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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Raking :: Raking (n.) A space gone over with a rake; also, the work done, or the quantity of hay, grain, etc., collected, by going once over a space with a rake..
Allonym :: Allonym (n.) The name of another person assumed by the author of a work.
Cut :: Cut (v. i.) To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well..
Tool :: Tool (n.) An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work..
Time :: Time (v. t.) To ascertain or record the time, duration, or rate of; as, to time the speed of horses, or hours for workmen..
Fiction :: Fiction (n.) Fictitious literature; comprehensively, all works of imagination; specifically, novels and romances..
Fortification :: Fortification (n.) That which fortifies; especially, a work or works erected to defend a place against attack; a fortified place; a fortress; a fort; a castle..
Collation :: Collation (v. t.) A collection of the Lives of the Fathers or other devout work read daily in monasteries.
Dike :: Dike (v. i.) To work as a ditcher; to dig.
Painting :: Painting (n.) The work of the painter; also, any work of art in which objects are represented in color on a flat surface; a colored representation of any object or scene; a picture..
Bungle :: Bungle (v. i.) To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner..
Shamoying :: Shamoying (n.) A process used in preparing certain kinds of leather, which consists in frizzing the skin, and working oil into it to supply the place of the astringent (tannin, alum, or the like) ordinarily used in tanning..
Lap-jointed :: Lap-jointed (a.) Having a lap joint, or lap joints, as many kinds of woodwork and metal work..
Kish :: Kish (n.) A workman's name for the graphite which forms incidentally in iron smelting.
Tambour :: Tambour (n.) A work usually in the form of a redan, to inclose a space before a door or staircase, or at the gorge of a larger work. It is arranged like a stockade..
Ftiction :: Ftiction (n.) A clashing between two persons or parties in opinions or work; a disagreement tending to prevent or retard progress.
Pise :: Pise (n.) A species of wall made of stiff earth or clay rammed in between molds which are carried up as the wall rises; -- called also pise work.
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..
Anaglyph :: Anaglyph (n.) Any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief, as a cameo..
Finger :: Finger (v. t.) To execute, as any delicate work..
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