Work"man*ship, n.

1.

The art or skill of a workman; the execution or manner of making anything.

Due reward For her praiseworthy workmanship to yield. Spenser.

Beauty is nature's brag, and must be shown . . . Where most may wonder at the workmanship. Milton.

2.

That which is effected, made, or produced; manufacture, something made by manual labor.

Not any skilled in workmanship embossed. Spenser.

By how much Adam exceeded all men in perfection, by being the immediate workmanship of God. Sir W. Raleigh.

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