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1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball v. lxxviii. 646 Suche medicines..are vsed agaynst the Dropsie, the Iaundise, belching or working vp [Du. opworpinge] of the stomacke, and gripinges or frettinges of the belly.

1678 T. Rymer Trag. Last Age 76 If the Poet observe not these measures, the working up of a Scene, is plainly the tormenting of nature, and holding our ears to the Grindstone.

1769 H. Brooke Fool of Quality IV. xvii. 101 There is yet a kind of yest observable in it's nature, which may be necessary to the fermentation and working up of virtue.

1816 J. Scott Paris Revisited vi. 136 All..is done..under the force of artificial impulse, causing what is called a working-up.

1893 Daily News 6 Feb. 7/4 Best steel working-up sheets.

1913 Athenæum 10 May 528/1 A working-up to a strong climax.

1922 F. E. Penny Swan's Curse xiv. 128 Her actions were a preliminary working-up of evil passion by concentrating her thought on the contemplated crime.

2007 J. Ferris And then we came to End Prol. 4 He began to cough, and from our own offices we heard the working-up of solidified lung sediment.