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Cutwork  n.  (Fine Arts) An ancient term for embroidery, esp. applied to the earliest form of lace, or to that early embroidery on linen and the like, from which the manufacture of lace was developed.






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"Cutwork" Quotes from Famous Books



... mischievous CURTAL, dog with docked tail, of inferior sort CUSTARD, "quaking —," " — politic," reference to a large custard which formed part of a city feast and afforded huge entertainment, for the fool jumped into it, and other like tricks were played. (See "All's Well, etc." ii. 5, 40) CUTWORK, embroidery, open-work CYPRES (CYPRUS) (quibble), cypress (or cyprus) being a transparent material, and when ...
— Every Man Out Of His Humour • Ben Jonson



Words linked to "Cutwork" :   fancywork, embroidery



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