volume
Webster Dictionary
hence, a collection of printed sheets bound together, whether containing a single work, or a part of a work, or more than one work; a book; a tome; especially, that part of an extended work which is bound up together in one cover; as, a work in four volumes
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botch
Webster Dictionary
work..one in a bungling manner; a clumsy performance; a piece of work, or a place in work, marred in the doing, or not properly finished; a bungle
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piecework
Webster Dictionary
work..one by the piece or job; work paid for at a rate based on the amount of work done, rather than on the time employed
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work
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the matter on which one is at work; that upon which one spends labor; material for working upon; subject of exertion; the thing occupying one; business; duty; as, to take up one's work; to drop one's work
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job
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to do chance work for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty work
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swage
Webster Dictionary
a tool, variously shaped or grooved on the end or face, used by blacksmiths and other workers in metals, for shaping their work, whether sheet metal or forging, by holding the swage upon the work, or the work upon the swage, and striking with a sledge
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job
(ʒɒb)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to work at jobs or odd pieces of work; work by the piece.
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needlework
Webster Dictionary
work..xecuted with a needle; sewed work; sewing; embroidery; also, the business of a seamstress
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framework
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the work of framing, or the completed work; the frame or constructional part of anything; as, the framework of society
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bookwork
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work..one upon a book or books (as in a printing office), in distinction from newspaper or job work
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yoke
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a portion of the working day; as, to work two yokes, that is, to work both portions of the day, or morning and afternoon
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housework
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the work belonging to housekeeping; especially, kitchen work, sweeping, scrubbing, bed making, and the like
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composition
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the art or practice of so combining the different parts of a work of art as to produce a harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as such. See 4, below
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tidy
Webster Dictionary
a cover, often of tatting, drawn work, or other ornamental work, for the back of a chair, the arms of a sofa, or the like
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epitome
Webster Dictionary
a work in which the contents of a former work are reduced within a smaller space by curtailment and condensation; a brief summary; an abridgement
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foot poundal
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a unit of energy or work, equal to the work done in moving a body through one foot against the force of one poundal
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traverse
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a work thrown up to intercept an enfilade, or reverse fire, along exposed passage, or line of work
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reprint
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a second or a new impression or edition of any printed work; specifically, the publication in one country of a work previously published in another
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sorrento work
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ornamental work, mostly carved in olivewood, decorated with inlay, made at or near Sorrento, Italy. Hence, more rarely, jig-saw work and the like done anywhere
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composition
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the invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music
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center
Webster Dictionary
a conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe
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salework
Webster Dictionary
work..r things made for sale; hence, work done carelessly or slightingly
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foot pound
Webster Dictionary
a unit of energy, or work, being equal to the work done in raising one pound avoirdupois against the force of gravity the height of one foot
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job
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a piece of chance or occasional work; any definite work undertaken in gross for a fixed price; as, he did the job for a thousand dollars
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tambour
Webster Dictionary
a work usually in the form of a redan, to inclose a space before a door or staircase, or at the gorge of a larger work. It is arranged like a stockade
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boss
Webster Dictionary
a protuberant ornament on any work, either of different material from that of the work or of the same, as upon a buckler or bridle; a stud; a knob; the central projection of a shield. See Umbilicus
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painting
Webster Dictionary
the work of the painter; also, any work of art in which objects are represented in color on a flat surface; a colored representation of any object or scene; a picture
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empaistic
Webster Dictionary
having to do with inlaid work; -- especially used with reference to work of the ancient Greeks
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bywork
Webster Dictionary
work..side from regular work; subordinate or secondary business
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pasticcio
Webster Dictionary
a work of art imitating directly the work of another artist, or of more artists than one
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