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ˈsilk-work
[f. silk n. + work n.]
1. Silk embroidery.
a1375Joseph Arim. 427 Fourti knihtes douȝtres he wolde haue..forte souwe selk-werk. 1661Tatham London's Tryumphs 5 The Pentioners bearing the severall sort of Silk-works. a1700Evelyn Diary 31 Oct. 1645, The Nunns of St. Catherine's sent me flowers of silk-work.
2. The manufacture or production of silk.
1455[see silk-woman]. 1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Silk, To make a further Enquiry into this New Silk-work.
3. pl. An establishment where silk is wrought.
1622Bonoeil Art of Making Silke 76 To certifie you from the English Factory in Persia, of the art and order that they use..in the Silke-workes there. 1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Silk, In the French Silk-works, the greatest Part of this Silk passes for little better than a Kind of very fine Fleuret. |