† upwarkn.
Scottish. Obsolete.
Cessation of work.
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society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > stopping work > stopping time
upwark15..
leaving-off time1834
quitting time1835
knocking-off1883
shutting-up time1889
knock-off time1899
thirty1929
15.. Aberdeen Reg. XXI. (Jam.) Upwark, quhen the fysching wes done.
1570 Rec. Inverness (New Spalding Club) I. 197 [He] alse protestis for ane sufficient oxe of sex yeiris auld at vpwark.
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