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Window :: Window (n.) The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening..

Anaglyphic :: Anaglyphic (n.) Work chased or embossed relief.

Pugging :: Pugging (v. t.) The act or process of working and tempering clay to make it plastic and of uniform consistency, as for bricks, for pottery, etc..

Pump :: Pump (v. i.) To work, or raise water, a pump..

Wicket :: Wicket (n.) The space between the pillars, in postand-stall working..

Japan :: "Japan (n.) Work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner; also, the varnish or lacquer used in japanning..

Battering-ram :: Battering-ram (n.) A blacksmith's hammer, suspended, and worked horizontally..

Fabrile :: Fabrile (a.) Pertaining to a workman, or to work in stone, metal, wood etc.; as, fabrile skill..

Over :: Over (a.) Upper; covering; higher; superior; also, excessive; too much or too great; -- chiefly used in composition; as, overshoes, overcoat, over-garment, overlord, overwork, overhaste..

Trabecula :: Trabecula (n.) A small bar, rod, bundle of fibers, or septal membrane, in the framework of an organ part..

Cellulose :: Cellulose (n.) The substance which constitutes the essential part of the solid framework of plants, of ordinary wood, linen, paper, etc. It is also found to a slight extent in certain animals, as the tunicates. It is a carbohydrate, (C6H10O5)n, isomeric with starch, and is convertible into starches and sugars by the action of heat and acids. When pure, it is a white amorphous mass. See Starch, Granulose, Lignin..

Thurl :: Thurl (v. t.) To cut through, as a partition between one working and another..

Treadmill :: Treadmill (n.) A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It is used principally as a means of prison discipline. Also, a mill worked by horses, dogs, etc., treading an endless belt..

Job :: "Job (v. t.) To do or cause to be done by separate portions or lots; to sublet (work); as, to job a contract..

Perambulator :: Perambulator (n.) A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances. It consists of a wheel arranged to roll along over the ground, with an apparatus of clockwork, and a dial plate upon which the distance traveled is shown by an index. See Odometer..

Tete-de-pont :: Tete-de-pont (n.) A work thrown up at the end of a bridge nearest the enemy, for covering the communications across a river; a bridgehead..

Work :: Work (v. t.) To set in motion or action; to direct the action of; to keep at work; to govern; to manage; as, to work a machine..

Roughsetter :: Roughsetter (n.) A mason who builds rough stonework.

Chapel :: Chapel (n.) An association of workmen in a printing office.

Heck :: Heck (n.) A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called also heck door..

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