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Study :: Study (v. i.) A building or apartment devoted to study or to literary work.

Siege :: Siege (n.) The sitting of an army around or before a fortified place for the purpose of compelling the garrison to surrender; the surrounding or investing of a place by an army, and approaching it by passages and advanced works, which cover the besiegers from the enemy's fire. See the Note under Blockade..

Lazy :: Lazy (superl.) Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work.

Bank :: Bank (n.) The face of the coal at which miners are working.

Stake :: Stake (v. t.) A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, -- used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths, etc., for light work, punching upon, etc..

Wig :: Wig (n.) A covering for the head, consisting of hair interwoven or united by a kind of network, either in imitation of the natural growth, or in abundant and flowing curls, worn to supply a deficiency of natural hair, or for ornament, or according to traditional usage, as a part of an official or professional dress, the latter especially in England by judges and barristers..

Underworker :: Underworker (n.) An inferior or subordinate workman.

Work :: Work (n.) The causing of motion against a resisting force. The amount of work is proportioned to, and is measured by, the product of the force into the amount of motion along the direction of the force. See Conservation of energy, under Conservation, Unit of work, under Unit, also Foot pound, Horse power, Poundal, and Erg..

Imagery :: Imagery (n.) The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass..

Bungler :: Bungler (n.) A clumsy, awkward workman; one who bungles..

Werke :: Werke (v.) See Work.

Carillon :: Carillon (n.) A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clockwork or by finger keys..

Butment :: Butment (n.) The mass of stone or solid work at the end of a bridge, by which the extreme arches are sustained, or by which the end of a bridge without arches is supported..

Despumate :: Despumate (v. t. & i.) To throw off impurities in spume; to work off in foam or scum; to foam.

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..

Stonewort :: Stonework (n.) Work or wall consisting of stone; mason's work of stone.

Taskwork :: Taskwork (n.) Work done as a task; also, work done by the job; piecework..

Solifidian :: Solifidian (n.) One who maintains that faith alone, without works, is sufficient for justification; -- opposed to nullifidian..

Breastplough :: Breastplough (n.) A kind of plow, driven by the breast of the workman; -- used to cut or pare turf..

Waterwork :: Waterwork (n.) An hydraulic apparatus, or a system of works or fixtures, by which a supply of water is furnished for useful or ornamental purposes, including dams, sluices, pumps, aqueducts, distributing pipes, fountains, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural..

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