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The act of working in together; interweaving. Milton.

To work in or within.

. See under Iron, a.

Anything made of iron; -- a general name of such parts or pieces of a building, vessel, carriage, etc., as consist of iron.

Originally, work done by the day; work done by a journeyman at his trade.

arved, or simply colored, sprinkled with gold or the like; -- said especially of Oriental work of this kind.

Work in which one part laps over another. Grew.

Same as Lathing.

Same as Lattice, n., 1.

ether; also, a chain. And thou shalt make hooks of gold, and two chains of fine gold; linkwork and wreathed. Udall.

The shafting, gearing, and other driving machinery of mils.

Work executed with a needle; sewed work; sewing; embroidery; also, the business of a seamstress.

ny system of lines or channels interlacing or crossing like the fabric of a net; as, a network of veins; a network of railroads.

Anything so constructed or manufactured (in needlework, carpentry, metal work, etc.) as to show openings through its substance; work that is perforated or pierced.

To exceed in working; to work more or faster than.

To work beyond the strength; to cause to labor too much or too long; to tire excessively; as, to overwork a horse.

Wainscoting.

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.

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.

The work of a coal miner who is paid by a share of his product.