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Agalmatolite; -- so called because sometimes carved by the Chinese into the form of pagodas. See Agalmatolite.

A kind of clay slate, carved by the Indians into tobacco pipes. Cf. Catlinite.

A carved or embroidered ornament resembling a pomegranate. Ex. xxviii. 33.

r by a wire in a mock drama; a marionette; a wooden actor in a play. At the pipes of some carved organ move, The gilded puppets dance. Pope.

ect in possession, by operation of law, after the termination of a limited or less estate carved out of it and conveyed by him. Kent.

, a cravat; a neckcloth. Put on your hood and scarf. Swift. With care about the banners, scarves, and staves. R. Browning.

To sculpture; to carve; to engrave. [Obs. or Humorous.] Sandys.

One who sculptures; one whose occupation is to carve statues, or works of sculpture.

Carved work modeled of, or cut upon, wood, stone, metal, etc. There, too, in living sculpture, might be seen The mad affection of the Cretan queen. Dryden.

To imitate; to make a representation or likeness. [Obs.] Where sembling art may carve the fair effect. Prior.

Ornamental work, mostly carved in olivewood, decorated with inlay, made at or near Sorrento, Italy. Hence, more rarely, jig-saw work and the like done anywhere.

se rests, or bringing the bottom bed of the base to a nearly square form. It is generally carved in leafage.

To appear prominent; to have relief. "Picture is best when it standeth off, as if it were carved." Sir H. Wotton. -- To stand off and on (Naut.), to remain near a coast by sailing toward land and then from it. -- To stand on (Naut.), to continue on the same tack or course. -- To stand out. (a) To project; to be prom…

pl. of Staff. "Banners, scarves and staves." R. Browning. Also (stavz),

rizontal band in a building, forming a part of the design, whether molded, projecting, or carved, or in any way distinguished from the rest of the work.

t of a ship's stern, which is flat like a table on the top, and sometimes ornamented with carved work; the rail around a ship's stern. [Written also tafferel.]

A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail. J. Knowels. In term, in set terms; in formal phrase. [Obs.] I can not speak in term. Chaucer. -- Term fee (Law) (a), a fee by the term, chargeable to a suitor, or by law fixed and taxable in the costs of a cause for each or any term it is in court. -- Terms…

. They built substantial houses of cedar adorned with totem poles, and were expert stone carvers and copper workers. Slavery, the potlatch, and the use of immense labrets were characteristic. Many now work in the salmon industry.

ing of two upright pillars carrying one to three transverse lintels. It is often minutely carved with symbolic sculpture, and serves as a monumental approach to a Buddhist temple.

A pole or pillar, carved and painted with a series of totemic symbols, set up before the house of certain Indian tribes of the northwest coast of North America, esp. Indians of the Koluschan stock.