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noun

Workmanship n.

The art or skill of a workman; the execution or manner of making anything. "Due reward For her praiseworthy workmanship to yield." "Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown... Where most may wonder at the workmanship."

That which is effected, made, or produced; manufacture, something made by manual labor. "Not any skilled in workmanship embossed." "By how much Adam exceeded all men in perfection, by being the immediate workmanship of God."

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Etymology of 'Workmanship'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Workmanship" Quotes from Famous Books

... Roy in the delight of reunion, that not till he rose to go did he take in the details of the lofty room. Everywhere Indian workmanship was in evidence. The pictures were old Rajput paintings; fine examples of Vaishnava art—pure Hindu, in its mingling of restraint and exuberance, of tenderness and fury; its hallowing of all life and idealising of all love. Only the writing-table and ...

— Far to Seek - A Romance of England and India • Maud Diver

... afraid? There are no maneaters about here, as I understand. As for men, I am prepared to encounter at least six of them. Look!" She drew from the bosom of her dress a small revolver of exquisite workmanship, and held it out to him. "It has all six ...

— The Native Born - or, The Rajah's People • I. A. R. Wylie

... aware of the claims of race, biographers familiar with every page of French history, and profoundly interested, like their readers, in every aspect of French life. Alas, we may say, in despairing admiration of such workmanship, "they order these things better in France." And they do; but racial unity, and long lines of national literary tradition, make these things easier to order than they are with us. The intellectual ...

— The American Mind - The E. T. Earl Lectures • Bliss Perry

... should be particularly dear, I am, however, unable to find. We pay no rent; we inherit many of our instruments and materials; lodging and victuals are cheaper than at London; and, therefore, workmanship ought, at least, not to be dearer. Our expences are naturally less than those of booksellers; and, in most cases, communities are content ...

— Life Of Johnson, Vol. 2 • Boswell, Edited by Birkbeck Hill

... the square, deeply-arched portal. Its style is adapted from ancient models. The coloring within the arch and in the overlaid ornament around and above it is a warm pink, effectively combined with turquoise blue and orange. The lace fan, of Moorish workmanship, above the doors, is especially beautiful in its delicate coloring and fragile texture and in the touch of lightness that it gives. The pilasters on either side of the entrance are Corinthian. The long frieze above the doorway and the figures in the niches on ...

— The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition • Louis Christian Mullgardt

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