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Full of work; diligent.
A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop.
A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor.
A house where the town poor are maintained at public expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse.
of Workhouse
of Work
a & n. from Work.
Pertaining to, or characteristic of, working days, or workdays; everyday; hence, plodding; hard-working.
A laboring man; a man who earns his daily support by manual labor.
of Workingman
Without work; not laboring; as, many people were still workless.
Not carried out in practice; not exemplified in fact; as, workless faith.
A man employed in labor, whether in tillage or manufactures; a worker.
Hence, especially, a skillful artificer or laborer.
Becoming a workman, especially a skillful one; skillful; well performed.
Becoming a skillful workman; skillful; well performed; workmanlike.
In a skillful manner; in a manner becoming a skillful workman.
The art or skill of a workman; the execution or manner of making anything.
That which is effected, made, or produced; manufacture, something made by manual labor.
The performer of any work; a master workman.