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2,316 words match “ORK”

INWORK v.
To work in or within.
IRON WORKS n.
. See under Iron, a.
IRONWORK n.
Anything made of iron; -- a general name of such parts or pieces of a building, vessel, carriage, etc., as consist of iron.
JOURNEYWORK n.
Originally, work done by the day; work done by a journeyman at his trade.
LACWORK n.
rved, or simply colored, sprinkled with gold or the like; -- said especially of Oriental work of this kind.
LAPWORK n.
Work in which one part laps over another. Grew.
LATHWORK n.
Same as Lathing.
LATTICEWORK n.
Same as Lattice, n., 1.
LINKWORK n. 2 definitions
ther; also, a chain. And thou shalt make hooks of gold, and two chains of fine gold; linkwork and wreathed. Udall.
MILLWORK n. 2 definitions
The shafting, gearing, and other driving machinery of mils.
MOREPORK n.
The Australian crested goatsucker (Ægotheles Novæ-Hollandiæ). Also applied to other allied birds, as Podargus Cuveiri.
MORKIN n.
A beast that has died of disease or by mischance. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
NEEDLEWORK n. 2 definitions
Work executed with a needle; sewed work; sewing; embroidery; also, the business of a seamstress.
NETWORK n. 2 definitions
y system of lines or channels interlacing or crossing like the fabric of a net; as, a network of veins; a network of railroads.
OPENWORK n. 2 definitions
Anything so constructed or manufactured (in needlework, carpentry, metal work, etc.) as to show openings through its substance; work that is perforated or pierced.
OUTWORK v. 2 definitions
To exceed in working; to work more or faster than.
OVERWORK v. 5 definitions
To work beyond the strength; to cause to labor too much or too long; to tire excessively; as, to overwork a horse.
PANELWORK n.
Wainscoting.
PATCHWORK n.
Work composed of pieces sewed together, esp. pieces of various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of incongruous or ill-adapted parts; something irregularly clumsily composed; a thing putched up. Swift.
PIECEWORK n.
Work done by the piece or job; work paid for at a rate based on the amount of work done, rather than on the time employed. The reaping was piecework, at so much per acre. R. Jefferies.
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