MARQUETRIES

Noun

marquetries

plural of marquetry

Source: Wiktionary


MARQUETRY

Mar"quet*ry, n. Etym: [F. marqueterie, from marqueter to checker, inlay, fr. marque mark, sign; of German origin. See Mark a sign.]

Definition: Inlaid work; work inlaid with pieces of wood, shells, ivory, and the like, of several colors.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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