Usually means: Monochromatic, intricate embroidery using black thread.
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  1. blackwork: Merriam-Webster
  2. blackwork: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. blackwork: Wordnik
  4. blackwork: Wiktionary
  5. Blackwork, blackwork: Dictionary.com
  6. Blackwork: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Blackwork: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. blackwork: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Blackwork: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. blackwork: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Blackwork: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Popular Cross Stitch Terms (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (blackwork)

noun:  (sewing) A form of counted-thread embroidery that is usually stitched on even-weave fabric with a twisted thread.
noun:  (obsolete) Work connected with funerals, as an undertaker's assistant or a maker of mourning clothes, etc.

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