n. [ Gr. &unr_; a point + 'e`rgon work. ] Operative surgery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kry`stallos crystal + 'e`rgon work. ] Crystallization. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; dramatic composition; &unr_; drama + a root akin to E. work: cf. F. dramaturgie. ] The art of dramatic composition and representation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or art precipitating a metal electro-chemical action, by which a coating is deposited, on a prepared surface, as in electroplating and electrotyping; galvanoplasty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; "iero`s sacred + &unr_; work.] A sacred or holy work or worship. [Obs.] Waterland. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Hydro-, 1 + metallurgy. ] The art or process of assaying or reducing ores by means of liquid reagents. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Liturgies [ F. liturgie, LL. liturgia, Gr. leitoyrgi`a a public service, the public service of God, public worship; (assumed) le`i:tos, lei^tos, belonging to the people, public (fr. lao`s, lew`s, the people) + the root of 'e`rgon work. See Lay, a., and Work. ] An established formula for public worship, or the entire ritual for public worship in a church which uses prescribed forms; a formulary for public prayer or devotion. In the Roman Catholic Church it includes all forms and services in any language, in any part of the world, for the celebration of Mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. mhchanh` machine + the root of &unr_; work. ] That branch of science which treats of moving machines. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Medal + the root of Gr. &unr_; work. ] The art of making and striking medals and coins. [ Written also medallurgy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. métallurgie, fr. L. metallum metal, Gr. &unr_; a mine + the root of &unr_; work. See Metal, and Work. ] The art of working metals, comprehending the whole process of separating them from other matters in the ore, smelting, refining, and parting them; sometimes, in a narrower sense, only the process of extracting metals from their ores. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. panoyrgi`a, fr. panoy^rgos, properly, ready to do anything; hence, knavish, roguish; pa^s, pa^n, all + 'e`rgon work. ] Skill in all kinds of work or business; craft. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Rising in surges or billows; full of surges; resembling surges in motion or appearance; swelling. “Over the surgy main.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. qaymatourgi`a. ] The act or art of performing something wonderful; magic; legerdemain. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. theurgia, Gr. qeoyrgi`a, fr. qeoyrgo`s doing the works of God; qeo`s God + 'e`rgon work: cf. F. théurgie. See Theism, and Work. ] 1. A divine work; a miracle; hence, magic; sorcery. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of magical science or art developed in Alexandria among the Neoplatonists, and supposed to enable man to influence the will of the gods by means of purification and other sacramental rites. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. In later or modern magic, that species of magic in which effects are claimed to be produced by supernatural agency, in distinction from natural magic. [ 1913 Webster ]