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Definition of Handiwork
1. Noun. A work produced by hand labor.
Generic synonyms: Piece Of Work, Work
Derivative terms: Handcraft
Definition of Handiwork
1. n. Work done by the hands; hence, any work done personally.
Definition of Handiwork
1. Noun. Work done by the hands. ¹
2. Noun. Work done personally. ¹
3. Noun. The result of personal efforts. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Handiwork
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Handiwork
Literary usage of Handiwork
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The House and Home: A Practical Book by Lyman Abbott (1896)
"The success of Mrs. Wheeler's first project to establish here a nursery for
developing and training a taste for artistic handiwork among self-supporting ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... but Raphael had not time to make it his own handiwork, executing only the
designs, and those of the last three cupolas are not at all worthy of him. ..."
3. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1903)
"Among the pictures on the walls, too, one can notice her handiwork in the portrait
of Charles James Fox, a replica of the sketch at Holland House, ..."
4. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"INDIAN SKILL AND handiwork — OCCUPATIONS OF CAMP AND LODGE. In Winter Quarters —
Preparations for War and the Chase — How ..."
5. A Survey of English Literature 1780-1880 by Oliver Elton (1920)
"James White's Letters of Falstaff. Sonnets, and other verse. IV. Poetry for Children.
Mary Lamb's handiwork. Mrs. Leicester's School. ..."
6. A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by Andrew Dickson White (1896)
"... was made more and more clear by bringing into relations with these remains of
human bodies and of extinct animals the remains of human handiwork. ..."
7. The Divine Plan of the Agesby Charles Taze Russell by Charles Taze Russell (2000)
"And as "the heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth his
handiwork" in wonderful variety and beauty, much more shall his intelligent ..."
8. The Expositor edited by William Robertson Nicoll, Samuel Cox, James Moffatt (1898)
"trust in men and in human handiwork, but in the power of fhe Spirit of God and
of Christ, that Spirit who has never yet abandoned the community and who ..."
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