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(Encyclopedia) drawn work: see lace.topiary work
(Encyclopedia) topiary worktopiary worktōˈpēĕrˌē [key], pruning and training of shrubs and trees into ornamental shapes, used in landscape gardening. Elaborate topiary work in which trees and shrubs…Brewer's: Field Works
Works thrown up by an army in besieging or defending a fortress, or in strengthening its position. “Earth-forts, and especially field works, will hereafter play an important part in wars…Brewer's: Mosaic Work
is not connected with the proper name Moses, but with the Muses (Latin, opus muscum, musium, or musivum; Greek, mouseion; French, mosaique; Italian, mosaico). Pliny says it was so called…"A Work in Progress"
What do you feel your obligation is, to the people that you don't know, that you haven't a history with— the descendants of black slaves. What do you owe them? Here's the…Medical Social Work
David Esquith TELL US ABOUT YOUR WORK---WHAT DO YOU DO? I manage the daily operation of a section of the Department of Case Management . There are 35…Brewer's: All-work
A maid of all work. A general servant who does all the work of a house; at once nurse-maid, house-maid, and cook. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894AllaAll…Brewer's: Buhl-work
Cabinet-work, inlaid with brass; so called from Signor Boule, the inventor, who settled in Paris during the reign of Louis XIV. (The word should be spelt BOULE-WORK.) Source: Dictionary…What Works Are Protected
Copyright protects “original works of authorship” that are fixed in a tangible form of expression. The fixation need not be directly perceptible so long as it may be communicated with the…Brewer's: Dead Works
in theology. Such works as do not earn salvation, or even assist in obtaining it. For such a purpose their value is nil. (Heb. ix. 14.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…