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Openwork   Listen
noun
Openwork  n.  
1.
Anything so constructed or manufactured (in needlework, carpentry, metal work, etc.) as to show openings through its substance; work that is perforated or pierced.
2.
(Mining) A quarry; an open cut.





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"Openwork" Quotes from Famous Books



... mere fanciful adjunct, and may be used or not; but it has a very pretty effect over an openwork, white table-cloth, with the silver tray of the ,pergne resting upon it. In many families there are silver ,pergnes which are heirlooms. These are now valued for old association's sake; as are the silver candlesticks and silver compotiers. But where a family does not possess these table ornaments, ...
— Manners and Social Usages • Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood


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