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n. 1. fitness to fly. “the plane received a certificate of airworthiness”. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. fit to fly; -- said of aircraft. Opposite of unairworthy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Domestic or other work of all kinds; as, a maid of allwork, that is, a general servant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A earthworm of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglers for bait. See Earthworm. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) (a) A lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and other crops. The common army worm of the northern United States is the noctuid moth (Pseudaletia unipuncta, formerly Leucania unipuncta. The name is often applied to other related species, as the cotton worm. (b) The larva of a small two-winged fly (Sciara), which marches in large companies, in regular order. See Cotton worm, under Cotton.
Syn. -- army worm [ 1913 Webster ]

2. the larva of the fungus gnat; -- they march in large companies in regular order. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) A peculiar transparent worm of the genus Sagitta, living at the surface of the sea. See Sagitta. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Publishing) photographs, illustrations, or other visual representations other than the text, in a printed publication.
Syn. -- art, graphics, nontextual matter. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Awl + wort. ] (Bot.) A plant (Subularia aquatica), with awl-shaped leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + work. ] At work; in action. “Set awork.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + working. ] At work; in action. [ Archaic or Colloq. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 2d back, n. + sword. ] 1. A sword with one sharp edge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements; also, the game in which the stick is used. Also called singlestick. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 2d back, n. + worm. ] A disease of hawks. See Filanders. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of several lepidopterous insects which construct, in the larval state, a baglike case which they carry about for protection. One species (Platœceticus Gloveri) feeds on the orange tree. See Basket worm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Deadly nightshade. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) An herbaceous plant of the Barberry family (Epimedium alpinum), having leaves that are bitter and said to be sudorific. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Ornamental work in beads. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A genus of plants (Uvularia) with yellowish bell-shaped flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of herbs and shrubs (Aristolochia), reputed to have medicinal properties. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Wood betony (Stachys betonica); also, the plant called fennel flower (Nigella Damascena), or devil-in-a-bush. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The yellow gentian (Gentiana lutea), which has a very bitter taste. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Work wrought by blacksmiths; -- so called in distinction from that wrought by whitesmiths. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A genus (Utricularia) of aquatic or marshy plants, which usually bear numerous vesicles in the divisions of the leaves. These serve as traps for minute animals. See Ascidium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Deserving blame; culpable; reprehensible. -- Blame"wor`thi*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. (Zool.) A small, burrowing, snakelike, limbless lizard (Anguis fragilis), with minute eyes, popularly believed to be blind; the slowworm; -- formerly a name for the adder. [ 1913 Webster ]

Newts and blindworms do no wrong. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A plant, Rumex sanguineus, or bloody-veined dock. The name is applied also to bloodroot (Sanguinaria Canadensis), and to an extensive order of plants (Hæmodoraceæ), the roots of many species of which contain a red coloring matter useful in dyeing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Work woven with bobbins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the exterior body of a motor vehicle. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the work of making or repairing vehicle bodies. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) The larva of a moth (Heliothis armigera) which devours the bolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant, often doing great damage to the crops. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Work done upon a book or books (as in a printing office), in distinction from newspaper or job work. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Study; application to books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Zool.) Any larva of a beetle or moth, which is injurious to books. Many species are known. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A student closely attached to books or addicted to study; a reader without appreciation. [ 1913 Webster ]

I wanted but a black gown and a salary to be as mere a bookworm as any there. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Plant of the Borage family. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Same as Buhl, Buhlwork. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Fort.) A defensive work of moderate height, hastily thrown up, of earth or other material. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Anything made of bricks. [ 1913 Webster ]

Niches in brickwork form the most difficult part of the bricklayer's art. Tomlinson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of building with or laying bricks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore. [ 1913 Webster ]

I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A species of figwort or Scrophularia (Scrophularia vernalis), and other species of the same genus, mostly perennials with inconspicuous coarse flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A plant supposed to heal bruises, as the true daisy, the soapwort, and the comfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an artist's distinctive technique of applying paint with a brush. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) Bugbane. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ From A. Ch. Boule, a French carver in wood. ] Decorative woodwork in which tortoise shell, yellow metal, white metal, etc., are inlaid, forming scrolls, cartouches, etc. [ Written also boule, boulework. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Bishop's-weed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A plant (Herniaria glabra) supposed to be valuable for the cure of hernia or rupture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. active work of little value, performed merely to occupy time, avoid boredom, or to look busy; as, while he was waiting he filled the days with busywork.
Syn. -- make-work. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. (Bot.) A genus of low herbs (Pinguicula) having simple leaves which secrete from their glandular upper surface a viscid fluid, to which insects adhere, after which the margin infolds and the insects are digested by the plant. The species are found mostly in the North Temperate zone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. bïword; bï, E. by + word. ] 1. A common saying; a proverb; a saying that has a general currency. [ 1913 Webster ]

I knew a wise man that had it for a byword. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The object of a contemptuous saying. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou makest us a byword among the heathen. Ps. xliv. 14 [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Work aside from regular work; subordinate or secondary business. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zoöl.), the larva of several species of moths and butterflies, which attacks cabbages. The most common is the toxic green larva of a white butterfly, the cabbage butterfly, (Pieris rapæ). The cabbage cutworms, which eat off the stalks of young plants during the night, are the larvæ of several species of moths, of the genus Agrotis. See Cutworm. larva of a cabbage butterfly. [ WordNet 1.5 ]