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pl.
of Industry
n.
A work of art or of human industry, of an early epoch; especially, a book printed before a. d. 1500.
n.
The quality or state of being sedulous; diligent and assiduous application; constant attention; unremitting industry; sedulousness.
n.
Things gotten by a man's own industry, or purchased with his own money, as opposed to things which come to him by descent.
v. i.
To prosper by industry, economy, and good management of property; to increase in goods and estate; as, a farmer thrives by good husbandry.
n.
Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
n. & v.
Reward; recompense; as, the price of industry.
a.
Soon relaxed or exhausted; convulsive; intermittent; as, spasmodic zeal or industry.
a.
Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Scotland, their country, or their language; as, Scottish industry or economy; a Scottish chief; a Scottish dialect.
n.
Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; -- opposed to sloth and idleness; as, industry pays debts, while idleness or despair will increase them.
n.
Human exertion of any kind employed for the creation of value, and regarded by some as a species of capital or wealth; labor.
n.
The confused noise of a crowd or of machinery, etc., heard at a distance; as, the hum of industry.
adv.
With reference to industry.
superl.
Thriving by industry and frugality; prosperous in the acquisition of worldly goods; increasing in wealth; as, a thrifty farmer or mechanic.
n.
Devotion to industrial pursuits; labor; industry.
v. t.
To collect or draw together with laborious industry; to gather from a wide space; to scrape together; as, to rake together wealth; to rake together slanderous tales; to rake together the rabble of a town.
a.
Consisting in industry; pertaining to industry, or the arts and products of industry; concerning those employed in labor, especially in manual labor, and their wages, duties, and rights.
n.
Any department or branch of art, occupation, or business; especially, one which employs much labor and capital and is a distinct branch of trade; as, the sugar industry; the iron industry; the cotton industry.
a.
Given to industry; characterized by diligence; constantly, regularly, or habitually occupied; busy; assiduous; not slothful or idle; -- commonly implying devotion to lawful and useful labor.
v. t.
To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry.
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