Mosaic - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: mosaicMosaic
A surface decoration made by inlaying in patterns small pieces of variously colored glass stone or other material called also mosaic work...
Mosaical
Mosaic in either sense...
Mosaically
In the manner of a mosaic...
Emblem
Inlay inlaid or mosaic work something ornamental inserted in a surface...
Foreground
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...
Hematinon
A red consisting of silica borax and soda fused with oxide of copper and iron and used in enamels mosaics etc...
VerbarMamzer
A person born of relations between whom marriage was forbidden by the Mosaic law a bastard...
Mosaism
Attachment to the system or doctrines of Moses that which is peculiar to the Mosaic system or doctrines...
ormolu
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...
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...
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