Definition of work

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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..

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Imagery :: Imagery (n.) The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.
Counterguard :: Counterguard (n.) A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire..
Laying :: Laying (n.) The first coat on laths of plasterer's two-coat work.
Epigraph :: Epigraph (n.) A citation from some author, or a sentence framed for the purpose, placed at the beginning of a work or of its separate divisions; a motto..
Stick :: Stick (n.) To run or plane (moldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such moldings are said to be stuck..
Stitchel :: Stitch (v. i.) To practice stitching, or needlework..
Organize :: Organize (v. t.) To arrange or constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize; to get into working order; -- applied to products of the human intellect, or to human institutions and undertakings, as a science, a government, an army, a war, etc..
Shellwork :: Shellwork (n.) Work composed of shells, or adorned with them..
Quarterly :: Quarterly (n.) A periodical work published once a quarter, or four times in a year..
Execution :: Execution (n.) That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work; -- usually with do.
Scullery :: Scullery (n.) A place where dishes, kettles, and culinary utensils, are cleaned and kept; also, a room attached to the kitchen, where the coarse work is done; a back kitchen..
Underworked :: Underworked (imp. & p. p.) of Underwor.
Earthwork :: Earthwork (n.) An embankment or construction made of earth.
Droil :: Droil (v. i.) To work sluggishly or slowly; to plod.
Behindhand :: Behindhand (adv. & a.) In a state of backwardness, in respect to what is seasonable or appropriate, or as to what should have been accomplished; not equally forward with some other person or thing; dilatory; backward; late; tardy; as, behindhand in studies or in work..
Siderostat :: Siderostat (n.) An apparatus consisting essentially of a mirror moved by clockwork so as to throw the rays of the sun or a star in a fixed direction; -- a more general term for heliostat.
Panurgic :: Panurgic (a.) Skilled in all kinds of work.
Warmth :: Warmth (n.) The glowing effect which arises from the use of warm colors; hence, any similar appearance or effect in a painting, or work of color..
Workingman :: Workingman (n.) A laboring man; a man who earns his daily support by manual labor.
Rule :: Rule (a.) A thin plate of metal (usually brass) of the same height as the type, and used for printing lines, as between columns on the same page, or in tabular work..
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