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A massive variety of fluor spar, found in Derbyshire, England, and wrought into vases and other ornamental work.

A vase or drinking cup having two handles or ears.

breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife or a vase. This heart Shall break into a hundered thousand flaws. Shak.

n a house or apartment, as tables, chairs, bedsteads, sofas, carpets, curtains, pictures, vases, etc.

The general outward form of any solid object, as of a column or a vase.

A name given to a vase having a rounded body; esp.:

h a large rounded body, a small neck, and three handles. Some of the most beautiful Greek vases are of this form.

dull colors, breaking with a smooth surface. It admits of a high polish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff boxes, etc. When the colors are in stripes or bands, it is called striped or banded jasper. The Egyptian pebble is a brownish yellow jasper. Jasper opal, a yellow variety of opal resembling jasper. -- Jasper w…

ind of enamel ware in which the enamel is applied to the whole surface of a metal plaque, vase, or the like, and painted in enamel colors. The art was brought to a high degree of perfection in Limoges in the 16th century. -- Limoges ware. (a) Articles decorated with Limoges enamel. (b) Articles of porcelain, etc., man…

re the equal of, or that which is exactly similar to, or corresponds with; as, to match a vase or a horse; to match cloth. "Matching of patterns and colors." Swift.

s containing delicious nuts, and opening almost explosively by a circular lid at the top. Vases and pots are made of this capsule.

Made of the stone or material called by the Romans murrha; -- applied to certain costly vases of great beauty and delicacy used by the luxurious in Rome as wine cups; as, murrhine vases, cups, vessels. Murrhine glass, glassware made in imitation of murrhine vases and cups.

Originally, a leather flask or vessel for oils or liquids; afterward, an earthenware vase or pitcher without a spout.

A falsified work of art, as a vase or statue made up of parts of original works, with missing parts supplied.

A small dish, pan, or vase.

The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like; the part on which an upright work stands. It consists of three parts, the base, the die or dado, and the cornice or surbase molding. See Illust. of Column. Build him a pedestal, and say, "Stand there!" Cowper.

One of a pair; a counterpart; as, one vase is the pendant to the other vase.

A pedestal of small size, used to support small objects, as busts, vases, and the like.

A vase with a separate cover, the body usually rounded or polygonal in plan with nearly vertical sides, a neck of smaller size, and a rounded shoulder.

e surface of something; jutting; protuberant; in high relief; as, a prominent figure on a vase.