dayworkn.

Brit.

/ˈdeɪwəːk/, U.S.

/ˈdeɪˌwərk/

Forms: see day n. and work n.; also Old English dægeweorc, Old English dægweorc; also Scottish pre-1700 dawwerk, pre-1700 dawerik (perhaps transmission error).

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian deiwerk , Middle Dutch dachwerc (Dutch dagwerk ), Old Saxon dagwerk (Middle Low German dachwerk , dāgewerk ), Old High German tagawerc (Middle High German tagewerc , German Tagewerk , now archaic), Old Icelandic dagverk , rare, Old Swedish daghvärke , rare (Swedish †dagverk ) < the Germanic base of day n. + the Germanic base of work n. Compare day's work n. With sense 2 compare ( < English) post-classical Latin daiwerca (frequently from 1208 in British sources, originally and chiefly in Kent, also in Essex and Sussex), and also (with a Latin suffix) daiwercata (from 13th cent. in British sources, chiefly in Essex). This sense also occurs in Middle Low German and Middle High German. With sense 3 compare earlier day labour n.

1. = day's work n. 1a. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > work > amounts of work > [noun] > day's work

dayworkOE

day's workOE

journey1387

darg1489

OE Exodus 151 Manum treowum woldon h[i]e þæt feorhlean facne gyldan, þætte hie þæt dægweorc dreore gebohte.

OE Wulfstan Institutes of Polity (Junius) 75 Bisceopes dægweorc, ðæt bið mid rihte his gebedu ærest and ðonne his bocweorc, ræding oððon rihting, lar oððon leornung.

1307 in W. Greenwell Boldon Bk. (1852) App. p. xxx Et de 6s. de operibus drengorum..per annum, quæ vocantur daywerkes.

a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) viii. l. 2630 Na man..evyr herd, or saw befor..A daywerk to that daywerk lyk.

1599 E. Topsell Times Lament. xxix. 341 Wee knowe not whether wee eate our last morsell..or worke our last day-worke.

1685 G. Meriton Praise of York-shire Ale 5 The Labouring Man, that toiles all day full sore, A pot of Ale at Night, doth him Restore, And makes him all his Toil and paines forget, And for another day-work, hee's then fit.

1808 Specimens Yorks. Dial. (ed. 2) 11 Monny a day-wark we're wrought togither.

1996 E. Hinsey Cities of Memory iii. 36 And he, day-work done, would climb the stair, collar in hand to where the hearth's warmth flickered.

2. Agriculture (originally and chiefly in south-eastern England). A unit of area based on the amount of land that can be worked in a day, most commonly taken as an area four perches by four, i.e. 121 square yards, ¼ acre (approx. 101 square metres), but varying locally. Cf. day's work n. 2. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > area that can be worked or mown in a day

daywork1204

day's worka1563

day's math1669

1204 in T. D. Hardy Rotuli Chartarum in Turri Londinensi (1837) I. 131/2 xiiij. acras terre et dim. et quinque daiwercs apud Hecham [sc. Higham, Kent].

c1230 in Archaeologia Cantiana (1920) 34 67 (MED) [3½ acres and 7] daiwerce [of land].

1492 Will of Thomas Reede (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/9) f. 68^v xj day werkes of land.

1534 Inv. Sir L. Bagot in Lichfield Merc. (1889) 23 Aug. 8/1 xxviij day-warke of pea..xij daye-warke of barley..xxiiij daye-warke of whet.

1565 R. Benese Bk. Measurying Lande (new ed.) sig. B.i^v An halfe acre conteineth in it .lxxx. perches. The quarter of an acre (otherwise called a rood) conteyneth in it .xl. dayworkes. A daiworke conteyneth in it .iiii. perches.

1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia ii. vii. 59 Foure square Pearches make a Daiesworke, 10 Daie-workes a Roode.

a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 40 The South Wandell close with its bottomes is 8 dayworkes, or will serve one Mower eight dayes.

1710 W. Pickering Marrow Math. ii. vi. 243 What a Quarter of a Pearch awanting, or over, will amount unto in Day-works, Pearches, Yards, Foot, and Inches Square.

1792 W. Boys Coll. Hist. Sandwich 49 [Translating post-classical Latin] John Stylle of Sandwich grants..half an acre and two dayworks [L. duas deywerkes] of arable land near the Hospital... January the 10th, 1395.

1883 F. Seebohm Eng. Village Community ii. 68 [Translating post-classical Latin, 1183] In autumn they do 4 dayworks at reaping, with all their family except the housewife.

1904 Sussex Archæol. Coll. 47 49 In 35 Ed. I. [1306–7] Margaret, daughter of the late William Pykot, granted to Matilda Colpeper and Joan her daughter 15 dayworks (daywercas) of land in Newinton, in a field called ‘Brechfelde’.

1942 Trans. Essex Archaeol. Soc. 23 93 Within this limited area [sc. Kent and Essex] the daywork seems to have been a standard measure of constant extent.

1993 Huntington Libr. Q. 56 345 Traditionally, land was divided into units such as dayworks, ploughlands, hides, and knights' fees.

2008 J. Mullan in B. Dodds & R. Britnell Agric. & Rural Society after Black Death xi. 180 In 1397 Juliana inherited..a second cottage with curtilage and two dayworks of overland.

3. Work arranged on a daily basis, often casual in nature; the system of arranging work in this way.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > work done by the day or week

day labourc1449

daywork1602

1602 T. North tr. S. Goulart Lives Epaminondas, Philip of Macedon 950 With Masons that had their day worke.

1647 H. Peters Word for Armie 12 That the businesse may be carried on strenuously & vigorously by men to be confided; who may take it upon them by the great, or day-work, either of these.

1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion ii. 27 She called him Sonne of a Peasant, and said he was fitter to work day-work in the Vineyards..than to be her Husband.

1702 London Gaz. No. 3786/4 Committed by one who does Day-work in Deptford and Woolwich Yards.

1751 C. Labelye Descr. Westm. Bridge 79 All the workmanship..being suffered to be done by Day-Work.

1851 Orders & Regulations Royal Engineers (rev. ed.) §16. 64 To state the weekly delivery of Materials and performance of Day-work.

1942 Financial Times 20 Feb. 3/5 An operative on daywork, without any possibility of increasing his wage, has never the same interest in his task.

1951 Eastern Daily Press (Norwich) 23 June 4/7 If there's a spot or tew o' rain them on day wark will leave orf and shelter; if they're on tearken [= token] wark, they put on ther jackets an' keep a duin.

2009 Code of Estimating Pract. (Chartered Inst. Building) (ed. 7) vi. 78 The rates must be applied to the time during which the plant is actually engaged in daywork.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	daywork
释义	dayworkn. Brit. /ˈdeɪwəːk/, U.S. /ˈdeɪˌwərk/ Forms: see day n. and work n.; also Old English dægeweorc, Old English dægweorc; also Scottish pre-1700 dawwerk, pre-1700 dawerik (perhaps transmission error). Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian deiwerk , Middle Dutch dachwerc (Dutch dagwerk ), Old Saxon dagwerk (Middle Low German dachwerk , dāgewerk ), Old High German tagawerc (Middle High German tagewerc , German Tagewerk , now archaic), Old Icelandic dagverk , rare, Old Swedish daghvärke , rare (Swedish †dagverk ) < the Germanic base of day n. + the Germanic base of work n. Compare day's work n. With sense 2 compare ( < English) post-classical Latin daiwerca (frequently from 1208 in British sources, originally and chiefly in Kent, also in Essex and Sussex), and also (with a Latin suffix) daiwercata (from 13th cent. in British sources, chiefly in Essex). This sense also occurs in Middle Low German and Middle High German. With sense 3 compare earlier day labour n. 1. = day's work n. 1a. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > amounts of work > [noun] > day's work dayworkOE day's workOE journey1387 darg1489 OE Exodus 151 Manum treowum woldon h[i]e þæt feorhlean facne gyldan, þætte hie þæt dægweorc dreore gebohte. OE Wulfstan Institutes of Polity (Junius) 75 Bisceopes dægweorc, ðæt bið mid rihte his gebedu ærest and ðonne his bocweorc, ræding oððon rihting, lar oððon leornung. 1307 in W. Greenwell Boldon Bk. (1852) App. p. xxx Et de 6s. de operibus drengorum..per annum, quæ vocantur daywerkes. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) viii. l. 2630 Na man..evyr herd, or saw befor..A daywerk to that daywerk lyk. 1599 E. Topsell Times Lament. xxix. 341 Wee knowe not whether wee eate our last morsell..or worke our last day-worke. 1685 G. Meriton Praise of York-shire Ale 5 The Labouring Man, that toiles all day full sore, A pot of Ale at Night, doth him Restore, And makes him all his Toil and paines forget, And for another day-work, hee's then fit. 1808 Specimens Yorks. Dial. (ed. 2) 11 Monny a day-wark we're wrought togither. 1996 E. Hinsey Cities of Memory iii. 36 And he, day-work done, would climb the stair, collar in hand to where the hearth's warmth flickered. 2. Agriculture (originally and chiefly in south-eastern England). A unit of area based on the amount of land that can be worked in a day, most commonly taken as an area four perches by four, i.e. 121 square yards, ¼ acre (approx. 101 square metres), but varying locally. Cf. day's work n. 2. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > area that can be worked or mown in a day daywork1204 day's worka1563 day's math1669 1204 in T. D. Hardy Rotuli Chartarum in Turri Londinensi (1837) I. 131/2 xiiij. acras terre et dim. et quinque daiwercs apud Hecham [sc. Higham, Kent]. c1230 in Archaeologia Cantiana (1920) 34 67 (MED) [3½ acres and 7] daiwerce [of land]. 1492 Will of Thomas Reede (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/9) f. 68^v xj day werkes of land. 1534 Inv. Sir L. Bagot in Lichfield Merc. (1889) 23 Aug. 8/1 xxviij day-warke of pea..xij daye-warke of barley..xxiiij daye-warke of whet. 1565 R. Benese Bk. Measurying Lande (new ed.) sig. B.i^v An halfe acre conteineth in it .lxxx. perches. The quarter of an acre (otherwise called a rood) conteyneth in it .xl. dayworkes. A daiworke conteyneth in it .iiii. perches. 1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia ii. vii. 59 Foure square Pearches make a Daiesworke, 10 Daie-workes a Roode. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 40 The South Wandell close with its bottomes is 8 dayworkes, or will serve one Mower eight dayes. 1710 W. Pickering Marrow Math. ii. vi. 243 What a Quarter of a Pearch awanting, or over, will amount unto in Day-works, Pearches, Yards, Foot, and Inches Square. 1792 W. Boys Coll. Hist. Sandwich 49 [Translating post-classical Latin] John Stylle of Sandwich grants..half an acre and two dayworks [L. duas deywerkes] of arable land near the Hospital... January the 10th, 1395. 1883 F. Seebohm Eng. Village Community ii. 68 [Translating post-classical Latin, 1183] In autumn they do 4 dayworks at reaping, with all their family except the housewife. 1904 Sussex Archæol. Coll. 47 49 In 35 Ed. I. [1306–7] Margaret, daughter of the late William Pykot, granted to Matilda Colpeper and Joan her daughter 15 dayworks (daywercas) of land in Newinton, in a field called ‘Brechfelde’. 1942 Trans. Essex Archaeol. Soc. 23 93 Within this limited area [sc. Kent and Essex] the daywork seems to have been a standard measure of constant extent. 1993 Huntington Libr. Q. 56 345 Traditionally, land was divided into units such as dayworks, ploughlands, hides, and knights' fees. 2008 J. Mullan in B. Dodds & R. Britnell Agric. & Rural Society after Black Death xi. 180 In 1397 Juliana inherited..a second cottage with curtilage and two dayworks of overland. 3. Work arranged on a daily basis, often casual in nature; the system of arranging work in this way. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > work done by the day or week day labourc1449 daywork1602 1602 T. North tr. S. Goulart Lives Epaminondas, Philip of Macedon 950 With Masons that had their day worke. 1647 H. Peters Word for Armie 12 That the businesse may be carried on strenuously & vigorously by men to be confided; who may take it upon them by the great, or day-work, either of these. 1655 tr. C. Sorel Comical Hist. Francion ii. 27 She called him Sonne of a Peasant, and said he was fitter to work day-work in the Vineyards..than to be her Husband. 1702 London Gaz. No. 3786/4 Committed by one who does Day-work in Deptford and Woolwich Yards. 1751 C. Labelye Descr. Westm. Bridge 79 All the workmanship..being suffered to be done by Day-Work. 1851 Orders & Regulations Royal Engineers (rev. ed.) §16. 64 To state the weekly delivery of Materials and performance of Day-work. 1942 Financial Times 20 Feb. 3/5 An operative on daywork, without any possibility of increasing his wage, has never the same interest in his task. 1951 Eastern Daily Press (Norwich) 23 June 4/7 If there's a spot or tew o' rain them on day wark will leave orf and shelter; if they're on tearken [= token] wark, they put on ther jackets an' keep a duin. 2009 Code of Estimating Pract. (Chartered Inst. Building) (ed. 7) vi. 78 The rates must be applied to the time during which the plant is actually engaged in daywork. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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