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Entail :: Entail (n.) Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.

Badge :: Badge (n.) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one..

Zoophorous :: Zoophorous (n.) The part between the architrave and cornice; the frieze; -- so called from the figures of animals carved upon it.

Apron :: Apron (n.) A piece of carved timber, just above the foremost end of the keel..

Incise :: Incise (v. t.) To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.

Eking :: Eking (v. t.) The carved work under the quarter piece at the aft part of the quarter gallery.

Chaplet :: Chaplet (n.) A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc..

Reversion :: Reversion (n.) The returning of an esttate to the grantor or his heirs, by operation of law, after the grant has terminated; hence, the residue of an estate left in the proprietor or owner thereof, to take effect in possession, by operation of law, after the termination of a limited or less estate carved out of it and conveyed by him..

Lacwork :: Lacwork (n.) Ornamentation by means of lacquer painted or carved, or simply colored, sprinkled with gold or the like; -- said especially of Oriental work of this kind..

Gargoyle :: Gargoyle (n.) A spout projecting from the roof gutter of a building, often carved grotesquely..

Carve :: Carve (v. t.) To make or shape by cutting, sculpturing, or engraving; to form; as, to carve a name on a tree..

Kerver :: Kerver (n.) A carver.

Corven :: Corven () p. p. of Carve.

Bossage :: Bossage (n.) A stone in a building, left rough and projecting, to be afterward carved into shape..

Metope :: Metope (n.) The space between two triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which, among the ancients, was often adorned with carved work. See Illust. of Entablature..

Arabesque :: Arabesque (n.) A style of ornamentation either painted, inlaid, or carved in low relief. It consists of a pattern in which plants, fruits, foliage, etc., as well as figures of men and animals, real or imaginary, are fantastically interlaced or put together..

Engrave :: Engrave (v. t.) To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions.

Pagodite :: Pagodite (n.) Agalmatolite; -- so called because sometimes carved by the Chinese into the form of pagodas. See Agalmatolite.

Kerve :: Kerve (v. t.) To carve.

Sculp :: Sculp (v. t.) To sculpture; to carve; to engrave.

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