Definition of work

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Work (n.) The causing of motion against a resisting force. The amount of work is proportioned to, and is measured by, the product of the force into the amount of motion along the direction of the force. See Conservation of energy, under Conservation, Unit of work, under Unit, also Foot pound, Horse power, Poundal, and Erg..

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Saltern :: Saltern (n.) A building or place where salt is made by boiling or by evaporation; salt works.
Pay :: Pay (v. t.) To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another person) for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to discharge one's obligation to; to make due return to; to compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as, to pay workmen or servants..
Japan :: "Japan (a.) Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that country; as, Japan ware..
Dietary :: Dietary (n.) A rule of diet; a fixed allowance of food, as in workhouse, prison, etc..
Interbastation :: Interbastation (n.) Patchwork.
Self-contained :: Self-contained (a.) Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself..
Dike :: Dike (v. i.) To work as a ditcher; to dig.
Windlass :: Windlass (v. i.) To take a roundabout course; to work warily or by indirect means.
Unionism :: Unionism (n.) The principles, or the system, of combination among workmen engaged in the same occupation or trade..
Workmanship :: Workmanship (n.) That which is effected, made, or produced; manufacture, something made by manual labor..
Amateurish :: Amateurish (a.) In the style of an amateur; superficial or defective like the work of an amateur.
Checkwork :: Checkwork (n.) Anything made so as to form alternate squares like those of a checkerboard.
Inwrought :: Inwrought (p. p. / a.) Wrought or worked in or among other things; worked into any fabric so as to from a part of its texture; wrought or adorned, as with figures..
Fretwork :: Fretwork (n.) Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in relief, esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Hence, any minute play of light and shade, dark and light, or the like..
Carron Oil :: Carron oil () A lotion of linseed oil and lime water, used as an application to burns and scalds; -- first used at the Carron iron works in Scotland..
Kage :: Kage (n.) A chantry chapel inclosed with lattice or screen work.
Serpent :: Serpent (n.) A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it passess through the air or along the ground.
Neuroglia :: Neuroglia (n.) The delicate connective tissue framework which supports the nervous matter and blood vessels of the brain and spinal cord.
Jumper :: Jumper (n.) A sort of blouse worn by workmen over their ordinary dress to protect it.
Jar :: "Jar (n.) In deep well boring, a device resembling two long chain links, for connecting a percussion drill to the rod or rope which works it, so that the drill is driven down by impact and is jerked loose when jammed..
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