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Definition of Openworks
1. openwork [n] - See also: openwork
Lexicographical Neighbors of Openworks
Literary usage of Openworks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on Mining Delivered at the School of Mines, Paris by Jules Pierre Callon, Clement le Neve Foster, Edmond Boutan (1876)
"The openworks comprehend the ores of iron called alluvial ... The openworks belong
to the proprietor of the soil; but he is bound to work them in such a ..."
2. The Holyhead Road: The Mail-coach Road to Dublin by Charles George Harper (1902)
"These " openworks " are very ancient and mostly disused, and even in places where
they still yield coal, it is of inferior quality. ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"... as, for instance, places where clay is being (lug out for bricks; such places
are frequently (especially in England) called pit*, and also openworks. ..."
4. A Treatise on Metalliferous Minerals and Mining by David Christopher Davies (1892)
"Of the former there were six ' openworks ' in operation in 1890, which produced
126 tons of dressed ore, and of the latter 19, with a production of 1,9764' ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... at the beginning of the loth figured stuffs, openworks and zephyrs were first
produced. The manufacture of silk-plush for hats and machine-made velvets ..."
6. A Treatise on Ore and Stone Mining by Clement le Neve Foster (1905)
"—It is impossible in a general treatise to enter into any details concerning the
preparation of stone at mines and openworks. Some stone is shaped by ..."
7. Guide Through Germany, Austria-Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, France, Belgium by Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft (1908)
"... and openworks. Newest and exquisit patterns of all. lax Thor. Here, turning
south- 'hrough Wolf Gasse, ..."
8. A History of the Machine-wrought Hosiery and Lace Manufactures by William Felkin (1867)
"... nevertheless cloth work of single, double, and three-fold texture can be
introduced at pleasure; and intermixed with openworks, form elegant designs in ..."
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