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Glyptography :: Glyptography (n.) The art or process of engraving on precious stones.

Subduement :: Subdued (a.) Not glaring in color; soft in tone.

Graduate :: Graduate (v. i.) To pass by degrees; to change gradually; to shade off; as, sandstone which graduates into gneiss; carnelian sometimes graduates into quartz..

Belligerent :: Belligerent (p. pr.) Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights..

Molasse :: Molasse (n.) A soft Tertiary sandstone; -- applied to a rock occurring in Switzerland. See Chart of Geology.

Amassette :: Amassette (n.) An instrument of horn used for collecting painters' colors on the stone in the process of grinding.

Essential :: Essential (a.) Necessary; indispensable; -- said of those tones which constitute a chord, in distinction from ornamental or passing tones..

Lazuli :: Lazuli (n.) A mineral of a fine azure-blue color, usually in small rounded masses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina, lime, and soda, with some sodium sulphide, is often marked by yellow spots or veins of sulphide of iron, and is much valued for ornamental work. Called also lapis lazuli, and Armenian stone..

Lithotomist :: Lithotomist (n.) One who performs the operation of cutting for stone in the bladder, or one who is skilled in the operation..

Pleuro- :: Pleuro- () A combining form denoting relation to a side; specif., connection with, or situation in or near, the pleura; as, pleuroperitoneum..

Kabook :: Kabook (n.) A clay ironstone found in Ceylon.

Precious :: Precious (a.) Of great price; costly; as, a precious stone..

Dry :: Dry (superl.) Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit..

Bluestone :: Bluestone (n.) Blue vitriol.

Whin :: Whin (n.) Same as Whinstone.

Cross-stone :: Cross-stone (n.) See Harmotome, and Staurotide..

Sherryvallies :: Sherryvallies (n. pl.) Trousers or overalls of thick cloth or leather, buttoned on the outside of each leg, and generally worn to protect other trousers when riding on horseback..

Nutlet :: Nutlet (n.) A small nut; also, the stone of a drupe..

Stony :: Stony (superl.) Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific.

Mound :: Mound (n.) A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmounted with a cross; -- called also globe..

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