inwrought

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A search for some identity that came with more inwrought despondence than he could manufacture out of his own gene pool?

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2011

This beautiful hanging was of fine white linen, but the original fabric was hardly discernible amid the gorgeous tracery with which it was inwrought.

From The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries by Menzies, Sutherland, fl. 1840-1883

As in some rich man's garden-plot, With flowers of every hue inwrought, Stands peerless forth with drooping brow The hyacinth, so standest thou!

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various

Left to feel as it had never before felt, its own inwrought sinfulness and utter helplessness, it was borne down, crushed, only rising again to suffer anew, and again to sink.

From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by Roby, John

This funeral tent is a monumental work, inasmuch as the inscription inwrought on it gives us the name and title of her in whose honour it was made, and whose remains it covered.

From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess