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▪ I. well-ˈworking, vbl. n.
†a. Doing good, well-doing. Obs.
b. Skilful fashioning or forging.
c. Successful activity or operation.
1611Norton's Calvin's Inst. Table of Contents X xx 1 b, Against all them which say that if this doctrine [of Predestination] take place, all endeuour of well working decaieth. 1691T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. 79 According to the goodness and well working of the Iron, some prove of longer durance than other. 1879Spencer Data of Ethics vi. §34. 84 The well-working [of pleasure and pain] in essential matters is ignored; and the ill-working in unessential matters is alone recognized.
▪ II. † well-ˈworking, ppl. a. Obs.
That does good, virtuous.
a900ælfred Blooms i. in Cockayne Shrine (1864) 169 Ic þe halsie, ðu arfæsta, wel wilende & wel wyrcende drihten. c1460Towneley Myst. iii. 120 Thou was alway well wirkand, to me trew as stele. |