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Definition of work

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Work (v. t.) To produce or form by labor; to bring forth by exertion or toil; to accomplish; to originate; to effect; as, to work wood or iron into a form desired, or into a utensil; to work cotton or wool into cloth..

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Peri- :: Peri- () A prefix used to signify around, by, near, over, beyond, or to give an intensive sense; as, perimeter, the measure around; perigee, point near the earth; periergy, work beyond what is needed; perispherical, quite spherical..

Horner :: Horner (n.) One who works or deal in horn or horns.

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

Calipers :: Calipers (n. pl.) An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also caliper compasses, or caliber compasses..

Tabernacular :: Tabernacular (a.) Formed in latticework; latticed.

Demolition :: Demolition (n.) The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; -- opposed to construction; as, the demolition of a house, of military works, of a town, or of hopes..

Ingrain :: Ingrain (v. t.) To work into the natural texture or into the mental or moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to infix deeply.

Fullery :: Fullery (n.) The place or the works where the fulling of cloth is carried on.

Center :: Center (n.) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe..

Marteline :: Marteline (n.) A small hammer used by marble workers and sculptors.

Stowre :: Stowing (n.) A method of working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the vein.

Pasticcio :: Pasticcio (n.) A work of art imitating directly the work of another artist, or of more artists than one..

Approach :: Approach (v. i.) The advanced works, trenches, or covered roads made by besiegers in their advances toward a fortress or military post..

Hindleys Screw :: Hindleys screw () A screw cut on a solid whose sides are arcs of the periphery of a wheel into the teeth of which the screw is intended to work. It is named from the person who first used the form.

Slating :: Slating (n.) The act of covering with slate, slates, or a substance resembling slate; the work of a slater..

Ironwork :: Ironwork (n.) Anything made of iron; -- a general name of such parts or pieces of a building, vessel, carriage, etc., as consist of iron..

Scumble :: Scumble (v. t.) To cover lighty, as a painting, or a drawing, with a thin wash of opaque color, or with color-crayon dust rubbed on with the stump, or to make any similar additions to the work, so as to produce a softened effect..

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

Housewife :: Housewife (n.) A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work; -- called also hussy..

Provide :: Provide (v. i.) To stipulate previously; to condition; as, the agreement provides for an early completion of the work..