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Webster 1913 Edition
Working
Work′ing
,a &
from Noun.
Work
. The word must cousin be to the
working
. Chaucer.
Working beam
. See 10.
– Beam
, Noun.
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
, Noun.
Working drawing
, a drawing, as of the whole or part of a structure, machine, etc., made to a scale, and intended to be followed by the workmen. Working drawings are either general or detail drawings.
– Working house
, a house where work is performed; a workhouse.
– Working point
(Mach.)
, that part of a machine at which the effect required; the point where the useful work is done.
Webster 1828 Edition
Working
WORKING
,ppr.
WORKING
,Noun.
1.
Motion; the act of laboring.2.
Fermentation.3.
Movement; operation; as the workings of fancy.