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setwork

noun

Definition of setwork 

1 : embroidery used on tapestry

2 : two-coat plastering on lath

3 : boatbuilding in which abutting strakes are battened inside

4 setworks plural : the mechanism on a sawmill carriage by means of which a log is advanced towards the saw after each cut

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