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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Working

· Work·ing · IPA /ˈwɝkɪŋ/
01 a & n. a & n. from Work.
  1. 1.
    a & n. from Work. See: Work
    “The word must cousin be to the working.” Chaucer.
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.