A mass of masonry, formed of irregular stones and pebbles imbedded in mortar. It is used in the interior of docks, piers, and other erections, and is opposed to ashlar-work.
·noun The whole of the bran of wheat before it is sorted into pollard, bran, ·etc. II. Rubble ·noun...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun To ferment, as a liquid. II. Work ·noun Ore before it is dressed. III. Work ·add. ·noun Brea...
·- Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware. ...
·noun Artificial and ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto. ...
·noun ·see <<Handiwork>>. ...
·add. ·- The work of a press agent. ...
·- A variety of applique work for quilts, table covers, ·etc. ...
·- Ornamental work, mostly carved in olivewood, decorated with inlay, made at or near Sorrento, Ital...
·add. ·- Typesetting of tabular nmatter, or the type matter set in tabular form. ...
·noun Work done by the piece, as in nonmetaliferous rock, the amount done being usually reckoned by ...
Said of any work that advances slowly. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Gilding and carving: these terms are particularly applied by seamen on board Newcastle colliers, to ...
Cuckold-making. ...
out-door work. North. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
a long tedious business. North. ...
A sort of balustrade of rails, mouldings, or stanchions, which terminates the quarter-deck and poop ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The ornaments of a ship which are wrought by the carver. ...
The disposition of the planks in the side of any boat or vessel, when the lower edge of every plank ...
In fortification, the largest definite form of outwork, having for its head two contiguous bastioned...
In navigation, the reckoning or reduction of the ship's courses and distances made good during twent...
The timbering of tide-harbours in the Channel. Wattling between piles. ...
Profusely carved decorations of a ship. ...
In fortification, a form of outwork having for its head a bastioned front, and for its sides two lon...
A general name for all pieces of iron, of whatever figure or size, which are used in the constructio...
Work performed by the day. ...
The framing of a chain-pump. ...
Generally signifies all that part of a ship which is under water when she is laden; it is also appli...
The amount of progress a ship has made during a favourable tide. Also, a period of necessary labour ...
Said of a ship when she strains in a tempestuous sea, so as to loosen her joints. ...
This is said of a steam-engine if reversed, to propel the vessel astern. ...
Sometimes applied to a female servant, who refuses none of her master's commands. ...
In fortification, an imaginary line bisecting its most prominent salient angle. ...
To save the officer in charge. Reckoning too is cooked, as in a certain Antarctic discovery of land,...
In fortification, are the two lines forming its most prominent salient angle. ...
In fortification, the part most advanced towards the enemy. In progressive works, such as siege-appr...
To adapt the sails to the force and direction of the wind. ...
Implying that the work of three days is done in two, or at least two tides' work in twenty-four hour...
Reducing the dead-reckoning and meridian altitudes to noon of each day. ...
To draw yarns from old cables, &c., and therewith to make foxes, points, gaskets, sinnet, or spun-ya...
A term used to deride the idea of any work, however light, being relaxation; just as giving up takin...