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Table :: Table (n.) A view of the contents of a work; a statement of the principal topics discussed; an index; a syllabus; a synopsis; as, a table of contents..

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..

Step :: Step (v. i.) A portable framework of stairs, much used indoors in reaching to a high position..

Timberwork :: Timberwork (n.) Work made of timbers.

Retouch :: Retouch (n.) A partial reworking,as of a painting, a sculptor's clay model, or the like..

Sweat :: Sweat (v. i.) Fig.: To perspire in toil; to work hard; to drudge.

Strass :: Strapwork (n.) A kind of ornament consisting of a narrow fillet or band folded, crossed, and interlaced..

Workshop :: Workshop (n.) A shop where any manufacture or handiwork is carried on.

Try-square :: Try-square (n.) An instrument used by carpenters, joiners, etc., for laying off right angles off right angles, and testing whether work is square..

Knitting :: Knitting (n.) The work of a knitter; the network formed by knitting.

Priestcraft :: Priestcraft (n.) Priestly policy; the policy of a priesthood; esp., in an ill sense, fraud or imposition in religious concerns; management by priests to gain wealth and power by working upon the religious motives or credulity of others..

Varnish :: Varnish (n.) A viscid liquid, consisting of a solution of resinous matter in an oil or a volatile liquid, laid on work with a brush, or otherwise. When applied the varnish soon dries, either by evaporation or chemical action, and the resinous part forms thus a smooth, hard surface, with a beautiful gloss, capable of resisting, to a greater or less degree, the influences of air and moisture..

Burinist :: Burinist (n.) One who works with the burin.

Ganger :: Ganger (n.) One who oversees a gang of workmen.

Banker :: Banker (n.) The stone bench on which masons cut or square their work.

Boss :: Boss (n.) A protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus..

Barker''s Mill :: Barker's mill () A machine, invented in the 17th century, worked by a form of reaction wheel. The water flows into a vertical tube and gushes from apertures in hollow horizontal arms, causing the machine to revolve on its axis..

Gallery :: Gallery (a.) A working drift or level.

Workless :: Workless (a.) Without work; not laboring; as, many people were still workless..

Gasometer :: Gasometer (n.) An apparatus for holding and measuring of gas; in gas works, a huge iron cylinder closed at one end and having the other end immersed in water, in which it is made to rise or fall, according to the volume of gas it contains, or the pressure required..

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