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INCISED |
Carved into |
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CHAPLET |
A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc. |
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OVUM |
One of the series of egg-shaped ornaments into which the
ovolo is often carved. |
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PIPESTONE |
A kind of clay slate, carved by the Indians into tobacco
pipes. Cf. Catlinite. |
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BOSSAGE |
A stone in a building, left rough and projecting, to be
afterward carved into shape. |
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PAGODITE |
Agalmatolite; -- so called because sometimes carved by
the Chinese into the form of pagodas. See Agalmatolite. |
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ALABASTER |
A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of
fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow,
red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc. |
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AGALMATOLITE |
A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or
yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called
figure stone, and pagodite. It is probably a variety of pinite. |
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INTAGLIO |
...ng, as a
gem, so as to make a design depressed below the surface of the
material; hence, anything so carved or impressed, as a gem, matrix,
e... |