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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Goods or products manufactured from silk uncountable

   "The tax on silkwork and silk-dyeing in Fustat brought 334 dinars per year."

Example

More examples

"The tax on silkwork and silk-dyeing in Fustat brought 334 dinars per year."

Etymology

From Middle English silkewerk, sylkewerke, selkwerk, sylke work, equivalent to silk + work.

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