laborious, operose[obs3], elaborate; strained; toilsome, troublesome,
wearisome; uphill; herculean, gymnastic, palestric[obs3].
     hard-working, painstaking; strenuous, energetic.
     hard at work, on the stretch. 
     Adv. laboriously &c. adj.; lustily; pugnis et calcibus[Lat]; with
might and main, with all one’s might, with a strong hand, with a sledge hammer, with much ado; to the best of one’s abilities, totis viribus[Lat], vi et armis[Lat], manibus pedibusque[Lat], tooth and nail, unguibus et rostro[Lat], hammer and tongs, heart and soul; through thick and thin &c. (perseverance) 604a.
     by the sweat of one’s brow, suo Marte. 
     Phr. aide-toi le ciel t’aidera[Fr]; “and still be doing, never done”
[Butler]; buen principio la mitad es hecha [Sp]; cosa ben fatta e’ fatta due volie [It];"it is better to wear out than to rust out” [Bp.  Hornel]; labor omnia vincit “labor, wide as the earth, has its summit in Heaven” [Lat][Vergil][Carlyle]; le travail du corps delivre des peines de l’esprit [Fr][fr]; manu forti[Lat]; ora et labora[Lat].

     #687.  Repose. —­ N. repose, rest, silken repose; sleep &c. 683.
     relaxation, breathing time; halt, stay, pause &c. (cessation) 142;
respite.
     day of rest, dies non, Sabbath, Lord’s day, holiday, red-letter day,
vacation, recess. 
     V. repose; rest, rest and be thankful; take a rest, take one’s ease,
take it easy.
     relax, unbend, slacken; take breath &c. (refresh) 689; rest upon one’s
oars; pause &c. (cease) 142; stay one’s hand.
     lie down; recline, recline on a bed of down, recline on an easy chair;
go to rest, go to bed, go to sleep &c. 683.
     take a holiday, shut up shop; lie fallow &c. (inaction) 681. 
     Adj. reposing &c. v[of people].; relaxed &c. v.; unstrained.
     [of materials and people] unstressed. 
     Adv. at rest. 
     Phr."the best of men have ever loved repose” [Thompson]; “to repair
our nature with comforting repose” [Henry VIII].

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     #688.  Fatigue. —­ N. fatigue; weariness &c. 841; yawning, drowsiness
&c. 683; lassitude, tiredness, fatigation|, exhaustion; sweat; dyspnoea.
     anhelation, shortness of breath; faintness; collapse, prostration,
swoon, fainting, deliquium[Lat], syncope, lipothymy[obs3]; goneness[obs3]. 
     V. be fatigued &c. adj.; yawn &c. (get sleepy) 683; droop, sink, flag;
lose breath, lose wind; gasp, pant, puff, blow, drop, swoon, faint, succumb.
     fatigue, tire, weary, irk, flag, jade, harass, exhaust, knock up, wear
out, prostrate.
     tax, task, strain; overtask, overwork, overburden, overtax,
overstrain. 
     Adj. fatigued, tired &c. v.; weary &c. 841; drowsy &c. 683; drooping
&c. v.; haggard; toilworn[obs3], wayworn; footsore, surbated|, weather-beaten; faint; done up, used up, knocked up; bushed * [U.S.]; exhausted, prostrate,