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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..

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..

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

Hematinon :: Hematinon (n.) A red consisting of silica, borax, and soda, fused with oxide of copper and iron, and used in enamels, mosaics, etc..

Abacus :: Abacus (n.) A tablet, panel, or compartment in ornamented or mosaic work..

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..

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..

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

Law :: Law (n.) The Jewish or Mosaic code, and that part of Scripture where it is written, in distinction from the gospel; hence, also, the Old Testament..

Mamzer :: Mamzer (n.) A person born of relations between whom marriage was forbidden by the Mosaic law; a bastard.

Dispensation :: Dispensation (n.) A system of principles, promises, and rules ordained and administered; scheme; economy; as, the Patriarchal, Mosaic, and Christian dispensations..

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..

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..

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

Onycha :: Onycha (n.) An ingredient of the Mosaic incense, probably the operculum of some kind of strombus..

Tessellated :: Tessellated (a.) Formed of little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; as, a tessellated pavement..

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

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

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

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