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n. (Bot.) An Old World species of Spiræa (Spiræa filipendula), with finely cut leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

A religious organization of Methodist young people, founded in 1889 at Cleveland, Ohio, and taking its name from John Wesley's birthplace, Epworth, Lincolnshire, England. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Work in which one part laps over another. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The alburnum, or part of the wood of any exogenous tree next to the bark, being that portion of the tree through which the sap flows most freely; -- distinguished from heartwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any long, slender, worm-shaped bivalve mollusk of Teredo and allied genera. The shipworms burrow in wood, and are destructive to wooden ships, piles of wharves, etc. See Teredo. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Shopwomen A woman employed in a shop. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat worn or damaged by having been kept for a time in a shop. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The manufacture of slops, or cheap ready-made clothing; also, such clothing; hence, hasty, slovenly work of any kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

No slopwork ever dropped from his [ Carlyle's ] pen. Froude. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A common plant (Saponaria officinalis) of the Pink family; -- so called because its bruised leaves, when agitated in water, produce a lather like that from soap. Called also Bouncing Bet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) A kind of ornament consisting of a narrow fillet or band folded, crossed, and interlaced. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The beautiful rose-colored striped wood of a Brazilian tree (Physocalymna floribunda), much used by cabinetmakers for inlaying. [ 1913 Webster ]

Queensland tulipwood, the variegated wood of an Australian sapindaceous tree (Harpullia pendula). J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A European poisonous umbelliferous plant (Enanthe fistulosa) with large hollow stems and finely divided leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]