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marquetry


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Marquetry  \Mar"quet*ry\,  n.  [F.  marqueterie,  from  marqueter  to 
  checker,  inlay,  fr  marque  mark,  sign;  of  German  origin.  See 
  {Mark}  a  sign.] 
  Inlaid  work  work  inlaid  with  pieces  of  wood,  shells,  ivory, 
  and  the  like  of  several  colors. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  marquetry 
  n  :  inlaid  veneers  are  fitted  together  to  form  a  design  or 
  picture  that  is  then  used  to  ornament  furniture  [syn:  {marqueterie}] 




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