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A winding or zigzag trench forming a path or communication from one siegework to another, to a magazine, etc.

An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine.

To adorn with needlework representing branches, flowers, or twigs. The train whereof loose far behind her strayed, Branched with gold and pearl, most richly wrought. Spenser.

An artificer who works in brass. Franklin.

Carved openwork, as of a shrine, battlement, or parapet.

y wood of a reddish color, imported from Brazil and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for dyeing. The best is the heartwood of Cæsalpinia echinata, a leguminous tree; but other trees also yield it. An interior sort comes from Jamaica, the timber of C. Braziliensis and C. crista. This is often distinguishe…

The member of a family whose labor supplies the food of the family; one who works for his living. H. Spencer.

The face of a coal working.

A piece against which the workman presses his breast in operating a breast drill, or other similar tool.

A kind of plow, driven by the breast of the workman; -- used to cut or pare turf.

Miscellaneous curiosities and works of decorative art, considered collectively. A piece of bric-a-brac, any curious or antique article of virtu, as a piece of antiquated furniture or metal work, or an odd knickknack.

t in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse.

Zoöl.), a phyllopod crustacean of the genus Artemia, inhabiting the strong brines of salt works and natural salt lakes. See Artemia. -- Brine spring, a spring of salt water. -- Leach brine (Saltmaking), brine which drops from granulated salt in drying, and is preserved to be boiled again.

Woven or worked, as brocade, with gold and silver, or with raised flowers, etc. Brocaded flowers o'er the gay mantua shine. Gay.

another in distinctive qualities or traits of character. He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. Prov. xviii. 9. That April morn Of this the very brother. Wordsworth.

ith zeal. To make our sturdy humor buckle thereto. Barrow. Before buckling to my winter's work. J. D. Forbes.

e practice of civil architecture, the builder comes between the architect who designs the work and the artisans who execute it. Eng. Cyc.

The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil architecture. The execution of works of architecture necessarily includes building; but building is frequently employed when the result is not architectural. Hosking.

A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork.

To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.