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Archilute
noun · 78% connection
A large theorbo, or double-necked lute, formerly in use, having the bass strings doubled with an octave, and the higher strings with a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, cutting, grooves, inlaying, strings.
Axis
noun · 78% connection
A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, cutting, grooves, inlaying, strings.
Conoid
noun · 78% connection
A surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner as always to meet a given straight line and a given curve,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, cutting, grooves, inlaying, strings.
Crusta
noun · 78% connection
A gem engraved, or a plate embossed in low relief, for inlaying a vase or other object.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, cutting, grooves, inlaying, strings.
Cycloid
noun · 78% connection
A curve generated by a point in the plane of a circle when the circle is rolled along a straight line, keeping always in the same plan…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, cutting, grooves, inlaying, strings.
Damasken
verb · 78% connection
To decorate, as iron, steel, etc., with a peculiar marking or "water" produced in the process of manufacture, or with designs produced…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, cutting, grooves, inlaying, strings.
Enamel
verb · 78% connection
A variety of glass, used in ornament, to cover a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, cutting, grooves, inlaying, strings.
Gouge
noun · 78% connection
A chisel, with a hollow or semicylindrical blade, for scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood, stone, etc.; a similar…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, cutting, grooves, inlaying, strings.
Grooving
noun · 78% connection
The act of forming a groove or grooves; a groove, or collection of grooves.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, cutting, grooves, inlaying, strings.
Guilloche
noun · 78% connection
An ornament in the form of two or more bands or strings twisted over each other in a continued series, leaving circular openings which…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, cutting, grooves, inlaying, strings.
Harpsichord
noun · 78% connection
A harp-shaped instrument of music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the fingers, by mean…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, cutting, grooves, inlaying, strings.
Hyperbola
noun · 78% connection
A curve formed by a section of a cone, when the cutting plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone makes. It…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, cutting, grooves, inlaying, strings.
Incrustation
noun · 78% connection
A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, cutting, grooves, inlaying, strings.
Inlay
noun · 78% connection
Matter or pieces of wood, ivory, etc., inlaid, or prepared for inlaying; that which is inserted or inlaid for ornament or variety.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, cutting, grooves, inlaying, strings.
Land
noun · 78% connection
In any surface prepared with indentations, perforations, or grooves, that part of the surface which is not so treated, as the level pa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, cutting, grooves, inlaying, strings.
Level
noun · 78% connection
A horizontal line or plane; that is, a straight line or a plane which is tangent to a true level at a given point and hence parallel t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, cutting, grooves, inlaying, strings.
Linkage
noun · 78% connection
A system of straight lines or bars, fastened together by joints, and having certain of their points fixed in a plane. It is used to de…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, cutting, grooves, inlaying, strings.
Mosaic
noun · 78% connection
A surface decoration made by inlaying in patterns small pieces of variously colored glass, stone, or other material; -- called also mo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: plane, cutting, grooves, inlaying, strings.
