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marquetry

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mar=que=try

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun marquetry has 1 sense

marquetry(n = noun.artifact) marqueterie - inlaid veneers are fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture; Array

is a kind of inlay

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CIDE DICTIONARY

marquetry, 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, veneer, and the like, of several colors, fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

marquetry, n. (also marqueterie) inlaid work in wood, ivory, etc.

Etymology

F marqueterie f. marqueter variegate f. MARQUE(1)

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