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workshop

a group of people engaged in study or work on a creative project or subject
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

Workshop

[′wərk‚shäp]
(astronomy)
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

workshop

A building or room used for handi-craft work.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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And while he discussed within his own mind what sort of shape or similitude it were well to bestow upon this excellent piece of timber, there came into Drowne's workshop a certain Captain Hunnewell, owner and commander of the good brig called the Cynosure, which had just returned from her first voyage to Fayal.
"Drowne," said Copley, who had hardly missed a single day in his visits to the carver's workshop, "if this work were in marble it would make you famous at once; nay, I would almost affirm that it would make an era in the art.
From that moment the men of taste about Long Wharf and the Town Dock who were wont to show their love for the arts by frequent visits to Drowne's workshop, and admiration of his wooden images, began to be sensible of a mystery in the carver's conduct.
On leaving the workshop Adam locked the door, took the key out, and carried it to the house on the other side of the woodyard.
Until nearly noon Professor Maxon was occupied in removing the remaining stains and evidences of his gruesome work, but when he at last turned the key in the door of his workshop it was to leave behind no single trace of the successful result of his years of labor.
By this time Bell had moved his workshop from the cellar in Salem to 109 Court Street, Boston, where he had rented a room from Charles Williams, a manufacturer of electrical supplies.
It was not easy, of course, for the weak young telephone to make itself heard in that noisy workshop. No one, not even Bell and Watson, was familiar with its odd little voice.
Other workshop participants who have gone on to publish include Michele Andrea Bowen, author of Church Folk and Second Sunday (both by Walk Worthy Press), Carol Parrott Blue, author of The Dawn at My Back (University of Texas Press), and Anita Diggs, whose books include Mighty Love and A Meeting in the Ladies' Room (both from Dafina).
[USPRwire, Fri Aug 23 2019] Workshop Management Software Market is expected to Grow Exponentially with an Upper Single Digit Growth Rate The increasing spending on luxury due to the growing standard of living has led to an increase in the purchase of comfort amenities such as vehicles.
The Executive Director, Ather Ali Khan said "In this workshop children have learned many different techniques of art and crafts."
[ClickPress, Wed May 08 2019] The workshop management software allows users to schedule their employees and manage their workshop inventory.
Before we could develop a set of purposeful practices for workshop development, and in order to address the current gap in scholarship, we felt it was imperative to explore the current workshop practices of writing centers across the country.
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