IN'DUSTRY, noun [Latin industria.] Habitual diligence in any employment, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; opposed to sloth and idleness. We are directed to take lessons of industry from the bee. industry pays debts, while idleness or despair will increase them.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.