Bible Dictionaries
Workhouse
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop.
(2):
(n.) A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor.
(3):
(n.) A house where the town poor are maintained at public expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Workhouse'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/w/workhouse.html. 1828.