) The work of a craftsman.
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