Work·ing, a & n. from Work.
The word must cousin be to the working. --Chaucer.
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.
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