buhlwork
noun (often initial capital letter)
elaborate inlaid work of woods, metals, tortoiseshell, ivory, etc.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | denoting or relating to a type of marquetry of patterned inlays of brass and tortoiseshell, occasionally with other metals such as pewter, much used on French furniture from the 17th century |
| —n | |
| 2. | Also called: boullework something ornamented with such marquetry |
| [C18: named after André Charles Boulle (1642--1732), French cabinet-maker] | |
| boule, boule or buhl | |
| —adj | |
| —n | |
| [C18: named after André Charles Boulle (1642--1732), French cabinet-maker] | |
| buhl, boule or buhl | |
| —adj | |
| —n | |
| [C18: named after André Charles Boulle (1642--1732), French cabinet-maker] | |
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Buhlwork
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| buhl (buːl) | |
| —adj, —n | |
| the usual US spelling of boulle | |
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