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  • noun Alternative form of spellwork.

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Examples

  • The shooting and spell-work started a few issues back, but the final battles are in 75, and after who won the war is determined, nothing can go back to the way it was, and a certain witch takes center stage they call her Frau Totenkinder, but she's basically every witch who never had a name.

    Will ‘Fables’ #75 Be ‘Happily Ever After?’ Bill Willingham Drops Hints In Our Exclusive Interview 2008

  • Dost thou verily know my love? or art thou a sorceress and knowest somewhat of me by spell-work?

    The Water of the Wondrous Isles 2007

  • And by the time he realized that this was not the usual cold spell-work, it would be too late.

    The Wizard Of London Lackey, Mercedes 2005

  • Obviously, they could not meet within the walls of a stranger's home for this; she would have him come to the garden and join her for spell-work.

    The Wizard Of London Lackey, Mercedes 2005

  • In more primal spell-work, the variables may be fewer, but they are not necessarily any more obvious.

    Storm Breaking Lackey, Mercedes 1996

  • In complex spell-work, the causes, triggers, paths, and effects are not always obvious, and are often fragile.

    Storm Breaking Lackey, Mercedes 1996

  • In more primal spell-work, the variables may be fewer, but they are not necessarily any more obvious.

    Storm Breaking Lackey, Mercedes 1996

  • In complex spell-work, the causes, triggers, paths, and effects are not always obvious, and are often fragile.

    Storm Breaking Lackey, Mercedes 1996

  • So then they went into the house together, and entered into the self-same chamber, where of old the Lady of Abundance had sickened for fear of the Sorceress sitting naked at her spell-work.

    The Well at the World's End: a tale William Morris 1865

  • Dost thou verily know my love? or art thou a sorceress and knowest somewhat of me by spell-work?

    The Water of the Wondrous Isles William Morris 1865

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