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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SERV'ICE, n. [From L. servitium.]
1. In a general sense, labor of body or of body and mind, performed at the command of a superior, or the pursuance of duty, or for the benefit of another. Service is voluntary or involuntary. Voluntary service is that of hired servants, or of contract, or of persons who spontaneously perform something for another's benefit. Involuntary service is that of slaves, who work by compulsion.
2. The business of a servant; menial office.
3. Attendance of a servant.
4. Place of a servant; actual employment of a servant; as, to be out of service.
5. Any thing done by way of duty to a superior.
This poem was the last piece of service I did for my master king Charles.
Dryden.
6. Attendance on a superior.
Madam, I entreat true peace of you,
Which I will purchase with my duteous service. Shak.
7. Profession of respect uttered or sent.
Pray do my service to his majesty. Shak.
8. Actual duty; that which is required to be done in an office; as, to perform the services of a clerk, a sherif or judge.
9. That which God requires of man; worship; obedience.
God requires no man's service upon hard and unreasonable terms. Tillotson.
10. Employment; business; office; as, to qualify a man for public service.
11. Use; purpose. The guns are not fit for public service.
12. Military duty by land or sea; as a military or naval service.
13. A military achievment.
14. Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness. Medicine often does no service to the sick; calumny is sometimes of service to an author.
15. Favor.
To thee a woman's services are due. Shak.
16. The duty which a tenant owes to his lord for his fee. Personal service consists in homage and fealty, etc.
17. Public worship or office of devotion. Divine service was interrupted.
18. A musical church composition consisting of choruses, trios, duets, solos, etc.
19. The official duties of a minister of the gospel, as in church, at a funeral, marriage, etc.
20. Courses; order of dishes at table.
There was no extraordinary service seen on the board. Hakewill.
21. In seamen's language, the material used for serving a rope, as spun yarn, small lines, etc.
22. A tree and its fruit, of the genus Sorbus. The wild service is of the genus Crataegus.
Service of a writ, process, _c. the reading of it to the person to whom notice is intended to be given, or the leaving of an attested copy with the person or his attorney, or at his usual place of abode.
Service of an attachment, the seizing of the person or goods according to the direction.
The service of an execution, the sevying of it upon the goods, estate or person of the defendant.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services"
2: an act of help or assistance; "he did them a service" [ant: disservice, ill service, ill turn]
3: the act of public worship following prescribed rules; "the Sunday service" [syn: service, religious service, divine service]
4: a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
5: employment in or work for another; "he retired after 30 years of service"
6: a force that is a branch of the armed forces [syn: military service, armed service, service]
7: Canadian writer (born in England) who wrote about life in the Yukon Territory (1874-1958) [syn: Service, Robert William Service]
8: a means of serving; "of no avail"; "there's no help for it" [syn: avail, help, service]
9: tableware consisting of a complete set of articles (silver or dishware) for use at table [syn: service, table service]
10: the act of mating by male animals; "the bull was worth good money in servicing fees" [syn: servicing, service]
11: (law) the acts performed by an English feudal tenant for the benefit of his lord which formed the consideration for the property granted to him
12: (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play; "his powerful serves won the game" [syn: serve, service]
13: the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone; "he accepted service of the subpoena" [syn: service, serving, service of process]
14: periodic maintenance on a car or machine; "it was time for an overhaul on the tractor" [syn: overhaul, inspection and repair, service]
15: the performance of duties by a waiter or servant; "that restaurant has excellent service" v
1: be used by; as of a utility; "The sewage plant served the neighboring communities"; "The garage served to shelter his horses" [syn: service, serve]
2: make fit for use; "service my truck"; "the washing machine needs to be serviced"
3: mate with; "male animals serve the females for breeding purposes" [syn: serve, service]

Merriam Webster's

biographical name Robert William 1874-1958 Canadian writer

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French servise, from Latin servitium condition of a slave, body of slaves, from servus slave Date: 13th century 1. a. the occupation or function of serving <in active service> b. employment as a servant <entered his service> 2. a. the work performed by one that serves <good service> b. help, use, benefit <glad to be of service> c. contribution to the welfare of others d. disposal for use <I'm entirely at your service> 3. a. a form followed in worship or in a religious ceremony <the burial service> b. a meeting for worship — often used in plural <held evening services> 4. the act of serving: as a. a helpful act <did him a service> b. useful labor that does not produce a tangible commodity — usually used in plural <charge for professional services> c. serve 5. a set of articles for a particular use <a silver tea service> 6. a. an administrative division (as of a government or business) <the consular service> b. one of a nation's military forces (as the army or navy) 7. a. a facility supplying some public demand <telephone service> <bus service> b. a facility providing maintenance and repair <television service> 8. the materials (as spun yarn, small lines, or canvas) used for serving a rope 9. the act of bringing a legal writ, process, or summons to notice as prescribed by law 10. the act of a male animal copulating with a female animal 11. a branch of a hospital medical staff devoted to a particular specialty <obstetrical service> II. transitive verb (serviced; servicing) Date: 1528 to perform services for: as a. to repair or provide maintenance for <serviced the furnace> b. to meet interest and sinking fund payments on (as government debt) c. to perform any of the business functions auxiliary to production or distribution of d. of a male animal serve 10 • servicer noun III. adjective Date: 1837 1. of or relating to the armed services 2. used in serving or supplying <delivery men use the service entrance> 3. intended for hard or everyday use 4. a. providing services <the service trades—from filling stations to universities — John Fischer> b. offering repair, maintenance, or incidental services IV. noun Etymology: Middle English serves, plural of serve fruit of the service tree, service tree, from Old English syrfe, from Vulgar Latin *sorbea, from Latin sorbus service tree Date: 1530 an Old World tree (Sorbus domestica) resembling the related mountain ashes but having larger flowers and larger edible fruit; also a related Old World tree (S. torminalis) with bitter fruits

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. --n. 1 the act of helping or doing work for another or for a community etc. 2 work done in this way. 3 assistance or benefit given to someone. 4 the provision or system of supplying a public need, e.g. transport, or (often in pl.) the supply of water, gas, electricity, telephone, etc. 5 a the fact or status of being a servant. b employment or a position as a servant. 6 a state or period of employment doing work for an individual or organization (resigned after 15 years' service). 7 a a public or Crown department or organization employing officials working for the State (civil service; secret service). b employment in this. 8 (in pl.) the armed forces. 9 (attrib.) of the kind issued to the armed forces (a service revolver). 10 a a ceremony of worship according to prescribed forms. b a form of liturgy for this. 11 a the provision of what is necessary for the installation and maintenance of a machine etc. or operation. b a periodic routine maintenance of a motor vehicle etc. 12 assistance or advice given to customers after the sale of goods. 13 a the act or process of serving food, drinks, etc. b an extra charge nominally made for this. 14 a set of dishes, plates, etc., used for serving meals (a dinner service). 15 Tennis etc. a the act or an instance of serving. b a person's turn to serve. c the manner or quality of serving. d (in full service game) a game in which a particular player serves. --v.tr. 1 provide service or services for, esp. maintain. 2 maintain or repair (a car, machine, etc.). 3 pay interest on (a debt). 4 supply with a service. Phrases and idioms: at a person's service ready to serve or assist a person. be of service be available to assist. in service 1 employed as a servant. 2 available for use. on active service serving in the armed forces in wartime. out of service not available for use. see service 1 have experience of service, esp. in the armed forces. 2 (of a thing) be much used. service area 1 an area beside a major road for the supply of petrol, refreshments, etc. 2 the area served by a broadcasting station. service-book a book of authorized forms of worship of a Church. service bus (or car) Austral. & NZ a motor coach. service charge an additional charge for service in a restaurant, hotel, etc. service dress ordinary military etc. uniform. service flat a flat in which domestic service and sometimes meals are provided by the management. service industry one providing services not goods. service line (in tennis etc.) a line marking the limit of the area into which the ball must be served. service road a road parallel to a main road, serving houses, shops, etc. service station an establishment beside a road selling petrol and oil etc. to motorists and often able to carry out maintenance. take service with become a servant to. Etymology: ME f. OF service or L servitium f. servus slave 2. n. (in full service tree) a European tree of the genus Sorbus, esp. S. domestica with toothed leaves, cream-coloured flowers, and small round or pear-shaped fruit eaten when overripe. Phrases and idioms: service-berry 1 the fruit of the service tree. 2 a any American shrub of the genus Amelanchier. b the edible fruit of this. Etymology: earlier serves, pl. of obs. serve f. OE syrfe f. Gmc surbhjon ult. f. L sorbus

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rounding Round"ing, n. 1. (Naut.) Small rope, or strands of rope, or spun yarn, wound round a rope to keep it from chafing; -- called also service. 2. (Phonetics) Modifying a speech sound by contraction of the lip opening; labializing; labialization. See Guide to Pronunciation, [sect] 11.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Service Serv"ice, n., or Service Serv"ice [Properly, the tree which bears serve, OE. serves, pl., service berries, AS. syrfe service tree; akin to L. sorbus.] (Bot.) A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus Pyrus, as Pyrus domestica and P. torminalis of Europe, the various species of mountain ash or rowan tree, and the American shad bush (see Shad bush, under Shad). They have clusters of small, edible, applelike berries. Service berry (Bot.), the fruit of any kind of service tree. In British America the name is especially applied to that of the several species or varieties of the shad bush (Amelanchier.)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Service Serv"ice, n., or Service Serv"ice [Properly, the tree which bears serve, OE. serves, pl., service berries, AS. syrfe service tree; akin to L. sorbus.] (Bot.) A name given to several trees and shrubs of the genus Pyrus, as Pyrus domestica and P. torminalis of Europe, the various species of mountain ash or rowan tree, and the American shad bush (see Shad bush, under Shad). They have clusters of small, edible, applelike berries. Service berry (Bot.), the fruit of any kind of service tree. In British America the name is especially applied to that of the several species or varieties of the shad bush (Amelanchier.)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Service Serv"ice, n. [OE. servise, OF. servise, service, F. service, from L. servitium. See Serve.] 1. The act of serving; the occupation of a servant; the performance of labor for the benefit of another, or at another's command; attendance of an inferior, hired helper, slave, etc., on a superior, employer, master, or the like; also, spiritual obedience and love. ``O God . . . whose service is perfect freedom.'' --Bk. of Com. Prayer. Madam, I entreat true peace of you, Which I will purchase with my duteous service. --Shak. God requires no man's service upon hard and unreasonable terms. --Tillotson. 2. The deed of one who serves; labor performed for another; duty done or required; office. I have served him from the hour of my nativity, . . . and have nothing at his hands for my service but blows. --Shak. This poem was the last piece of service I did for my master, King Charles. --Dryden. To go on the forlorn hope is a service of peril; who will understake it if it be not also a service of honor? --Macaulay. 3. Office of devotion; official religious duty performed; religious rites appropriate to any event or ceremonial; as, a burial service. The outward service of ancient religion, the rites, ceremonies, and ceremonial vestments of the old law. --Coleridge. 4. Hence, a musical composition for use in churches. 5. Duty performed in, or appropriate to, any office or charge; official function; hence, specifically, military or naval duty; performance of the duties of a soldier. When he cometh to experience of service abroad . . . ne maketh a worthy soldier. --Spenser. 6. Useful office; advantage conferred; that which promotes interest or happiness; benefit; avail. The stork's plea, when taken in a net, was the service she did in picking up venomous creatures. --L'Estrange. 7. Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed. ``Pray, do my service to his majesty.'' --Shak. 8. The act and manner of bringing food to the persons who eat it; order of dishes at table; also, a set or number of vessels ordinarily used at table; as, the service was tardy and awkward; a service of plate or glass. There was no extraordinary service seen on the board. --Hakewill. 9. (Law) The act of bringing to notice, either actually or constructively, in such manner as is prescribed by law; as, the service of a subp[oe]na or an attachment. 10. (Naut.) The materials used for serving a rope, etc., as spun yarn, small lines, etc. 11. (Tennis) The act of serving the ball. 12. Act of serving or covering. See Serve, v. t., 13. Service book, a prayer book or missal. Service line (Tennis), a line parallel to the net, and at a distance of 21 feet from it. Service of a writ, process, etc. (Law), personal delivery or communication of the writ or process, etc., to the party to be affected by it, so as to subject him to its operation; the reading of it to the person to whom notice is intended to be given, or the leaving of an attested copy with the person or his attorney, or at his usual place of abode. Service of an attachment (Law), the seizing of the person or goods according to the direction. Service of an execution (Law), the levying of it upon the goods, estate, or person of the defendant. Service pipe, a pipe connecting mains with a dwelling, as in gas pipes, and the like. --Tomlinson. To accept service. (Law) See under Accept. To see service (Mil.), to do duty in the presence of the enemy, or in actual war.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(services, servicing, serviced) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: For meaning 14, 'services' is both the singular and the plural form. 1. A service is something that the public needs, such as transport, communications facilities, hospitals, or energy supplies, which is provided in a planned and organized way by the government or an official body. Britain still boasts the cheapest postal service... We have started a campaign for better nursery and school services... The authorities have said they will attempt to maintain essential services. N-COUNT: usu with supp 2. You can sometimes refer to an organization or private company as a particular service when it provides something for the public or acts on behalf of the government. ...the BBC World Service. ...Careers Advisory Services. N-COUNT: oft in names 3. If an organization or company provides a particular service, they can do a particular job or a type of work for you. The kitchen maintains a twenty-four hour service and can be contacted via Reception... The larger firm was capable of providing a better range of services. N-COUNT 4. Services are activities such as tourism, banking, and selling things which are part of a country's economy, but are not concerned with producing or manufacturing goods. Mining rose by 9.1%, manufacturing by 9.4% and services by 4.3%. N-PLURAL 5. The level or standard of service provided by an organization or company is the amount or quality of the work it can do for you. Taking risks is the only way employees can provide effective and efficient customer service... 6. A bus or train service is a route or regular journey that is part of a transport system. A bus service operates between Bolton and Salford. N-COUNT: usu n N 7. Your services are the things that you do or the skills that you use in your job, which other people find useful and are usually willing to pay you for. I have obtained the services of a top photographer to take our pictures... N-PLURAL: with poss 8. If you refer to someone's service or services to a particular organization or activity, you mean that they have done a lot of work for it or spent a lot of their time on it. You've given a lifetime of service to athletics... ...the two policemen, who have a total of 31 years' service between them... N-UNCOUNT: also N in pl, oft N to n 9. The Services are the army, the navy, and the air force. In June 1945, Britain still had forty-five per cent of its workforce in the Services and munitions industries. N-COUNT: usu pl 10. Service is the work done by people or equipment in the army, navy, or air force, for example during a war. The regiment was recruited from the Highlands specifically for service in India. 11. When you receive service in a restaurant, hotel, or shop, an employee asks you what you want or gives you what you have ordered. A five-course meal including coffee, service and VAT is £30. N-UNCOUNT 12. A service is a religious ceremony that takes place in a church. After the hour-long service, his body was taken to a cemetery in the south of the city. N-COUNT: also no det 13. A dinner service or a tea service is a complete set of plates, cups, saucers, and other pieces of china. ...a 60-piece dinner service. N-COUNT: usu n N 14. A services is a place beside a motorway where you can buy petrol and other things, or have a meal. (BRIT; in AM, use rest area) They had to pull up, possibly go to a motorway services or somewhere like that... = service station N-COUNT 15. In tennis, badminton, and some other sports, when it is your service, it is your turn to serve. She conceded just three points on her service during the first set. N-COUNT: oft with poss 16. Service is used to describe the parts of a building or structure that are used by the staff who clean, repair, or look after it, and are not usually used by the public. He wheeled the trolley down the corridor and disappeared with it into the service lift. ADJ: ADJ n 17. If you have a vehicle or machine serviced, you arrange for someone to examine, adjust, and clean it so that it will keep working efficiently and safely. I had had my car serviced at the local garage... Make sure that all gas fires and central heating boilers are serviced annually. VERB: have n V-ed, be V-ed, also V n • Service is also a noun. The car needs a service... The company sends a service engineer to fix the disk drive before it fails. N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N n 18. If a country or organization services its debts, it pays the interest on them. Almost a quarter of the country's export earnings go to service a foreign debt of $29 billion. VERB: V n 19. If someone or something services an organization, a project, or a group of people, they provide it with the things that it needs in order to function properly or effectively. Fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas will service our needs for some considerable time to come. VERB: V n 20. see also active service, Civil Service, community service, emergency services, in-service, National Health Service, national service, public service, room service 21. To be at the service of a person or organization means to be available to help or be used by that person or organization. The intellectual and moral potential of the world's culture must be put at the service of politics. PHRASE: PHR n, usu PHR after v 22. You can use 'at your service' after your name as a formal way of introducing yourself to someone and saying that you are willing to help them in any way you can. She bowed dramatically. 'Anastasia Krupnik, at your service,' she said. CONVENTION [formulae] 23. If you do someone a service, you do something that helps or benefits them. You are doing me a great service, and I'm very grateful to you... PHRASE: V inflects 24. If a piece of equipment or type of vehicle is in service, it is being used or is able to be used. If it is out of service, it is not being used, usually because it is not working properly. Cuts in funding have meant that equipment has been kept in service long after it should have been replaced... PHRASE: usu PHR after v, v-link PHR 25. If someone or something is of service to you, they help you or are useful to you. That is, after all, the primary reason we live–to be of service to others. PHRASE: v-link PHR, oft PHR to n

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

sur'-vis: Six Hebrew, two Aramaic and four Greek words are so rendered.

1. In the Old Testament:

In the Old Testament the word most used for "service" is

(1) `abhodhah, from `abhadh, which is the general word, meaning "to work" and so "to serve," "to till," also "to enslave." The noun means "bondage," "labor," "ministering," "service," "tillage," "work," "use." The word is used in describing work in the fields (Ex 1:14, et al.), work in the tabernacle (Ex 27:19, et al.), sanctuary service (Nu 7:9), service of Yahweh (Nu 8:11), Levitical or priestly service (Nu 8:22), kingly service (1Ch 26:30), etc. Reference is made to instruments, wood vessels, cattle, herbs, shekels for the service in the house of Yahweh.

(2) `Abhadh itself is translated "service" in Nu 8:15; 18:23; Jer 22:13.

(3) Seradh means "stitching," i.e. piercing with a needle; it occurs only 4 times, and in each case in the Revised Version (British and American) instead of "service" is translated "finely wrought garments" (Ex 31:10; 35:19; 39:1,41).

(4) Sharath means primarily "to attend" as a servant or worshipper, and to contribute to or render service, wait on, and thence service; occurs only 3 times (Ex 35:19; 39:1,41 the King James Version) and in the American Standard Revised Version is rendered "for ministering."

(5) Tsabha' is found 7 times, used in the same connection each time, and refers to those numbered for service in the tent of meeting. Its primary root meaning refers to service for war, campaign, hardship (Nu 4:30,35,39,43; 8:24).

(6) Yadh means literally, an "open hand, indicating direction, power, and so ministry as in 1Ch 6:31, where David appoints certain ones to have direction of the music, translated in 1Ch 29:5, the Revised Version (British and American) not service, but "himself."

(7) `Abhidhah means "business," "labor," "affairs"; Ezr 6:18 is the only place where it is found.

(8) Polchan, from root meaning "to worship," "minister to," and so in Ezr 7:19 vessels given for service.

2. In the New Testament:

The following are the uses in the New Testament:

(1) Diakonia, from root meaning "to run on errands," and so attendance, aid as a servant, ministry, relief, and hence, service; compare English word "deacon"; Paul: "that I might minister unto you" (2Co 11:8); also found in Ro 15:31 ("ministration") and Re 2:19 ("ministry").

(2) Douleuo, literally, "to be a slave," in bondage, service (Ga 4:8, "bondage"; Eph 6:7, "service"; 1Ti 6:2, "serve").

(3) Latreia, from root meaning "to render religious homage," menial service to God, and so worship (Joh 16:2, "service"; Ro 9:4, "service"; Ro 12:1, "spiritual service"; Heb 9:1, "service"; 9:6, "services").

(4) Leitourgia, from root "to perform religious or charitable functions," worship, relieve, obey, minister, and hence, a public function, priestly or charitable (liturgy) (2Co 9:12, "service"; also in Php 2:17,30).

See SERVANT.

William Edward Raffety

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Labor (for another), work, menial duties. 2. Duty, office, business, employment. 3. Benefit, advantage, profit, gain, good. 4. Use, utility, avail, useful office, purpose. 5. Homage, mark of respect. 6. Office of devotion, religious rite. 7. Official function. 8. Spiritual obedience, reverence, love. 9. Office of devotion, religious rite. 10. Furniture.

Moby Thesaurus

American plan, European plan, Mass, a la carte, accommodation, account, acquiescence, act of grace, act of kindness, action, active service, activities, activity, advantage, advice, affair, affairs, agency, aid, air force, allegiance, amenities, antepast, applicability, appointment, appropriateness, arm, armed forces, army, assignment, assistance, attendance, avail, baccalaureate service, bag, ball, be intimate, bedtime prayer, behalf, behoof, benefaction, benefit, benevolence, benignity, berth, billet, blessing, bowl, branch, business, busywork, camp meeting, care, cast, celebration, ceremonial, ceremony, change of pace, change-up, chare, charge, checking, chore, chuck, chunk, church, church service, cobble, cohabit, combat, come together, comfort, commencement, commerce, commission, commit adultery, compliance, compline, concern, concernment, condition, conformity, convenience, convocation, copulate, couple, course, courtesy, couvert, cover, cover charge, curve, darn, dessert, device, devotions, diddle, dish, dispensation, divine service, do up, doctor, downcurve, duteousness, dutifulness, duty, ease, employ, employment, empty formality, engagement, enterprise, entree, entremets, errand, evening devotions, evensong, exercise, exercises, expedient, faith, fastball, favor, fealty, fighting, fish to fry, fitness, fix, fix up, fling, flip, form, form of worship, formal, formality, formula, formulary, fornicate, forward pass, frig, function, gear, gig, going between, good deed, good offices, good turn, grace, graduation, graduation exercises, handling, have sex, have sexual relations, heave, help, helping, holy rite, homage, homework, hurl, inaugural, inauguration, incumbency, incurve, indulgence, inferiority, initiation, institution, instrumentality, interest, intermediation, job, job of work, juniority, kind deed, kind offices, kindly act, kindness, knuckleball, labor, labor of love, lateral, lateral pass, lauds, lay, lie with, liturgy, lob, lookout, lower status, loyalty, machinery, maintenance, make it with, make love, make out, make-work, marines, mate, matins, matter, matters in hand, mechanism, mediation, meeting, mend, mending, mercy, military, ministration, ministry, mission, mitzvah, mode of worship, moonlighting, morning devotions, mount, mummery, mystery, national service, navy, night song, none, nones, novena, obedience, obediency, obligation, observance, occupation, odd job, office, offices, opening, order of worship, ordinance, ordinary, outcurve, overhaul, pass, patch, patch up, peg, peonage, percentage, performance, piece of work, pitch, place, plate, point, portion, position, post, practice, praise meeting, prayer, prayer meeting, prayers, prescribed form, prime, prime song, profit, project, protection, public worship, put, put in commission, put in order, put in repair, put in shape, ready, recap, recondition, recourse, relevance, relief, religious ceremony, remedy, repair, rescue, resort, retread, revival, revival meeting, rig, rigging, rite, rite de passage, rite of passage, ritual, ritual observance, rituality, ropework, roping, running rigging, sacrament, sacramental, satellite status, screw, screwball, second helping, second job, selective service, self-service, serfdom, serve, serviceability, services, servility, serving, servitium, servitorship, servitude, set to rights, sew up, sext, shot-put, shy, sinker, situation, slavery, sleep with, slider, sling, solemnity, solemnization, spitball, spitter, standing rigging, station, stint, subjecthood, submission, submissiveness, subordinacy, subordinate role, subordination, subservience, subserviency, succor, suit and service, suit service, support, tackle, tackling, talents, task, tendance, tent meeting, tenure, therapy, thing, things to do, throw, tierce, tinker, tinker up, toss, turn, undersong, undertaking, upcurve, usage, use, usefulness, utility, utilization, vacancy, value, vesper, vespers, vigils, waiting, watch meeting, watch night, watch-night service, whipping, willingness, work, worship, worth