Definition of work

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Work (n.) Specifically: (a) That which is produced by mental labor; a composition; a book; as, a work, or the works, of Addison. (b) Flowers, figures, or the like, wrought with the needle; embroidery..

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Brocaded :: Brocaded (a.) Woven or worked, as brocade, with gold and silver, or with raised flowers, etc..
Grisette :: Grisette (n.) A French girl or young married woman of the lower class; more frequently, a young working woman who is fond of gallantry..
Workmanship :: Workmanship (n.) The art or skill of a workman; the execution or manner of making anything.
Baste :: Baste (v. t.) To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly..
Subzonal :: Subworker (n.) A subordinate worker or helper.
At :: At (prep.) The relation of some employment or action; occupied with; as, at engraving; at husbandry; at play; at work; at meat (eating); except at puns..
Work :: 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..
Workable :: Workable (a.) Capable of being worked, or worth working; as, a workable mine; workable clay..
Mechanographist :: Mechanographist (n.) An artist who, by mechanical means, multiplies copies of works of art..
Gabion :: Gabion (n.) An openwork frame, as of poles, filled with stones and sunk, to assist in forming a bar dyke, etc., as in harbor improvement..
Workman :: Workman (n.) A man employed in labor, whether in tillage or manufactures; a worker..
Anaglyptography :: Anaglyptography (n.) The art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; -- used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc..
Viceman :: Viceman (n.) A smith who works at the vice instead of at the anvil.
Bout :: Bout (n.) As much of an action as is performed at one time; a going and returning, as of workmen in reaping, mowing, etc.; a turn; a round..
Trim :: Trim (n.) The lighter woodwork in the interior of a building; especially, that used around openings, generally in the form of a molded architrave, to protect the plastering at those points..
Lattice :: Lattice (n.) Any work of wood or metal, made by crossing laths, or thin strips, and forming a network; as, the lattice of a window; -- called also latticework..
Pump :: Pump (v. i.) To work, or raise water, a pump..
Ragwork :: Ragwork (n.) A kind of rubblework. In the United States, any rubblework of thin and small stones..
Chapel :: Chapel (n.) An association of workmen in a printing office.
Moil :: Moil (v. i.) To soil one's self with severe labor; to work with painful effort; to labor; to toil; to drudge.
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