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ˈdead-work, dead work
†1. Naut. (See quots.) Obs.
1653H. Cogan tr. Pinto's Trav. xxi. 75 Together with all the dead works, as the cabins and galleries without. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1789), Dead-work, all that part of a ship which is above water when she is laden. c1850Rudim. Navig. (Weale) 154 Supernatant part of the ship, that part which, when afloat, is above the water; anciently expressed by the name of dead-work.
2. Mining. Work not directly productive, but done in preparation for future work.
1839Penny Cycl. XV. 246/1 All the underground work of mines in Cornwall..is of two distinct kinds: dead work, or that carried on in the rock or metalliferous deposit, for the purpose of trial and discovery; and productive labour. 1869R. B. Smyth Goldfields of Victoria 609 Dead-work, the opening up or preparatory work for mining by sinking shafts and winzes, driving levels and cross-cuts. 1872Raymond Statist. Mines 60 They will..save the expense of timbering, and much ‘dead work’ in prospecting. 1954S. Piggott Neolithic Cultures ii. 39 The flint seam was at such a depth that a considerable amount of ‘dead work’ had to be done before the flint was reached.
3. Work in hand, not finished.
1888Chicago Inter-Ocean (Farmer), To-night the joint committee issued a circular commanding the men to quit everything but dead work. [1891Daily News 23 May 6/5 (Tailors' Strike) Another man declared..that they should refuse to touch any of their ‘dead’ (i.e., work in hand) until the strike was over.] |