Work"ing , 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.
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