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- noun Plural form of
cutwork .
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The sprigs, when made, are sewn upon a piece of blue paper and united on the pillow with "cutworks" or "purlings," or else joined with the needle by various stitches -- lacet, point, réseau, cutwork, button-hole, and purling.
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Over the body was a cloth, or sheet, which was worked in cutworks and fringes, showing that even at so early a date initial efforts at lace-making had been attempted.
Chats on Old Lace and Needlework Emily Leigh Lowes
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