Definition of work

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Work (n.) The moving parts of a mechanism; as, the works of a watch..

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Rackwork :: Rackwork (n.) Any mechanism having a rack, as a rack and pinion..
Fagot :: Fagot (n.) A bundle of pieces of wrought iron to be worked over into bars or other shapes by rolling or hammering at a welding heat; a pile.
Clock :: Clock (n.) A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking.
Picket :: Picket (n.) By extension, men appointed by a trades union, or other labor organization, to intercept outsiders, and prevent them from working for employers with whom the organization is at variance..
Carron Oil :: Carron oil () A lotion of linseed oil and lime water, used as an application to burns and scalds; -- first used at the Carron iron works in Scotland..
Fingering :: Fingering (n.) Delicate work made with the fingers.
Comprint :: Comprint (n.) The surreptitious printing of another's copy or book; a work thus printed.
Lacwork :: Lacwork (n.) Ornamentation by means of lacquer painted or carved, or simply colored, sprinkled with gold or the like; -- said especially of Oriental work of this kind..
Lunette :: Lunette (n.) A fieldwork consisting of two faces, forming a salient angle, and two parallel flanks. See Bastion..
Openwork :: Openwork (n.) Anything so constructed or manufactured (in needlework, carpentry, metal work, etc.) as to show openings through its substance; work that is perforated or pierced..
Tannery :: Tannery (n.) A place where the work of tanning is carried on.
Imp :: Imp (n.) A young or inferior devil; a little, malignant spirit; a puny demon; a contemptible evil worker..
Scrolled :: Scrolled (a.) Formed like a scroll; contained in a scroll; adorned with scrolls; as, scrolled work..
Symmetry :: Symmetry (n.) A due proportion of the several parts of a body to each other; adaptation of the form or dimensions of the several parts of a thing to each other; the union and conformity of the members of a work to the whole.
Daedalian :: Daedalian (a.) Cunningly or ingeniously formed or working; skillful; artistic; ingenious.
Epineurium :: Epineurium (n.) The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium..
Sheave :: Sheave (v.) A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley..
Breastwork :: Breastwork (n.) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.
Coact :: Coact (v. i.) To act together; to work in concert; to unite.
Poetastry :: Poetastry (n.) The works of a poetaster.
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