Definition of work

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Work (n.) To be in a state of severe exertion, or as if in such a state; to be tossed or agitated; to move heavily; to strain; to labor; as, a ship works in a heavy sea..

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Netting :: Netting (n.) The act or process of making nets or network, or of forming meshes, as for fancywork, fishing nets, etc..
Opifice :: Opifice (n.) Workmanship.
Painty :: Painty (a.) Unskillfully painted, so that the painter's method of work is too obvious; also, having too much pigment applied to the surface..
Caboose :: Caboose (n.) A car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car..
Execute :: Execute (v. i.) To do one's work; to act one's part of purpose.
Headstock :: Headstock (n.) A part (usually separate from the bed or frame) for supporting some of the principal working parts of a machin.
Forging :: Forging (n.) A piece of forged work in metal; -- a general name for a piece of hammered iron or steel.
Jaw :: "Jaw (n.) One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth..
Ply :: Ply (v. i.) To work to windward; to beat.
Stoped :: Stope (v. i.) A horizontal working forming one of a series, the working faces of which present the appearance of a flight of steps..
Metalman :: Metalman (n.) A worker in metals.
Gabion :: Gabion (n.) A hollow cylinder of wickerwork, like a basket without a bottom. Gabions are made of various sizes, and filled with earth in building fieldworks to shelter men from an enemy's fire..
Print :: Print (v. t.) To strike off an impression or impressions of, from type, or from stereotype, electrotype, or engraved plates, or the like; in a wider sense, to do the typesetting, presswork, etc., of (a book or other publication); as, to print books, newspapers, pictures; to print an edition of a book..
Pedomotive :: Pedomotive (a.) Moved or worked by the action of the foot or feet on a pedal or treadle.
Yoke :: Yoke (n.) A portion of the working day; as, to work two yokes, that is, to work both portions of the day, or morning and afternoon..
Wheelwork :: Wheelwork (n.) A combination of wheels, and their connection, in a machine or mechanism..
Burden :: Burden (n.) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.
Pseudepigraphy :: Pseudepigraphy (n.) The ascription of false names of authors to works.
Idle :: Idle (superl.) Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing; as, idle workmen..
Ribbing :: Ribbing (n.) An assemblage or arrangement of ribs, as the timberwork for the support of an arch or coved ceiling, the veins in the leaves of some plants, ridges in the fabric of cloth, or the like..
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