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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Siege :: Siege (n.) The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade..
Fullery :: Fullery (n.) The place or the works where the fulling of cloth is carried on.
Work :: Work (v. t.) To cause to ferment, as liquor..
Joiner :: "Joiner (n.) One whose occupation is to construct articles by joining pieces of wood; a mechanic who does the woodwork (as doors, stairs, etc.) necessary for the finishing of buildings..
Forge :: Forge (n.) The act of beating or working iron or steel; the manufacture of metalic bodies.
Underwork :: Underwork (n.) Inferior or subordinate work; petty business.
Go :: Go (n.) Act; working; operation.
Cutwork :: Cutwork (n.) An ancient term for embroidery, esp. applied to the earliest form of lace, or to that early embroidery on linen and the like, from which the manufacture of lace was developed..
Cancellate :: Cancellate (v. t.) Consisting of a network of veins, without intermediate parenchyma, as the leaves of certain plants; latticelike..
Carboy :: Carboy (n.) A large, globular glass bottle, esp. one of green glass, inclosed in basket work or in a box, for protection; -- used commonly for carrying corrosive liquids; as sulphuric acid, etc..
Cut :: Cut (v. i.) To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well..
Affabrous :: Affabrous (a.) Executed in a workmanlike manner; ingeniously made.
Observership :: Observership (n.) The office or work of an observer.
Legalist :: Legalist (n.) One who practices or advocates strict conformity to law; in theology, one who holds to the law of works. See Legal, 2 (a)..
Lap :: Lap (n.) To lay together one over another, as fleeces or slivers for further working..
Operation :: Operation (n.) The method of working; mode of action.
Workmaster :: Workmaster (n.) The performer of any work; a master workman.
Ferret :: Ferret (n.) The iron used for trying the melted glass to see if is fit to work, and for shaping the rings at the mouths of bottles..
Cabbler :: Cabbler (n.) One who works at cabbling.
Pitman :: Pitman (n.) One who works in a pit, as in mining, in sawing timber, etc..
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