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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Openwork  \O"pen*work`\,  n. 
  1.  Anything  so  constructed  or  manufactured  (in  needlework, 
  carpentry,  metal  work  etc.)  as  to  show  openings  through 
  its  substance;  work  that  is  perforated  or  pierced. 
 
  2.  (Mining)  A  quarry;  an  open  cut.  --Raymond. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  openwork 
  n  :  ornamental  work  (such  a  embroidery  or  latticework)  having  a 
  pattern  of  openings 




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