diework

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noun

Ornamentation of a metal surface by impressions with a die.

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Meanings

noundiework (uncountable)
  1. uncountableOrnamentation 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

From die + -work.

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APA

diework. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diework

MLA

“diework.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diework. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diework,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diework.

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