Definition of work

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Work (v. t.) To produce by slow degrees, or as if laboriously; to bring gradually into any state by action or motion..

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Theurgy :: Theurgy (n.) A divine work; a miracle; hence, magic; sorcery..
Labor :: Labor (v. t.) To work at; to work; to till; to cultivate by toil.
Factotum :: Factotum (n.) A person employed to do all kinds of work or business.
Bow Net :: Bow net () A trap for lobsters, being a wickerwork cylinder with a funnel-shaped entrance at one end..
Spend :: Spend (v. i.) To break ground; to continue working.
Japan :: "Japan (a.) Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that country; as, Japan ware..
Billet :: Billet (n.) An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood either square or round..
Shield :: Shield (n.) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses..
Forge :: Forge (v. t.) To move heavily and slowly, as a ship after the sails are furled; to work one's way, as one ship in outsailing another; -- used especially in the phrase to forge ahead..
Cutter :: Cutter (n.) A kind of soft yellow brick, used for facework; -- so called from the facility with which it can be cut..
Anaglyptography :: Anaglyptography (n.) The art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; -- used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc..
Workbasket :: Workbasket (n.) A basket for holding materials for needlework, or the like..
Plexus :: Plexus (n.) A network of vessels, nerves, or fibers..
Unlabored :: Unlabored (a.) Not laboriously produced, or not evincing labor; as, an unlabored style or work..
Watt :: Watt (n.) A unit of power or activity equal to 107 C.G.S. units of power, or to work done at the rate of one joule a second. An English horse power is approximately equal to 746 watts..
Forge :: Forge (n.) The act of beating or working iron or steel; the manufacture of metalic bodies.
Banker :: Banker (n.) The stone bench on which masons cut or square their work.
Compensate :: Compensate (v. t.) To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses..
Hand :: Hand (n.) An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking..
Defilade :: Defilade (v. t.) To raise, as a rampart, so as to shelter interior works commanded from some higher point..
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