tut-work

English

Etymology

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Noun

tut-work (uncountable)

1. (mining, archaic) Work done by the piece, as in non-metalliferous rock, the amount done being usually reckoned by the fathom.
   • 1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures

     Tut-work is also employed upon the lode itself, though from the advantages generally considered to arise from the tribute system […]

Alternative forms

• tutwork

Related terms

• tutworker
• tutworkman

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “tut-work”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)