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Woolder (?), n. 1. (Naut.) A stick used to tighten the rope in woolding.
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2. (Rope Making) One of the handles of the top, formed by a wooden pin passing through it. See 1st , 2.
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Woolding, n. (Naut.) (a) The act of winding or wrapping anything with a rope, as a mast. (b) A rope used for binding masts and spars.
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Wool-dyed (?), a. Dyed before being made into cloth, in distinction from piece-dyed; ingrain.
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Wooled (?), a. Having (such) wool; as, a fine-wooled sheep.
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Woolen (?), a. [OE. wollen; cf. AS. wyllen. See .] [Written also woollen.]
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1. Made of wool; consisting of wool; as, woolen goods.
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2. Of or pertaining to wool or woolen cloths; as, woolen manufactures; a woolen mill; a woolen draper.
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Coloq. Woolen scribbler , a machine for combing or preparing wool in thin, downy, translucent layers.
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Woolen, n. [Written also woollen.] Cloth made of wool; woollen goods.
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Woolenet (?), n. A thin, light fabric of wool. [Written also woollenet, woolenette, and woollenette.]
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Woolert (?), n. (Zoöl.) The barn owl. [Prov. Eng.] [Written also oolert, and owlerd.]
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Woolfell (?), n. [Wool + fell a skin.] A skin with the wool; a skin from which the wool has not been sheared or pulled. [Written also woolfel.]
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Woolgathering (?), a. Indulging in a vagrant or idle exercise of the imagination; roaming upon a fruitless quest; idly fanciful.
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Woolgathering, n. Indulgence in idle imagination; a foolish or useless pursuit or design.
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His wits were a woolgathering, as they say. Burton.
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Woolgrower (?), n. One who raises sheep for the production of wool. -- Woolgrowing, n.
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Wool-hall (?), n. A trade market in the woolen districts. [Eng.]
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Woolhead (?), n. (Zoöl.) The buffel duck.
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Woolliness (?), n. The quality or state of being woolly.
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Woolly, a. 1. Consisting of wool; as, a woolly covering; a woolly fleece.
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2. Resembling wool; of the nature of wool. “My fleece of woolly hair.” Shak.
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3. Clothed with wool. “Woolly breeders.” Shak.
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4. (Bot.) Clothed with a fine, curly pubescence resembling wool.
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Coloq. Woolly bear (Zoöl.), the hairy larva of several species of bombycid moths. The most common species in the United States are the salt-marsh caterpillar (see under ), the black and red woolly bear, or larva of the Isabella moth (see Illust., under ), and the yellow woolly bear, or larva of the American ermine moth (Spilosoma Virginica). -- Coloq. Woolly butt (Bot.), an Australian tree (Eucalyptus longifolia), so named because of its fibrous bark. -- Coloq. Woolly louse (Zoöl.), a plant louse (Schizoneura lanigera syn Erisoma lanigera) which is often very injurious to the apple tree. It is covered with a dense coat of white filaments somewhat resembling fine wool or cotton. In exists in two forms, one of which infests the roots, the other the branches. See Illust. under . -- Coloq. Woolly macaco (Zoöl.), the mongoose lemur. -- Coloq. Woolly maki (Zoöl.), a long-tailed lemur (Indris laniger) native of Madagascar, having fur somewhat like wool; -- called also avahi, and woolly lemur. -- Coloq. Woolly monkey (Zoöl.), any South American monkey of the genus Lagothrix, as the caparro. -- Coloq. Woolly rhinoceros (Paleon.), an extinct rhinoceros (Rhinoceros tichorhinus) which inhabited the arctic regions, and was covered with a dense coat of woolly hair. It has been found frozen in the ice of Siberia, with the flesh and hair well preserved.
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Woolly-head (?), n. A negro. [Low]
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Woolman (?), n.; pl. Woolmen (�). One who deals in wool.
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Woolpack (?), n. A pack or bag of wool weighing two hundred and forty pounds.
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Woolsack (?), n. A sack or bag of wool; specifically, the seat of the lord chancellor of England in the House of Lords, being a large, square sack of wool resembling a divan in form.
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Woolsey (?), n. [From .] Linsey-woolsey.
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Woolstock (?), n. A heavy wooden hammer for milling cloth.
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Woolward (?), adv. [Wool + -ward.] In wool; with woolen raiment next the skin. [Obs.]
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Woolward-going (?), n. A wearing of woolen clothes next the skin as a matter of penance. [Obs.]
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Their . . . woolward-going, and rising at midnight. Tyndale.
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Woon (?), n. Dwelling. See . [Obs.]
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Woorali (?), n. Same as .
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Woosy (?), a. Oozy; wet. [Obs.] Drayton.
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Wootz (w�ts), n. [Perhaps a corruption of Canarese ukku steel.] A species of steel imported from the East Indies, valued for making edge tools; Indian steel. It has in combination a minute portion of alumina and silica.
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Wooyen (?), n. (Zoöl.) See .
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Wopen (?), obs. p. p. of . Wept. Chaucer.
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Worble (?), n. (Zoöl.) See .
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Word (?), n. [AS. word; akin to OFries. & OS. word, D. woord, G. wort, Icel. orð, Sw. & Dan. ord, Goth. waúrd, OPruss. wirds, Lith. vardas a name, L. verbum a word; or perhaps to Gr. rhtwr an orator. Cf. .]
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1. The spoken sign of a conception or an idea; an articulate or vocal sound, or a combination of articulate and vocal sounds, uttered by the human voice, and by custom expressing an idea or ideas; a single component part of human speech or language; a constituent part of a sentence; a term; a vocable. “A glutton of words.” Piers Plowman.
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You cram these words into mine ears, against
The stomach of my sense. Shak.
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Amongst men who confound their ideas with words, there must be endless disputes. Locke.
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2. Hence, the written or printed character, or combination of characters, expressing such a term; as, the words on a page.
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3. pl. Talk; discourse; speech; language.
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Why should calamity be full of words? Shak.
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Be thy words severe;
Sharp as he merits, but the sword forbear. Dryden.
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4. Account; tidings; message; communication; information; -- used only in the singular.
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I pray you . . . bring me word thither
How the world goes. Shak.
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5. Signal; order; command; direction.
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Give the word through. Shak.
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6. Language considered as implying the faith or authority of the person who utters it; statement; affirmation; declaration; promise.
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Obey thy parents; keep thy word justly. Shak.
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I know you brave, and take you at your word. Dryden.
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I desire not the reader should take my word. Dryden.
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7. pl. Verbal contention; dispute.
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Some words there grew 'twixt Somerset and me. Shak.
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8. A brief remark or observation; an expression; a phrase, clause, or short sentence.
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All the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. Gal. v. 14.
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She said; but at the happy word “he lives,”
My father stooped, re-fathered, o'er my wound. Tennyson.
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There is only one other point on which I offer a word of remark. Dickens.
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Coloq. By word of mouth , orally; by actual speaking. Boyle. -- Coloq. Compound word . See under , a. -- Coloq. Good word , commendation; favorable account. “And gave the harmless fellow a good word.” Pope. -- Coloq. In a word , briefly; to sum up. -- Coloq. In word , in declaration; in profession. “Let us not love in word, . . . but in deed and in truth.” 1 John iii. 8. -- Coloq. Nuns of the Word Incarnate (R. C. Ch.), an order of nuns founded in France in 1625, and approved in 1638. The order, which also exists in the United States, was instituted for the purpose of doing honor to the “Mystery of the Incarnation of the Son of God.” -- Coloq. The word , or Coloq. The Word . (Theol.) (a) The gospel message; esp., the Scriptures, as a revelation of God. “Bold to speak the word without fear.” Phil. i. 14. (b) The second person in the Trinity before his manifestation in time by the incarnation; among those who reject a Trinity of persons, some one or all of the divine attributes personified. John i. 1. -- Coloq. To eat one's words , to retract what has been said. -- Coloq. To have the words for , to speak for; to act as spokesman. [Obs.] “Our host hadde the wordes for us all.” Chaucer. -- Coloq. Word blindness (Physiol.), inability to understand printed or written words or symbols, although the person affected may be able to see quite well, speak fluently, and write correctly. Landois & Stirling. -- Coloq. Word deafness (Physiol.), inability to understand spoken words, though the person affected may hear them and other sounds, and hence is not deaf. -- Coloq. Word dumbness (Physiol.), inability to express ideas in verbal language, though the power of speech is unimpaired. -- Coloq. Word for word , in the exact words; verbatim; literally; exactly; as, to repeat anything word for word. -- Coloq. Word painting , the act of describing an object fully and vividly by words only, so as to present it clearly to the mind, as if in a picture. -- Coloq. Word picture , an accurate and vivid description, which presents an object clearly to the mind, as if in a picture. -- Coloq. Word square , a series of words so arranged that they can be read vertically and horizontally with like results.
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Word, v. i. To use words, as in discussion; to argue; to dispute. [R.]
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Word, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Worded; p. pr. & vb. n. Wording.]
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1. To express in words; to phrase.
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The apology for the king is the same, but worded with greater deference to that great prince. Addison.
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2. To ply with words; also, to cause to be by the use of a word or words. [Obs.] Howell.
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3. To flatter with words; to cajole. [Obs.] Shak.
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Coloq. To word it , to bandy words; to dispute. [Obs.] “To word it with a shrew.” L'Estrange.
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Wordbook (?), n. [Cf. D. woordenboek, G. wörterbuch.] A collection of words; a vocabulary; a dictionary; a lexicon.
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Word-catcher (?), n. One who cavils at words.
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Worder (?), n. A speaker. [Obs.] Withlock.
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Wordily (?), adv. In a wordy manner.
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Wordiness, n. The quality or state of being wordy, or abounding with words; verboseness. Jeffrey.
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Wording, n. The act or manner of expressing in words; style of expression; phrasing.
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It is believed this wording was above his known style. Milton.
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Wordish, a. Respecting words; full of words; wordy. [R.] Sir P. Sidney. -- Wordishness, n.
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The truth they hide by their dark woordishness. Sir K. Digby.
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Wordle (?), n. One of several pivoted pieces forming the throat of an adjustable die used in drawing wire, lead pipe, etc. Knight.
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Wordless (?), a. Not using words; not speaking; silent; speechless. Shak.
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Word method. (Education) A method of teaching reading in which words are first taken as single ideograms and later analyzed into their phonetic and alphabetic elements; -- contrasted with alphabet method and sentence method.
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Wordplay (?), n. A more or less subtle playing upon the meaning of words.
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Wordsman (?), n. One who deals in words, or in mere words; a verbalist. [R.] “Some speculative wordsman.” H. Bushnell.
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Wordy (?), a. [Compar. Wordier (?); superl. Wordiest.]
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1. Of or pertaining to words; consisting of words; verbal; as, a wordy war. Cowper.
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2. Using many words; verbose; as, a wordy speaker.
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3. Containing many words; full of words.
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We need not lavish hours in wordy periods. Philips.
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Wore (?), imp. of .
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Wore, imp. of .
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Work (wûrk), n. [OE. work, werk, weorc, AS. weorc, worc; akin to OFries. werk, wirk, OS., D., & G. werk, OHG. werc, werah, Icel. & Sw. verk, Dan. værk, Goth. gawaúrki, Gr. 'ergon, ϝergon, work, rezein to do, 'organon an instrument, 'orgia secret rites, Zend verez to work. √145. Cf. , , , , , , , , , .]
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1. Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically, physical labor.
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Man hath his daily work of body or mind
Appointed. Milton.
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2. The matter on which one is at work; that upon which one spends labor; material for working upon; subject of exertion; the thing occupying one; business; duty; as, to take up one's work; to drop one's work.
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Come on, Nerissa; I have work in hand
That you yet know not of. Shak.
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In every work that he began . . . he did it with all his heart, and prospered. 2 Chron. xxxi. 21.
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3. That which is produced as the result of labor; anything accomplished by exertion or toil; product; performance; fabric; manufacture; in a more general sense, act, deed, service, effect, result, achievement, feat.
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To leave no rubs or blotches in the work. Shak.
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The work some praise,
And some the architect. Milton.
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Fancy . . .
Wild work produces oft, and most in dreams. Milton.
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The composition or dissolution of mixed bodies . . . is the chief work of elements. Sir K. Digby.
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4. Specifically: (a) That which is produced by mental labor; a composition; a book; as, a work, or the works, of Addison. (b) Flowers, figures, or the like, wrought with the needle; embroidery.
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I am glad I have found this napkin; . . .
I'll have the work ta'en out,
And give 't Iago. Shak.
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(c) pl. Structures in civil, military, or naval engineering, as docks, bridges, embankments, trenches, fortifications, and the like; also, the structures and grounds of a manufacturing establishment; as, iron works; locomotive works; gas works. (d) pl. The moving parts of a mechanism; as, the works of a watch.
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5. Manner of working; management; treatment; as, unskillful work spoiled the effect. Bp. Stillingfleet.
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6. (Mech.) The causing of motion against a resisting force. The amount of work is proportioned to, and is measured by, the product of the force into the amount of motion along the direction of the force. See Conservation of energy, under , Unit of work, under , also , , , and .
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Energy is the capacity of doing work . . . Work is the transference of energy from one system to another. Clerk Maxwell.
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7. (Mining) Ore before it is dressed. Raymond.
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8. pl. (Script.) Performance of moral duties; righteous conduct.
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He shall reward every man according to his works. Matt. xvi. 27.
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Faith, if it hath not works, is dead. James ii. 17.
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9. (Cricket) Break; twist. [Cant]
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10. (Mech.) The causing of motion against a resisting force, measured by the product of the force into the component of the motion resolved along the direction of the force.

Energy is the capacity of doing work. . . . Work is the transference of energy from one system to another. Clerk Maxwell.
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11. (Mining) Ore before it is dressed.
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Coloq. Muscular work (Physiol.), the work done by a muscle through the power of contraction. -- Coloq. To go to work , to begin laboring; to commence operations; to contrive; to manage. “I 'll go another way to work with him.” Shak. -- Coloq. To set on work , to cause to begin laboring; to set to work. [Obs.] Hooker. -- Coloq. To set to work , to employ; to cause to engage in any business or labor.
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Work (wûrk), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Worked (wûrkt), or Wrought (r�t); p. pr. & vb. n. Working.] [AS. wyrcean (imp. worthe, wrohte, p. p. geworht, gewroht); akin to OFries. werka, wirka, OS. wirkian, D. werken, G. wirken, Icel. verka, yrkja, orka, Goth. waúrkjan. √145. See , n.]
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1. To exert one's self for a purpose; to put forth effort for the attainment of an object; to labor; to be engaged in the performance of a task, a duty, or the like.
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O thou good Kent, how shall I live and work,
To match thy goodness? Shak.
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Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you. Ex. v. 18.
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Whether we work or play, or sleep or wake,
Our life doth pass. Sir J. Davies.
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2. Hence, in a general sense, to operate; to act; to perform; as, a machine works well.
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We bend to that the working of the heart. Shak.
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3. Hence, figuratively, to be effective; to have effect or influence; to conduce.
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We know that all things work together for good to them that love God. Rom. viii. 28.
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This so wrought upon the child, that afterwards he desired to be taught. Locke.
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She marveled how she could ever have been wrought upon to marry him. Hawthorne.
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4. To carry on business; to be engaged or employed customarily; to perform the part of a laborer; to labor; to toil.
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They that work in fine flax . . . shall be confounded. Isa. xix. 9.
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5. To be in a state of severe exertion, or as if in such a state; to be tossed or agitated; to move heavily; to strain; to labor; as, a ship works in a heavy sea.
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Confused with working sands and rolling waves. Addison.
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6. To make one's way slowly and with difficulty; to move or penetrate laboriously; to proceed with effort; -- with a following preposition, as down, out, into, up, through, and the like; as, scheme works out by degrees; to work into the earth.
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Till body up to spirit work, in bounds
Proportioned to each kind. Milton.
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7. To ferment, as a liquid.
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The working of beer when the barm is put in. Bacon.
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8. To act or operate on the stomach and bowels, as a cathartic.
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Purges . . . work best, that is, cause the blood so to do, . . . in warm weather or in a warm room. Grew.
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