| Ariachne | [pron: ari'aknee] weaver from Lydia, who challenged Athene to a contest; when Ariachne’s work was seen to be superior, Athene destroyed it, and Ariachne hanged herself; Athene saved her, but changed her into a spider; also known as Arachne |
| a-work | at work, in action |
| baseness | lowly activity, contemptible work |
| charm | work magic [on], bewitch, enchant |
| coactive | working together, acting in concert |
| coals, carry | submit to insult, show cowardice; also: do degrading work |
| computation | working out, reasoning, cogitation |
| contriving | plotting, skilfully working [on one's behalf] |
| counter-caster | [contemptuous] one who works things out with the help of counters, arithmetician |
| curious | finely made, skilfully wrought, elaborate |
| curious-good | finely elaborate, excellently wrought |
| custom | trade, business, line of work |
| cut | work-horse, nag |
| delicate | finely wrought, skilfully made, ingenious |
| device | design, ingenuity, work |
| device | skilful piece of work |
| engineer | constructor of military works; plotter, contriver |
| et opus | and I have completed a work that neither the anger of Jove nor fire |
| exercise | work, practise, perform [a function] |
| fall | work out, happen, turn out |
| fall | set to work, begin eating |
| fashion | frame, work in, introduce |
| gather | infer, work out [for oneself], guess at |
| get | work hard for |
| go | endeavour, set to work, start trying |
| go | get moving, get to work, come on |
| go | get the better of, set to work on |
| grise | step, stair |
| hammer | puzzle out, work hard at, work out |
| hand | handiwork, job, work |
| heat | while feeling heated, while worked up |
| high-wrought | extremely rough, highly turbulent |
| husbandry | industriousness, diligence, eagerness to work |
| husbandry | household work, chores |
| insinuate | curry favour, work subtly [on], ingratiate oneself |
| labour | hard work, physical toil [with pun on childbirth] |
| labour | service, effort, hard work |
| labour | work hard for, try to bring about, urge |
| labour | do the work of, exert oneself on behalf of |
| laboured | hard-worked, exhausted by toil |
| laboursome | laborious, assiduous, hard-working |
| lattice | lattice-work, criss-cross adornment; also: tavern symbol |
| lay | bring into action, put to work |
| lay | formulate, work out, estimate |
| manner | [legal] act, work, deed |
| merit | good works [yielding reward from God] |
| office | carry out the work for, act as servants to |
| officed | functional, working, serviceable |
| operation | plan, active thought, working idea |
| operative | effective, efficacious, capable of working |
| 'ork | Welsh pronunciation of 'work' |
| overlaboured | overworked, overburdened, exhausted by work |
| packhorse | work-horse, drudge, toiler |
| pair of stairs | flight of stairs |
| Penelope | Ulysses' wife, who waited 20 years for his return from Troy; she told suitors she had to finish weaving a shroud for Ulysses' father before she could remarry, and undid the work each night |
| piece | work (of art), creation |
| ply | study, work at, apply oneself to |
| practice | occupation, profession, line of work |
| practise | work upon, act craftily with, make to operate |
| put | put to the test, set to work |
| put | go to work, have sex |
| sale-work | ready-made goods |
| sconce | fort, military work |
| soon-speeding | quick-acting, rapidly working |
| speeding | effective, rapidly working, successful |
| spelling | incantatory, which work spells |
| stair | ladder |
| stand | come forward, set to work |
| tap | work as a tapster |
| temper | mould, shape, work, bring [to a particular character] |
| tilth | labour of cultivation, agricultural work, husbandry |
| trade | regular line of work, recognized business |
| trade-fallen | out-of-work, unemployed, bankrupt |
| travail | labour, make an effort, work hard [for] [often overlapping with the sense of 'travel'] |
| unyoke | stop working, cease labouring |
| wash | labour in vain, work to no purpose |
| work | act upon, continue with |
| work | happen, proceed, come about |
| work | act, behave, conduct oneself |
| work | persuade, urge |
| work | embroider, make, sew |
| work | bring about, arrange, effect |
| work | perform, do, carry out |
| work | practise, proceed, plot |
| work | affect, stir, act upon |
| work | (plural) fortifications, defences, ramparts |
| work | embroidery, needlework |
| work | practise on, work upon, act on |
| work | work for, plan, try to arrange |
| work | work on, manipulate |
| work | run, toss about, rage |
| work | preserve to the end, manage to maintain |
| work | fort, barricade |
| work | deed, doing, action |
| work | activate, galvanize, make work |
| work | bring about, arrange, effect |
| working | being used, being worked upon [by the world] |
| working | aim, endeavour, performance |
| working | perception, mental operation, insight |
| working | effort, exertion, labour |
| working | moving, full of emotion |
| working | operation, action, activity |
| working-day | workaday, everyday, humdrum |
| working-house | workhouse, place of industry |
| wrack | work with disastrous result |
| wrought | past form of 'work' |