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mar·que·try    Audio Help   [mahr-ki-tree] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -tries.
inlaid work of variously colored woods or other materials, esp. in furniture.
Also, mar·que·te·rie    Audio Help   [mahr-ki-tree] Pronunciation Key.


[Origin: 1555–65; < MF marqueterie inlaid work, equiv. to marquet(er) to speckle, spot, inlay (lit., make marks < Gmc; see mark1) + -erie -ery]
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mar·que·try also mar·que·terie    Audio Help   (mär'kĭ-trē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. mar·que·tries also mar·que·teries
Material, such as wood or ivory, inlaid piece by piece into a wood surface in an intricate design and veneered to another surface, especially of furniture, for decoration.


[French marqueterie, from Old French, from marqueter, to checker, from marque, mark, ultimately from Old Norse merki, mark; see merg- in Indo-European roots.]

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marquetry

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inlaid veneers are fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture 

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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.
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