working

a & n. from Work. [ 1913 Webster ]

The word must cousin be to the working. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Working beam. See Beam, n. 10. --
Working class, the class of people who are engaged in manual labor, or are dependent upon it for support; laborers; operatives; -- chiefly used in the plural. --
Working day. See under Day, n. --
Working drawing, a drawing, as of the whole or part of a structure, machine, etc., made to a scale, and intended to be followed by the workmen. Working drawings are either general or detail drawings. --
Working house, a house where work is performed; a workhouse. --
Working point (Mach.), that part of a machine at which the effect required; the point where the useful work is done. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, working days, or workdays; everyday; hence, plodding; hard-working. [ 1913 Webster ]

O, how full of briers in this working-day world. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]