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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.

Work or devices suitable to be concealed; a secret stratagem. [Obs.]

Work done by the piece, as in nonmetaliferous rock, the amount done being usually reckoned by the fathom. Tomlinson.

One who does tut-work. Tomlinson.

To injure by working secretly; to destroy or overthrow by clandestine measure; to undermine. But thou from loving England art so far, That thou hast underwrought his lawful king. Shak.

One who underworks.

To undo or destroy, as work previously done.

An hydraulic apparatus, or a system of works or fixtures, by which a supply of water is furnished for useful or ornamental purposes, including dams, sluices, pumps, aqueducts, distributing pipes, fountains, etc.; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings.

One who works in wax; one who makes waxwork.

An exhibition of wax figures, or the place of exhibition.

A combination of wheels, and their connection, in a machine or mechanism.

A texture of osiers, twigs, or rods; articles made of such a texture.