2. Hence, especially, a skillful artificer or laborer.

Work"man*like` (?), a. Becoming a workman, especially a skillful one;

skillful; well performed.

Work"man*ly, a. Becoming a skillful workman; skillful; well performed;

workmanlike.

Work"man*ly, adv. In a skillful manner; in a manner becoming a skillful

workman. Shak.

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.

Work"mas`ter (?), n. The performer of any work; a master workman. [R.]

Spenser.

Work"room` (?), n. Any room or apartment used especially for labor.

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