"Works" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL

A barbarous corruption of have, of he, and sometimes of it and of they.

A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from …

n. 1. the relationship between the parents of a married couple. 2. the father or mother of the spouse of …

An evergreen shrub (Hibiscus -- formerly Abelmoschus -- moschatus), of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whose musky …

In the law of estates. Expectation; waiting; suspense; remembrance and contemplation in law. where there ls no person ln existence …

A genus of coniferous trees, properly called Fir, as the balsam fir and the silver fir. The spruces are sometimes …

A letting out to hire, or leasing for money. Calvin. Sometimes used in the English form “ablocntlon.”

without impeachment of waste; without accountability for waste; without liability to suit for v/aste. A clause anciently often in-serted in …

An overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: -- strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes …

A group of Coelenterata, including the Medusae or jellyfishes, and hydroids; -- so called from the stinging power they possess. …

A genus of European birds (so named from their sweet notes), including the hedge warbler. In America sometimes applied to …

That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they …

A larval entozoon in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in …

One of a class of compounds, generally but not always distinguished by their sour taste, solubility in water, and reddening …

One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of …

A large division of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a …

In tbe civil law. A sitecies of right of way, consisting in the right of driving cattle, or a carriage, …

To make suitable; to fit, or suit; to adjust; to alter so as to fit for a new use; -- …

A phrase used adjectively sometimes of meretricious attempts to catch or win popular favor.

To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; …