wordsmant (werdzman)

[ Bushnell . work from a Teut. ✓ werk, √ work, = Gr. * ἔργειν, perf. ἑοργα, work, ῥέζειν (for * Fρεγίειν ), do (cf. έργον, a work, ὀργανον, instrument, organ), = Zend urz, verez, work; cf. Pers. warz, gain, profit, habit, etc. From the Gr. words of this root are ult. E. erg, energy, organ, etc., and the second element in metallurgy, theurgy, etc., chirurgeon, surgeon, etc.] I. in trans. 1. To put forth effort for the accomplishment of something; exert one's self in the performance of some service; labor; toil; strive: as, to work ten hours a day. But whi the werwolf so wrouzt wondred the i alle, & whi more with the king than with any other. William of Palerne (E. E. T. S.), L 4035. We commanded you that, if any would not work , neither should he eat. 2 Thes. iii. 10. My sweet mistre Weeps when she sees me work , and says such basene Had never like executor. Shak., Tempest, iii. L. 12. His labor more than requited his entertainment; for he wrought among us with vigor, and either in the meadow or at the hay-rick put himself foremost. Goldsmith, Vicar, viii. 2. To act; operate; carry on or perform a funetion; operate effectively; prove practicable: as, the pump will not work; a plan or system that works well; the charm works. Louse thi lippes a-twynne & let the gost worche . Joseph of Arimathie (E. E. Τ. 8.), p. 2 Nature hath now no dominacioun: And certeynly ther nature wol nat wirche . Farewel, phisyk! go ber the man to chirche. Chaucer, Knight's Tale, L. 1901 IMG:content-2551.png:[blocks in formation] Love never fails to master what he finds, But works a different way in different minds. Dryden, Cym. and Iph., 1. 465. You may make everything else out of the pa ions of men except a political system that will work . Lowell, Study Windows, p. 158. Some speculative words man . words mans hipt (wėrdz'man-ship), n. [ abusive. A silly, yet ferocious, word spite quarrel between Otho and Hugh-le-Grand. Sir F. Palgrave , Norm. and Eng., II. 561. ortha - bok = Sw. ordbok = Dan. ordbog . ] A book containing words with their explanations, arwordstrife (werd's trīf), n. ranged in alphabetical or other regular order; a vocabulary; a dictionary; a lexicon. If no other bookes can be so vvell perfected, but still some thing may be added, hovv much le a Word - booke ? Florio, It. Dict. (1598), To the Reader, p. [13]. word-bound (werd'bound), a . Restrained or restricted in speech; unable or unwilling to ex- pre one's self; also, bound by one's word or promise. Word-bound he is not; J. Baillie. He'll tell it willingly. word-building (werd bilding), n. The formation, construction, or composition of words. word-catcher (werd kach"èr), n. One who cavils at words. Each word - catcher , that lives on syllables. Pope , Prol. to Satires, 1. 166. word-deafne (wèrd'def"nes), n . Lo , through disease, of the ability to understand spoken language, although the sounds are heard and the faculties of reading and speaking may be unimpaired.