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The art or science of good eating; epicurism; the art of good cheer.

Plaster as used in Persian architecture and decorative art.

Deceit; fraud; artifice; device. [Obs.] Chaucer.

nt of its beauty or value, as a small picture, a verse of poetry, a witty or wise saying. Artificial gem, an imitation of a gem, made of glass colored with metallic oxide. Cf. Paste, and Strass.

Fig.: Leadership; management. An artful stroke of generalship in Trim to raise a dust. Sterne.

Divination as to the destinies of one newly born; the act or art of casting nativities; astrology.

A style of painting, sculpture, or other imitative art, which illustrates everyday life and manners.

le music." Sir J. Davies. O sleep! it is a gentle thing. Coleridge. The gentle craft, the art or trade of shoemaking.

xact, it is natural genus; if its definition can not be made clear, it is more or less an artificial genus.

tic clam (Glycimeris generosa) of the Pacific coast of North America, highly valued as an article of food.

The art or science of cultivating the earth; agriculture. Evelin.

A work of art done in gesso. [Obs.]

- said especially with reference to dancing. Carried away by the enthusiasm of the gestic art. Sir W. Scott.

Artifice; contrivance. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A term variously employed by early writers on art, though commonly designating the yellow oxide of lead, or massicot. Fairholt.

The art or practice of overlaying or covering with gold leaf; also, a thin coating or wash of gold, or of that which resembles gold.

Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare. Chaucer. Spenser.

A hinge joint; an articulation, admitting of flexion and extension, or motion in two directions only, as the elbow and the ankle.

e that the American (A. quinquefolia) has largely taken its place, and its root is now an article of export from America to China. The root, when dry, is of a yellowish white color, with a sweetness in the taste somewhat resembling that of licorice, combined with a slight aromatic bitterness.

That which girds, encircles, or incloses; a circumference; a belt; esp., a belt, sash, or article of dress encircling the body usually at the waist; a cestus. Within the girdle of these walls. Shak. Their breasts girded with golden girdles. Rev. xv. 6.