Definition of work

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Work (v. t.) To produce by slow degrees, or as if laboriously; to bring gradually into any state by action or motion..

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Employer :: Employer (n.) One who employs another; as, an employer of workmen..
Forewoman :: Forewoman (n.) A woman who is chief; a woman who has charge of the work or workers in a shop or other place; a head woman.
Lock :: Lock (n.) The barrier or works which confine the water of a stream or canal.
Exhaust :: Exhaust (a.) Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work..
Aver :: Aver (n.) A work horse, or working ox..
Fit :: Fit (v. t.) To bring to a required form and size; to shape aright; to adapt to a model; to adjust; -- said especially of the work of a carpenter, machinist, tailor, etc..
Carving :: Carving (n.) A piece of decorative work cut in stone, wood, or other material..
Waxwork :: Waxwork (n.) Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings..
Duodecimal :: Duodecimal (n.) A system of numbers, whose denominations rise in a scale of twelves, as of feet and inches. The system is used chiefly by artificers in computing the superficial and solid contents of their work..
Anaglyphical :: Anaglyphical (a.) Pertaining to the art of chasing or embossing in relief; anaglyptic; -- opposed to diaglyptic or sunk work.
Epitome :: Epitome (n.) A work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement.
Berlin :: Berlin (n.) Fine worsted for fancy-work; zephyr worsted; -- called also Berlin wool.
Plat :: Plat (n.) Work done by platting or braiding; a plait.
Allwork :: Allwork (n.) Domestic or other work of all kinds; as, a maid of allwork, that is, a general servant..
Overworking :: Overworking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overwor.
Tidy :: Tidy (n.) A cover, often of tatting, drawn work, or other ornamental work, for the back of a chair, the arms of a sofa, or the like..
Stitch :: Stitch (v. i.) A space of work taken up, or gone over, in a single pass of the needle; hence, by extension, any space passed over; distance..
Tambour :: Tambour (n.) A work usually in the form of a redan, to inclose a space before a door or staircase, or at the gorge of a larger work. It is arranged like a stockade..
Finishing :: Finishing (n.) The act or process of completing or perfecting; the final work upon or ornamentation of a thing.
Quarterly :: Quarterly (n.) A periodical work published once a quarter, or four times in a year..
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