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.