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A system of working in ore, etc., when it lies not in strata or veins, but in solid masses, so as to be worked in chambers or stories.

A horizontal working forming one of a series, the working faces of which present the appearance of a flight of steps.

A method of working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the vein.

The working room of an artist.

els (Mach.), an ingenious contrivance for converting reciprocating motion, as that of the working beam of a steam engine, into rotatory motion. It consists of a toothed wheel (called the sun wheel), firmly secured to the shaft it is desired to drive, and another wheel (called the planet wheel) secured to the end of a c…

b xxxviii. 31. Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one established rule of Christian working. M. Arnold.

Working together; coöperating; as, synergetic muscles.

A workingmen's resort conducted under religious influences as a counteractant to the drinking saloon. [Colloq. or Cant]

ed to clarify sugar. Temper screw, in deep well boring, an adjusting screw connecting the working beam with the rope carrying the tools, for lowering the tools as the drilling progresses.

To prepare by beating or working, as leather or hemp; to taw.

To cut through, as a partition between one working and another.

pe carried taut between or over obstacles likely to engage or foul the running rigging in working a ship.

ve the lowermost sail on a mast. This sail is the one most frequently reefed or furled in working the ship. In a fore-and-aft rigged vessel, the sail set upon and above the gaff. See Cutter, Schooner, Sail, and Ship. Topsail schooner. (Naut.) See Schooner, and Illustration in Appendix.

n Indians comprising the most important Brazilian tribes. Agriculture, pottery, and stone working were practiced by them at the time of the conquest. The Tupi and the Guarani were originally the most powerful of the stock, which is hence also called Tupi-Guaranian.

To injure by working secretly; to destroy or overthrow by clandestine measure; to undermine. But thou from loving England art so far, That thou hast underwrought his lawful king. Shak.

tor nerves, situated in a part of the medulla oblongata; a center of reflex action by the working of which afferent impulses are changed into efferent, -- vasomotor impulses leading either to dilation or constriction of the blood vessels.

The god of fire, who presided over the working of metals; -- answering to the Greek Hephæstus.

less remnants; refuse. Specifically: Remnants of cops, or other refuse resulting from the working of cotton, wool, hemp, and the like, used for wiping machinery, absorbing oil in the axle boxes of railway cars, etc.

That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are designated as the port watch, and the starboard watch. Anchor watch (Naut.), a detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck when a vessel is at anchor. --…

Working, or able to sail, close to the wind; as, a weatherly ship. Cooper.