pavé

[puh-vey, pav-ey; Fr. pa-vey]

pa·vé

[puh-vey, pav-ey; Fr. pa-vey] noun, plural pa·vés [puh-veyz, pav-eyz; Fr. pa-vey] , adverb, adjective
noun
1.
a pavement.
2.
Jewelry. a setting of stones placed close together so as to show no metal between them.
adverb
3.
Jewelry. in the manner of a pavé; as a pavé: diamonds set pavé.

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Pavé is always a great word to know.
So is gobo. 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 screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
adjective
4.
Also, pa·véd, pa·véed. being set pavé: pavé rubies.

Origin:
1755–65; < French, past participle of paver. See pave

un·paved, adjective
well-paved, adjective
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pavé (ˈpæveɪ)
 
n
1.  a paved surface, esp an uneven one
2.  a style of setting gems so closely that no metal shows

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