Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Iron wrought by blacksmiths: so called in distinction from that wrought by whitesmiths.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Work wrought by blacksmiths; -- so called in distinction from that wrought by whitesmiths.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun sewing A form of counted-thread
embroidery that is usually stitched on even-weave fabric with a twisted thread
Etymologies
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Examples
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Not enough contrast for good blackwork, it winds up having too much of a gangbanga flava for my taste.
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Not enough contrast for good blackwork, it winds up having too much of a gangbanga flava for my taste.
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I decided not to get a tattoo when I saw that the receptionist at my dentist's was covered in blackwork.
Sorry, Roger. You Tiger Now ... Steve Perry 2010
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And I've had a basic lesson in blackwork embroidery myself.
Decided, 'going to live': 15 reasons why Elizabeth McClung 2008
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So I stopped by his office today and instead of the rather austere and forbidding face on the profile, I met a ruggedly handsome guy with great tattoo blackwork on his arms, a pleasant, open manner and easy conversation that soon got around to opera .
DesignerBlog Will 2007
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Tattoo on left inside forearm, blackwork double spiral.
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This year I find myself longing for these blackwork maps--exploration rendered in domestic needlework by an anonymous woman who carefully read the exploration accounts.
Textile 2007
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So I stopped by his office today and instead of the rather austere and forbidding face on the profile, I met a ruggedly handsome guy with great tattoo blackwork on his arms, a pleasant, open manner and easy conversation that soon got around to opera .
Archive 2007-06-01 Will 2007
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Britain's Embroiderers Guild has a charming blackwork project using a variety of threads to create foreground, background, movement, and depth.
BlogHer - Comments midnightbliss 2010
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Because of its even-patterned nature, the important thing when doing blackwork is to carefully choose a background fabric with a even weave, such as linen.
BlogHer - Comments midnightbliss 2010
Gammerstang commented on the word blackwork
(noun) - An undertaker's business. --Granville Leveson-Gower's A Glossary of Surrey Words, 1893
April 23, 2018