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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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WORKER n. 2 definitions

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass. Professors of holiness, but workers of iniquity. Shak.

One engaged in the same work with another; a companion in work.

People that labor.

Full of work; diligent. [R.]

WORKHOUSE n. 3 definitions

A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop.

a & n. from Work. The word must cousin be to the working. Chaucer. Working beam. See Beam, n. 10. -- Working class, the class of people who are engaged in manual labor, or are dependent upon it for support; laborers; operatives; -- chiefly used in the plural. -- Working day. See under Day, n. -- Working drawing, a d…

Pertaining to, or characteristic of, working days, or workdays; everyday; hence, plodding; hard-working. O, how full of briers in this working-day world. Shak.

A laboring man; a man who earns his daily support by manual labor.

WORKLESS a. 2 definitions

Without work; not laboring; as, many people were still workless.

WORKMAN n. 2 definitions

A man employed in labor, whether in tillage or manufactures; a worker.

Becoming a workman, especially a skillful one; skillful; well performed.

WORKMANLY a. 2 definitions

Becoming a skillful workman; skillful; well performed; workmanlike.

WORKMANSHIP n. 2 definitions

The art or skill of a workman; the execution or manner of making anything. Due reward For her praiseworthy workmanship to yield. Spenser. Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown . . . Where most may wonder at the workmanship. Milton.

The performer of any work; a master workman. [R.] Spenser.

WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT n.

A statute fixing the compensation that a workman may recover from an employer in case of accident, esp. the British act of 6 Edw. VII. c. 58 (1906) giving to a workman, except in certain cases of "serious and willful misconduct," a right against his employer to a certain compensation on the mere occurrence of an accide…

Any room or apartment used especially for labor.

Workmanship. [R.]

A shop where any manufacture or handiwork is carried on.

A table for holding working materials and implements; esp., a small table with drawers and other conveniences for needlework, etc.

WORKWAYS; WORKWISE adv.

In a working position or manner; as, a T rail placed workwise, i.e., resting on its base.