Labour

lā′bur, n. toil or exertion, esp. when fatiguing: work: pains: duties: a task requiring hard work: the pangs of childbirth.— v.i. to undergo labour: to work: to take pains: to be oppre ed: to move slowly: to be in travail: ( naut. ) to pitch and roll heavily.— adj. Labō′rio us , full of labour: toilsome: wearisome: devoted to labour: industrious.— adv. Labō′riously .— n. Labō′riousne .— adj. Lā′boured , bearing marks of labour or effort in the execution.— ns. Lā′bourer , one who labours: one who does work requiring little skill; Lā′bourist , one who contends for the interests of workmen.— adjs. Lā′bour-sav′ing , intended to supersede or le en the labour of men; Lā′boursome ( Shak. ), made with labour and diligence.— Labour Day , a legal holiday in some parts of the United States, as in New York (the first Monday in September); Labour market , the supply of unemployed labour in relation to the demand for it; Labour of love , work undertaken merely as an act of friendline , and without hope of emolument; Labour with , to take pains to convince.— Hard labour , compulsory work imposed on certain criminals in addition to imprisonment. [O. Fr. labour , labeur —L. labor .]