Purges . . . work best, that is, cause the blood so to do, . . . in
warm weather or in a warm room.
Grew.
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To work at, to be engaged in or upon; to be employed in. — To work to
windward (Naut.), to sail or ply against the wind; to tack to windward.
Mar. Dict.
Work (wûrk), v. t. 1. To labor or operate upon; to give exertion and
effort to; to prepare for use, or to utilize, by labor.
He could have told them of two or three gold mines, and a silver mine,
and given the reason why they forbare to work them at that time.
Sir W. Raleigh.
2. To produce or form by labor; to bring forth by exertion or toil; to
accomplish; to originate; to effect; as, to work wood or iron into a
form desired, or into a utensil; to work cotton or wool into cloth.
Each herb he knew, that works or good or ill.
Harte.
3. To produce by slow degrees, or as if laboriously; to bring gradually
into any state by action or motion. "Sidelong he works his way."
Milton.
So the pure, limpid stream, when foul with stains Of rushing torrents
and descending rains, Works itself clear, and as it runs, refines, Till
by degrees the floating mirror shines.
Addison.
4. To influence by acting upon; to prevail upon; to manage; to lead.
"Work your royal father to his ruin." Philips.
5. To form with a needle and thread or yarn; especially, to embroider;
as, to work muslin.
6. To set in motion or action; to direct the action of; to keep at
work; to govern; to manage; as, to work a machine.
Knowledge in building and working ships.
Arbuthnot.
Now, Marcus, thy virtue's the proof; Put forth thy utmost strength,
work every nerve.
Addison.
The mariners all 'gan work the ropes, Where they were wont to do.
Coleridge.