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WORK

Volume 21 · 72 words · 1842 Edition

the manage. To work a horse, is to exercise him at pace, trot, or gallop, and ride him at the manage. To work a horse upon volts, or head and haunches in or between two heels, is to passage him, or make him go sideways upon parallel lines.

To Work, in sea-language, is to direct the movements of a ship, by adapting the sails to the force and direction of the wind.