'Working house' definitions:

Definition of 'Working house'

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  • Working \Work"ing\, 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]