Definition of work

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Work (n.) To make one's way slowly and with difficulty; to move or penetrate laboriously; to proceed with effort; -- with a following preposition, as down, out, into, up, through, and the like; as, scheme works out by degrees; to work into the earth..

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Tessellation :: Tessellation (n.) The act of tessellating; also, the mosaic work so formed..
Checkerwork :: Checkerwork (n.) Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes.
Metallist :: Metallist (n.) A worker in metals, or one skilled in metals..
Checkwork :: Checkwork (n.) Anything made so as to form alternate squares like those of a checkerboard.
Fiduciary :: Fiduciary (n.) One who depends for salvation on faith, without works; an Antinomian..
Fretted :: Fretted (p. p. & a.) Ornamented with fretwork; furnished with frets; variegated; made rough on the surface.
Vulcan :: Vulcan (n.) The god of fire, who presided over the working of metals; -- answering to the Greek Hephaestus..
Compendium :: Compendium (n.) A brief compilation or composition, containing the principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system; an abridgment; an epitome; a compend; a condensed summary..
Cooper :: Cooper (v. t.) To do the work of a cooper upon; as, to cooper a cask or barrel..
Lore :: Lore (v. t.) Workmanship.
Cancel :: Cancel (v. i.) To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework..
Cheek :: Cheek (n.) Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber, or stone work, which form corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pair; as, the cheeks (jaws) of a vise; the cheeks of a gun carriage, etc..
Tabernacle :: Tabernacle (n.) A portable structure of wooden framework covered with curtains, which was carried through the wilderness in the Israelitish exodus, as a place of sacrifice and worship..
Torchon Lace :: Torchon lace () a simple thread lace worked upon a pillow with coarse thread; also, a similar lace made by machinery..
Warmth :: Warmth (n.) The glowing effect which arises from the use of warm colors; hence, any similar appearance or effect in a painting, or work of color..
Drudge :: Drudge (v. i.) To perform menial work; to labor in mean or unpleasant offices with toil and fatigue.
Chute :: Chute (n.) A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel..
Overworked :: Overworked (imp. & p. p.) of Overwor.
Belabor :: Belabor (v. t.) To ply diligently; to work carefully upon.
Iron-sick :: Iron-sick (a.) Having the ironwork loose or corroded; -- said of a ship when her bolts and nails are so eaten with rust that she has become leaky.
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