Category:Working

Work"ing,

Defn: a & n. from work. The word must cousin be to the working. Chaucer. 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 (mach.), that part of a machine at which the effect Required; the point where the useful work is done.