worker cell (werkersel)

One of the cells of a honeycomb destined for the larva of a worker bee. Eggs are laid in these first, afterward in the drone-cells and queen-cells. workfellow (werk'fel"ō), n. One engaged in the same work with another. Rom. xvi. 21. work-folk, work-folks (wėrk'fök, wėrk'fōks), n. pl. Persons engaged in manual labor; workpeople. Oversee my work - folks , And at the week's end pay them all their wages. Fletcher (and another ), Noble Gentleman, ii. 1. workful (wèrk'fül), a. [ workvol ; work +-ful.] Full of activity and work; laborious; industrious. [Rare.] You saw nothing in Coketown but what was severely Dickens, Hard Times, i. 5. workful. workgirl (wèrk'gėrl), n. A girl or young woman who works or is engaged in some useful manual employment. There are men and women working perpetually for every other po ible cla , but none for the workgirl . Nineteenth Century , XXII. 371. In the establishment were seated nine workgirls . Lancet, 1890, II. 951. work-holder (werk'holder), n. A device for holding a fabric in a convenient position for needlework. It consists usually of spring-jaws for holding the material, and a clamp for securing the holder to the edge of a table. Compare sewing - bird .