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LABOR n. 16 definitions

l end, as agriculture, manufactures, and like; servile toil; exertion; work. God hath set Labor and rest, as day and night, to men Successive. Milton.

In most of the States and Territories of the United States, a day, usually the first Monday of September, set aside as a legal holiday, in honor of, or in the interest of, workingmen as a class. Also, a similar holiday in Canada, Australia, etc.

LABOR-SAVING a.

Saving labor; adapted to supersede or diminish the labor of men; as, laborsaving machinery.

A chemist. [Obs.] Boyle.

to experiments in any branch of natural science; as, a chemical, physical, or biological laboratory. Hence, by extension, a place where something is prepared, or some operation is performed; as, the liver is the laboratory of the bile.

Bearing marks of labor and effort; elaborately wrought; not easy or natural; as, labored poetry; a labored style.

In a labored manner; with labor.

One who labors in a toilsome occupation; a person who does work that requires strength rather than skill, as distinguished from that of an artisan.

LABORING a. 2 definitions

That labors; performing labor; esp., performing coarse, heavy work, not requiring skill also, set apart for labor; as, laboring days. The sleep of a laboring man is sweet. eccl. v. 12.

LABORIOUS a. 2 definitions

Requiring labor, perseverance, or sacrifices; toilsome; tiresome. Dost thou love watchings, abstinence, or toil, Laborious virtues all Learn these from Cato. Addison.

Not involving labor; not laborious; easy.

Laborious. [Obs.] Wyatt. -- La"bor*ous*ly, adv. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

LABORSOME a. 2 definitions

Made with, or requiring, great labor, pains, or diligence. [Obs.] Shak.

BELABOR v. 2 definitions

To ply diligently; to work carefully upon. "If the earth is belabored with culture, it yieldeth corn." Barrow.

One who labors with another; an associate in labor.

COLLABORATEUR n.

See Collaborator.

COLLABORATION n.

The act ofworking together; united labor.

COLLABORATOR n.

An associate in labor, especially in literary or scientific labor.

Labor hired or performed by the day. Milton.

One who works by the day; -- usually applied to a farm laborer, or to a workman who does not work at any particular trade. Goldsmith.