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woodwork
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woodwork: see carpentry carpentry, trade concerned with constructing wood buildings, the wooden portions of buildings, or the temporary timberwork used during the construction of buildings.
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; furniture furniture, properly such movables as chairs, tables, and beds; it is extended to include draperies, rugs, mirrors, lamps, and other furnishings. In its gradual evolution from periods of earliest civilization, the history of furniture parallels the progress of culture.
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; intarsia intarsia (ĭntär`sēə) or tarsia, properly a form of wood inlaying .
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; marquetry marquetry (mär`kətrē)
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; veneer veneer (vənēr`), thin leaf of wood applied with glue to a panel or frame of solid wood.
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; wood carving wood carving, as an art form, includes any kind of sculpture in wood, from the decorative bas-relief on small objects to life-size figures in the round, furniture, and architectural decorations.

The woods used vary greatly in hardness and grain.
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Seitz (founding president of the Shelby Woodcarvers Guild and author of several previous woodworking books) is an impressive compendium of woodcarving projects that range from walking sticks, bowls, and pencil holders to earrings, bracelets, and brooches.
Amish fathers have been told by New York state labor officials that the sect's practice of having 14- to 17-year-old sons working alongside their fathers in woodworking and construction tasks violates a law.
Vance Publishing has acquired Woodworking Machinery & Supply Expo and SIBO, an industrial woodworking show.
 
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