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People that labor.

A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor.

g 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 drawing, as of the whole or part of a structure, machine, etc., made to a…

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

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

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

That which is effected, made, or produced; manufacture, something made by manual labor. Not any skilled in workmanship embossed. Spenser. By how much Adam exceeded all men in perfection, by being the immediate workmanship of God. Sir W. Raleigh.

Any room or apartment used especially for labor.

To harass with labor; to fatigue. [Colloq.]

bs.] Such a world of holidays, that 't a woundy hindrance to a poor man that lives by his labor. L'Estrange.

Worked; elaborated; not rough or crude. Wrought iron. See under Iron.

To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or seven per cent. To yelde Jesu Christ his proper rent. Chaucer. When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength. Gen. iv. 12.…

id eyes the perusal of men's works, and let not Zoilism or detraction blast well-intended labors. Sir T. Browne.