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ˈneedlework
Also 6 neilde-.
[f. needle n. 1. Cf. G. nadelwerk, Du. naaldenwerk.]
1. Work done with the needle; sewing, embroidery, or fancy work.
1382Wyclif Exod. xxvi. 1 Ten curteyns..dyuersid with nedle werk, thow shalt make. 1466–7Abingdon Rolls (Camden) 134, ij paroll' de nedylworke. 1534in Peacock Eng. Ch. Furniture (1866) 194 Enclosid in a purse of neilde werk. 1555Eden Decades 103 A fair sherte wrought with needle woorke. 1615Band, Ruffe, & Cuffe (Halliwell) 11, I scorn to make anything of thee, Band, but needle-worke. 1697Dryden æneid xi. 1142 With Flowers of Needlework distinguished o're. 1753Hogarth Anal. Beauty xii. 97 There is a sort of needle-work called Irish-stitch. 1784Cowper Task i. 34 A splendid cover..of tapestry richly wrought..or needlework sublime. 1848Lytton Harold i. i, The industry of the women decorated wall and furniture with needlework and hangings. 1865Dickens Mut. Fr. i. iii, A girl sat engaged in needlework.
attrib.1686tr. Chardin's Trav. Persia 262 Embroider'd Handkerchers, Toylets, Needlework Night-Caps.
†b. pl. Different pieces or kinds of this work.
1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. iv. xiv. 128 Making of diuers faire needleworks vpon cloth. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. ii. ii. iv. (1651) 286 Women..have curious needle-works, Cut-works, spinning. 1673Lady's Call. ii. i. §9 Writing, needle-works, languages, music, or the like. 1748Richardson Clarissa (1811) VIII. 336 Her skill in almost all sorts of fine needle-works.
2. Wooden frame-work in house-building. rare.
1686Plot Staffordsh. 173 Plaister for floors, seelings, and the walls of Needle-work houses. 1849Weale Dict. Terms.
So ˈneedleworker, a worker with the needle.
1611Bible Exod. xxxvi. 37 marg., The work of a needle⁓worker, or embroiderer. 1753Hogarth Anal. Beauty xii. 97 The nicest needle-workers are taught to weave it into every flower and leaf. 1865Chr. Remembrancer Apr. 347 More fixity of purpose than the lower class of needle⁓workers are equal to. 1898Woman's Signal 23 June 387/1 Governesses, needleworkers, or secretaries. |