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Abaculus :: Abaculus (n.) A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements..

Mosaic :: Mosaic (a.) Of or pertaining to Moses, the leader of the Israelites, or established through his agency; as, the Mosaic law, rites, or institutions..

Legal :: Legal (a.) According to the old or Mosaic dispensation; in accordance with the law of Moses.

Foreground :: Foreground (n.) On a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief, mosaic picture, or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is nearest to the spectator, and therefore occupies the lowest part of the work of art itself. Cf. Distance, n., 6..

Mosaic :: Mosaic (n.) A picture or design made in mosaic; an article decorated in mosaic.

Tesselar :: Tesselar (a.) Formed of tesserae, as a mosaic..

Incrustation :: Incrustation (n.) A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement..

Un-mosaic :: Un-Mosaic (a.) Not according to Moses; unlike Moses or his works.

Tessera :: Tessera (n.) A small piece of marble, glass, earthenware, or the like, having a square, or nearly square, face, used by the ancients for mosaic, as for making pavements, for ornamenting walls, and like purposes; also, a similar piece of ivory, bone, wood, etc., used as a ticket of admission to theaters, or as a certificate for successful gladiators, and as a token for various other purposes..

Tessellation :: Tessellation (n.) The act of tessellating; also, the mosaic work so formed..

Antemosaic :: Antemosaic (a.) Being before the time of Moses.

Premosaic :: Premosaic (a.) Relating to the time before Moses; as, premosaic history..

Tarsiatura :: Tarsiatura (n.) A kind of mosaic in woodwork, much employed in Italy in the fifteenth century and later, in which scrolls and arabesques, and sometimes architectural scenes, landscapes, fruits, flowers, and the like, were produced by inlaying pieces of wood of different colors and shades into panels usually of walnut wood..

Emblem :: Emblem (n.) Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.

Mosaical :: Mosaical (a.) Mosaic (in either sense).

Mosaic :: Mosaic (a.) Of or pertaining to the style of work called mosaic; formed by uniting pieces of different colors; variegated; tessellated; also, composed of various materials or ingredients..

Ormolu :: Ormolu (n.) A variety of brass made to resemble gold by the use of less zinc and more copper in its composition than ordinary brass contains. Its golden color is often heightened by means of lacquer of some sort, or by use of acids. Called also mosaic gold..

Mosaic :: Mosaic (n.) A surface decoration made by inlaying in patterns small pieces of variously colored glass, stone, or other material; -- called also mosaic work..

Pietra Dura :: Pietra dura () Hard and fine stones in general, such as are used for inlay and the like, as distinguished from the softer stones used in building; thus, a Florentine mosaic is a familiar instance of work in pietra dura, though the ground may be soft marble..

Cartoon :: Cartoon (n.) A design or study drawn of the full size, to serve as a model for transferring or copying; -- used in the making of mosaics, tapestries, fresco pantings and the like; as, the cartoons of Raphael..

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