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compound ascidian (Amoræcium stellatum) which forms large whitish masses resembling salt pork.

A fork for shaking hay; a pitchfork. [Obs.]

Work composed of shells, or adorned with them. Cotgrave.

See Shuttlecock.

A temporary fort or parallel where siege guns are mounted.

ture of slops, or cheap ready-made clothing; also, such clothing; hence, hasty, slovenly work of any kind. No slopwork ever dropped from his [Carlyle's] pen. Froude.

Ornamental work, mostly carved in olivewood, decorated with inlay, made at or near Sorrento, Italy. Hence, more rarely, jig-saw work and the like done anywhere.

which is wrought by magic; enchantment. Like those Peri isles of light That hang by spellwork in the air. Moore.

A system of working in ore, etc., when it lies not in strata or veins, but in solid masses, so as to be worked in chambers or stories.

Work or wall consisting of stone; mason's work of stone. Mortimer.

rld and in America, and belong to Ciconia and several allied genera. The European white stork (Ciconia alba) is the best known. It commonly makes its nests on the top of a building, a chimney, a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork (C. nigra) is native of Asia, Africa, and Europe. Black-necked stork, the East Ind…

Having a bill like that of the stork.

A kind of ornament consisting of a narrow fillet or band folded, crossed, and interlaced.

Work done in stucco.

A subordinate worker or helper. South.

Typesetting of tabular nmatter, or the type matter set in tabular form.

Work done as a task; also, work done by the job; piecework.

Work done by a team, as distinguished from that done by personal labor.

Work made of timbers.

A viaduct, pier, scaffold, or the like, resting on trestles connected together.