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Outwork :: Outwork (n.) A minor defense constructed beyond the main body of a work, as a ravelin, lunette, hornwork, etc..

Retrenchment :: Retrenchment (n.) A work constructed within another, to prolong the defense of the position when the enemy has gained possession of the outer work; or to protect the defenders till they can retreat or obtain terms for a capitulation..

Guerite :: Guerite (n.) A projecting turret for a sentry, as at the salient angles of works, or the acute angles of bastions..

Proscenium :: Proscenium (n.) The part of the stage in front of the curtain; sometimes, the curtain and its framework..

Chare :: Chare (v. t.) To work or hew, as stone..

Serve :: Serve (v. t.) To work; to operate; as, to serve the guns..

Breastwork :: Breastwork (n.) A defensive work of moderate height, hastily thrown up, of earth or other material..

Vice :: Vice (n.) A kind of instrument for holding work, as in filing. Same as Vise..

Dynamometry :: Dynamometry (n.) The art or process of measuring forces doing work.

Clock :: Clock (v. t.) To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking..

Quit :: Quit (a.) To have done with; to cease from; to stop; hence, to depart from; to leave; to forsake; as, to quit work; to quit the place; to quit jesting..

Spin :: Spin (v. i.) To practice spinning; to work at drawing and twisting threads; to make yarn or thread from fiber; as, the woman knows how to spin; a machine or jenny spins with great exactness..

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..

Smithery :: Smithery (n.) The workshop of a smith; a smithy or stithy.

Foundation :: Foundation (n.) That upon which anything is founded; that on which anything stands, and by which it is supported; the lowest and supporting layer of a superstructure; groundwork; basis..

Millwork :: Millwork (n.) The shafting, gearing, and other driving machinery of mills..

Feriation :: Feriation (n.) The act of keeping holiday; cessation from work.

Annoy :: Annoy (n.) A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes; also, whatever causes such a feeling; as, to work annoy..

Overply :: Overply (v. t.) To ply to excess; to exert with too much vigor; to overwork.

Bloom :: Bloom (n.) A large bar of steel formed directly from an ingot by hammering or rolling, being a preliminary shape for further working..

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