pattern etc

  • 91tapestry — tap|es|try [ˈtæpıstri] n plural tapestries [U and C] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: tapisserie, from tapis carpet , from Greek tapes] 1.) a large piece of heavy cloth on which coloured threads are woven to produce a picture, pattern etc… …

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  • 92exception — /Ik sepSFn/ noun (C, U) 1 something or someone that is not included in a rule, does not follow the expected pattern etc: With one or two notable exceptions, there are few women conductors. | no exception (=used to emphasize that a law or rule… …

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  • 93tapestry — noun (C, U) heavy cloth or a large piece of cloth on which coloured threads are woven to produce a picture, pattern etc: the Bayeux Tapestry …

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  • 94crisscross — /ˈkrɪskrɒs / (say kriskros) adjective 1. in crossing lines; crossed; crossing; marked by crossings. –noun 2. a crisscross mark, pattern, etc. –adverb 3. in a crisscross manner; crosswise. –verb (t) 4. to mark with crossing lines. –verb (i) 5. to… …

  • 95invention — /ɪnˈvɛnʃən / (say in venshuhn) noun 1. the act of inventing. 2. (in patent law) the conception of an idea and the means or apparatus by which the result is obtained. 3. anything invented or devised. 4. the exercise of imaginative or creative… …

  • 96post-impressionism — /poʊst ɪmˈprɛʃənɪzəm/ (say pohst im preshuhnizuhm) noun a movement in modern painting about 1870–1920, which rejected the impressionists imitation of natural forms in favour of other forms, but accepted their use of pure colour as a means of… …

  • 97inwrought — [in rôt′, in′rôt΄] adj. [ IN 1 + WROUGHT] 1. a) worked or woven into a fabric: said of a pattern, etc. b) Archaic having a decoration worked in 2. closely blended with other things …

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  • 98syncopate — [siŋ′kə pāt΄, sin′kə pāt΄] vt. syncopated, syncopating [< ML syncopatus, pp. of syncopare, to cut short < LL, to swoon < syncope: see SYNCOPE] 1. to shorten (a word) by syncope 2. Music a) to shift (the regular accent) as by beginning a… …

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  • 99pane — n. 1 a single sheet of glass in a window or door. 2 a rectangular division of a chequered pattern etc. Etymology: ME f. OF pan f. L pannus piece of cloth …

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  • 100dam|a|scen|ing — «DAM uh SEE nihng, DAM uh SEE », noun. 1. the making of damascened metal or articles. 2. a damascened design, pattern, etc …

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