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▪ I. † ˈin-work, n. Obs. rare. [in adv. 12.] a. Interior or inside work; work on the inner side. b. pl. Inner works or defences of a fortified place.
1601–2in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) II. 486 Diuers bricklayers raising in-worke of the imbattlements. 1623Jas. I Repl. Parl. in Rushw. Hist. Coll. (1659) I. 136 A Fortification, which must have Out-works and In-works. 1645Rutherford Tryal & Tri. Faith (1845) 30 Christ hath taken the castle, both in-works and out-works. 1658Earl of Monmouth tr. Paruta's Wars of Cyprus 56. ▪ II. in-work see also in prep. 10 a. |