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Webster 1913 Edition


Workmanship

Work′man-ship

,
Noun.
1.
The art or skill of a workman; the execution or manner of making anything.
Due reward
For her praiseworthy
workmanship
to yield.
Spenser.
Beauty is nature’s brag, and must be shown . . .
Where most may wonder at the
workmanship
.
Milton.
2.
That which is effected, made, or produced; manufacture, something made by manual labor.
Not any skilled in
workmanship
embossed.
Spenser.
By how much Adam exceeded all men in perfection, by being the immediate
workmanship
of God.
Sir W. Raleigh.

Webster 1828 Edition


Workmanship

WORKMANSHIP

,
Noun.
1.
Manufacture; something made, particularly by manual labor. Exodus 31.
2.
That which is effected, made or produced. Ephesians 2.
3.
The skill of a workman; or the execution or manner of making any thing. The workmanship of this cloth is admirable.
4.
The art of working.

Definition 2024


workmanship

workmanship

English

Noun

workmanship (countable and uncountable, plural workmanships)

  1. The skill of an artisan or craftsman.
  2. The quality of something made by an artisan or craftsman.
    • 1977, Agatha Christie, An Autobiography, Part II, chapter4:
      Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. There was a great deal of them, lavish both in material and in workmanship.

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