silver-workn.
1. Articles made of silver; silver vessels or ornaments; silverware. †Also plural.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > artistic work in metal > [noun] > art of working in silver > articles
silvera1400
presentation silver1511
silver-work1535
silver plate1610
silverware1862
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xxx. D Yf ye destroye the syluer workes of youre Idols.
1538 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1907) VII. 87 All furnist chaip and ruvell witht silver werk.
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck at Zilver-werck Plate, or Silver-worke to serve at a table.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Silver Silver works, as spurs, wrought hilts, &c. are boiled in salt, alum and argol, to give it a whiteness and clearness.
1820 W. Scott Monastery II. iii. 90 Every bit of..silver work have we been spoiled of since Pinkie Cleugh.
1899 Daily News 16 May 8/4 The artificer may be seen at work in the room in which Messrs. Liberty show the silverwork.
2. A place where silver is smelted.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > places for working with specific materials > place for working with metal > [noun] > other metals
goldwork1581
copper-work1631
brass-work1665
silver-work1674
copper-works1716
lead-worksa1728
goldsmithy1878
1674 J. Ray Smelting Silver in Coll. Eng. Words 119 The History of these Silver-works may be seen in Dr. Fullers Worthies of Wales, General, p. 3.
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