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A kind of fine pottery, the most remarkable being what is called jasper, either white, or colored throughout the body, and capable of being molded into the most delicate forms, so that fine and minute bas-reliefs like cameos were made of it, fit even for being set as jewels.
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Chalcedony in parallel layers of different shades of color. It is used for making cameos, the figure being cut in one layer with the next as a ground.
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A name applied to various marine univalve shells; esp. to those of the genus Strombus, which are of large size. S. gigas is the large pink West Indian conch. The large king, queen, and cameo conchs are of the genus Cassis. See Cameo.
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An instrument by which a correct engraving of any embossed object, such as a medal or cameo, can be executed.
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Any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief, as a cameo.
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A cutting or engraving; a figure cut into something, as a gem, so as to make a design depressed below the surface of the material; hence, anything so carved or impressed, as a gem, matrix, etc.; -- opposed to cameo. Also used adjectively.
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A work sculptured in relief, as a cameo, or in bas-relief (in this sense used loosely).
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A cameo.
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Having a sharp, distinct outline, like that of a cameo.
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A carving in relief, esp. one on a small scale used as a jewel for personal adornment, or like.
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