·- a & ·noun from Work.
II. Working ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Work.
·adj Doing wonders or surprising things. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·adj Pertaining to, or characteristic of, working days, or workdays; everyday; hence, plodding; hard...
Gangs of hands employed on special duties out of the ship or dockyard. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
The keeping men at work on needless matters, beyond the usual hours, for punishment. ...
Reducing the observations of the sun and moon, or moon and stars, in order to find the longitude. Al...
Reducing the altitudes or distances of heavenly bodies by calculation. ...
Sailing against the wind by alternate tacks. (See beating.) ...
Reducing the dead-reckoning and meridian altitudes to noon of each day. ...