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Webster 1913 Edition
Fretwork
Fret′work
,Noun.
[6th
fret + work
.] Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in relief, esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Hence, any minute play of light and shade, dark and light, or the like.
Banqueting on the turf in the
fretwork
of shade and sunshine. Macaulay.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fretwork
FRET'WORK
,Noun.