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diework

diework noun: ornamentation of a metal surface by impressions with a die.

Noun

diework (uncountable)

  1. Ornamentation of a metal surface by impressions with a die.
    • The above two pieces are almost identical; the diework is the same and they were undoubtedly struck from different parts of the same die.1934, Howland Wood, The Gampola Larin Hoard, page 70

Origin of diework

From die + -work.

Questions about diework

What does diework mean?
Diework means ornamentation of a metal surface by impressions with a die.
What part of speech is diework?
Diework is a noun.

Words near diework in the dictionary

  1. dieukaryotic
  2. dieuropium
  3. dieversity
  4. dievodiamine
  5. Dievturiba
  6. diework
  7. Diez
  8. Diezes
  9. diezeugmena
  10. diezeugmenon
  11. Diezmo

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