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Webster 1913 Edition


Working

Work′ing

,
a &
Noun.
from
Work
.
The word must cousin be to the
working
.
Chaucer.
Working beam
.
See
Beam
,
Noun.
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
,
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.
Moving; operating; laboring; fermenting.

WORKING

,
Noun.
1.
Motion; the act of laboring.
2.
Fermentation.
3.
Movement; operation; as the workings of fancy.