Part 6315

<blockquote>The stone that <b>labors</b> up the hill. <i>Granville.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The line too <b>labors</b>,and the words move slow. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To cure the disorder under which he <b>labored</b>. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Come unto me, all ye that <b>labor</b> and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. <i>Matt. xi. 28</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To be in travail; to suffer the pangs of childbirth.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To pitch or roll heavily, as a ship in a turbulent sea.</def>

<i> Totten.</i>

<h1>Labor</h1> <Xpage=821>

<hw>La"bor</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>labourer</ets>, L. <ets>laborare</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To work at; to work; to till; to cultivate by toil.</def>

<blockquote>The most excellent lands are lying fallow, or only <b>labored</b> by children. <i>W. Tooke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To form or fabricate with toil, exertion, or care.</def> "To <i>labor</i> arms for Troy."

<i>Dryden.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To prosecute, or perfect, with effort; to urge stre<?/uously; <as>as, to <ex>labor</ex> a point or argument</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To belabor; to beat.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Dryden.</i>

<h1>Laborant</h1> <Xpage=821>

<hw>Lab"o*rant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.<ets>laborans</ets>, <ets>p</ets>. <ets>pr</ets>. <ets>of laborare</ets> to labor.]</ety> <def>A chemist.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Boyle.</i>

<h1>Laboratory</h1> <Xpage=821>

<hw>Lab"o*ra*to*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Laboratories</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[Shortened fr. <ets>elaboratory</ets>; cf. OF. <ets>elaboratoire</ets>, F. <ets>laboratoire</ets>. See <er>Elaborate</er>, <er>Labor.</er>]</ety> <altsp>[Formerly written also <asp>elaboratory.</asp>]</altsp> <def>The workroom of a chemist; also, a place devoted to experiments in any branch of natural science; <as>as, a chemical, physical, or biological <ex>laboratory</ex></as>. Hence, by extension, a place where something is prepared, or some operation is performed; <as>as, the liver is the <ex>laboratory</ex> of the bile</as>.</def>

<h1>Labored</h1> <Xpage=821>

<hw>La"bored</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Bearing marks of labor and effort; elaborately wrought; not easy or natural; <as>as, <ex>labored</ex> poetry; a <ex>labored</ex> style.</as></def>

<h1>Laboredly</h1> <Xpage=821>

<hw>La"bored*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a labored manner; with labor.</def>

<h1>Laborer</h1> <Xpage=821>

<hw>La"bor*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Written also <ets>labourer</ets>.]</ety> <def>One who labors in a toilsome occupation; a person who does work that requires strength rather than skill, as distinguished from that of an <i>artisan</i>.</def>

<h1>Laboring</h1> <Xpage=821>

<hw>La"bor*ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That labors; performing labor; esp., performing coarse, heavy work, not requiring skill also, set apart for labor; <as>as, <ex>laboring</ex> days</as>.</def>