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Vacation :: Vacation (n.) Intermission of a stated employment, procedure, or office; a period of intermission; rest; leisure..

Trade :: Trade (v.) The business which a person has learned, and which he engages in, for procuring subsistence, or for profit; occupation; especially, mechanical employment as distinguished from the liberal arts, the learned professions, and agriculture; as, we speak of the trade of a smith, of a carpenter, or mason, but not now of the trade of a farmer, or a lawyer, or a physician..

Misimprovement :: Misimprovement (n.) Ill use or employment; use for a bad purpose.

Employment :: Employment (n.) The act of employing or using; also, the state of being employed..

Intendancy :: Intendancy (n.) The office or employment of an intendant.

Shipping :: Shipping (a.) Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns..

Interact :: Interact (n.) A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time..

Discard :: Discard (v. t.) To cast off as useless or as no longer of service; to dismiss from employment, confidence, or favor; to discharge; to turn away..

Quiddle :: Quiddle (v. i.) To spend time in trifling employments, or to attend to useful subjects in an indifferent or superficial manner; to dawdle..

Art :: Art (n.) The employment of means to accomplish some desired end; the adaptation of things in the natural world to the uses of life; the application of knowledge or power to practical purposes.

Surgeonry :: Surgeoncy (n.) The office or employment of a surgeon, as in the naval or military service..

Associate :: Associate (a.) Closely connected or joined with some other, as in interest, purpose, employment, or office; sharing responsibility or authority; as, an associate judge..

Sphere :: Sphere (n.) Circuit or range of action, knowledge, or influence; compass; province; employment; place of existence..

Milling :: Milling (n.) The act or employment of grinding or passing through a mill; the process of fulling; the process of making a raised or intented edge upon coin, etc.; the process of dressing surfaces of various shapes with rotary cutters. See Mill..

Absorption :: Absorption (n.) Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind; as, absorption in some employment..

Calling :: Calling (n.) One's usual occupation, or employment; vocation; business; trade..

Laundress :: Laundress (n.) A woman whose employment is laundering.

Disemploy :: Disemploy (v. t.) To throw out of employment.

Business :: Business (n.) Any particular occupation or employment engaged in for livelihood or gain, as agriculture, trade, art, or a profession..

Dawdler :: Dawdler (n.) One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler.

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