Working
Work·ing
Working
a & n.
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a & n. from Work.
The word must cousin be to the working.
Phrases & Compounds
- Working beam
- See Beam, n., 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, n.
- 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
- that part of a machine at which the effect required; the point where the useful work is done.