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Dynamometrical :: Dynamometrical (a.) Relating to a dynamometer, or to the measurement of force doing work; as, dynamometrical instruments..

Enceinte :: Enceinte (n.) The line of works which forms the main inclosure of a fortress or place; -- called also body of the place.

Striker :: Striker (n.) A workman who is on a strike.

Contemplative :: Contemplative (n.) A religious or either sex devoted to prayer and meditation, rather than to active works of charity..

Demilune :: Demilune (n.) A work constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin. See Ravelin..

Capping Plane :: Capping plane () A plane used for working the upper surface of staircase rails.

Handle :: Handle (v. t.) To accustom to the hand; to work upon, or take care of, with the hands..

Fag :: Fag (v. i.) To labor to wearness; to work hard; to drudge.

Exhibition :: Exhibition (n.) That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art, or of feats of skill, or of oratorical or dramatic ability; as, an exhibition of animals; an exhibition of pictures, statues, etc.; an industrial exhibition..

Yaw :: Yaw (v. i.) To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works..

Approach :: Approach (v. i.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post..

Blowtube :: Blowtube (n.) A long wrought iron tube, on the end of which the workman gathers a quantity of metal (melted glass), and through which he blows to expand or shape it; -- called also blowing tube, and blowpipe..

Epitomize :: Epitomize (v. t.) To make an epitome of; to shorten or abridge, as a writing or discourse; to reduce within a smaller space; as, to epitomize the works of Justin..

Topsail :: Topsail (n.) In a square-rigged vessel, the sail next above the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship..

Tinker :: Tinker (v. i.) To busy one's self in mending old kettles, pans, etc.; to play the tinker; to be occupied with small mechanical works..

Cabbiri :: Cabbiri (n. pl.) Certain deities originally worshiped with mystical rites by the Pelasgians in Lemnos and Samothrace and afterwards throughout Greece; -- also called sons of Hephaestus (or Vulcan), as being masters of the art of working metals..

Workship :: Workship (n.) Workmanship.

Cordwainer :: Cordwainer (n.) A worker in cordwain, or cordovan leather; a shoemaker..

Pinchers :: Pinchers (n. pl.) An instrument having two handles and two grasping jaws working on a pivot; -- used for griping things to be held fast, drawing nails, etc..

Rete :: Rete (n.) A net or network; a plexus; particularly, a network of blood vessels or nerves, or a part resembling a network..

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