working vs workstead

working

noun
  • A place where work is carried on. 

  • Method of operation. 

  • Becoming full of a vegetable substance. 

  • Operation; action. 

  • The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem. 

  • A train movement. 

  • Fermentation. 

adj
  • In paid employment. 

  • Enough to allow one to use something. 

  • Used in real life; practical. 

  • Of or relating to employment. 

  • That suffices but requires additional work. 

  • That is or are functioning. 

workstead

noun
  • A place of employment; workplace. 

  • Any place, such as a workshop, office, studio, or garage, set up where work can be performed; a workstation. 

  • A laboratory. 

How often have the words working and workstead occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )