waterwork

noun

1. (countable)A machine or mechanism for raising or carrying water.
2. (countable)A textile fabric used like tapestry.
3. (countable, uncountable)Some action or activity done on, in, or using water.
4. (uncountable)A style of painting executed in distemper or size, on canvas or a wall, intended to resemble a tapestry; (countable) such a painting.

   “[F]or thy wals a pretty ſleight drollery, or the ſtorie of the prodigal, or the Iarman hunting in waterworke, is worth a thouſand of theſe bed-hangers, and theſe flie bitten tapeſtrie, let it be x. ♇ [i.e., ten pounds] if thou canſt: [...]”

5. (countable, historical, uncountable)Alternative form of waterworks.
6. (archaic, countable, uncountable)Alternative form of waterworks.