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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Workmanship \Work"man*ship\, noun
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
workmanship
noun: skill in an occupation or trade [syn: {craft}, {craftsmanship}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
101 Moby Thesaurus words for "workmanship": ability, address, adeptness, adroitness, airmanship, architecture, artfulness, artisanship, artistry, assembly, bravura, brilliance, building, capability, capacity, casting, cleverness, command, competence, composition, construction, control, conversion, coordination, craft, crafting, craftsmanship, creation, cultivation, cunning, deftness, devising, dexterity, dexterousness, dextrousness, diplomacy, efficiency, elaboration, erection, expertise, extraction, fabrication, facility, fashioning, finesse, formation, forming, formulation, framing, grace, grip, growing, handicraft, handiness, handiwork, harvesting, horsemanship, ingeniousness, ingenuity, know-how, machining, making, manufacture, manufacturing, marksmanship, mastership, mastery, milling, mining, molding, practical ability, prefabrication, preparation, processing, producing, proficiency, prowess, quickness, raising, readiness, refining, resource, resourcefulness, savoir-faire, savvy, seamanship, shaping, skill, skillfulness, smelting, style, tact, tactfulness, technical brilliance, technical mastery, technical skill, technique, timing, virtuosity, wit, wizardry
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