Definition of work

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Work (n.) Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically, physically labor..

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Idle :: Idle (superl.) Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing; as, idle workmen..
Scratch Coat :: Scratch coat () The first coat in plastering; -- called also scratchwork. See Pricking-up.
Distillery :: Distillery (n.) The building and works where distilling, esp. of alcoholic liquors, is carried on..
Metallurgist :: Metallurgist (n.) One who works in metals, or prepares them for use; one who is skilled in metallurgy..
Overwork :: Overwork (v. t.) To work too much, or beyond one's strength..
Weave :: Weave (v. i.) To practice weaving; to work with a loom.
Underwork :: Underwork (n.) Inferior or subordinate work; petty business.
Empaistic :: Empaistic (a.) Having to do with inlaid work; -- especially used with reference to work of the ancient Greeks.
Pulsator :: Pulsator (n.) That which beats or throbs in working.
Scull :: Scull (n.) One of a pair of short oars worked by one person.
Navvy :: Navvy (n.) Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, etc..
Partner :: Partner (n.) A framework of heavy timber surrounding an opening in a deck, to strengthen it for the support of a mast, pump, capstan, or the like..
Inflame :: Inflame (v. t.) To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of; as, to inflame the eyes by overwork..
Optimism :: Optimism (n.) The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature, being the work of God, is ordered for the best, or that the ordering of things in the universe is such as to produce the highest good..
Maze :: Maze (n.) A confusing and baffling network, as of paths or passages; an intricacy; a labyrinth..
Stroma :: Stroma (n.) The spongy, colorless framework of a red blood corpuscle or other cell..
Divert :: Divert (v. t.) To turn away from any occupation, business, or study; to cause to have lively and agreeable sensations; to amuse; to entertain; as, children are diverted with sports; men are diverted with works of wit and humor..
Serpent :: Serpent (n.) A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it passess through the air or along the ground.
Ready :: Ready (superl.) Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a ready apprehension; ready wit; a ready writer or workman..
Inspector :: Inspector (n.) One who inspects, views, or oversees; one to whom the supervision of any work is committed; one who makes an official view or examination, as a military or civil officer; a superintendent; a supervisor; an overseer..
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