[syn: lapidary, lapidist]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. of or relating to precious stones or the art of working with them;
- Example: "the ring is of no lapidary value"- Lord Byron
- Example: "lapidary art"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lapidary \Lap"i*da*ry\, a. [L. lapidarius pertaining to stone:
cf. F. lapidaire.]
1. Of or pertaining to the art of cutting stones, or
engraving on stones, either gems or monuments; as,
lapidary ornamentation.
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2. Of or pertaining to monumental inscriptions; as, lapidary
adulation.
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Lapidary style, that style which is proper for monumental
and other inscriptions; terse; sententious.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lapidary \Lap"i*da*ry\, n.; pl. Lapidaries. [L. lapidarius,
fr. lapidarius pertaining to stone: cf. F. lapidaire.]
1. An artificer who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious
stones; hence, a dealer in precious stones.
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2. A virtuoso skilled in gems or precious stones; a
connoisseur of lapidary work.
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Lapidary's lathe, Lapidary's mill, Lapidary's wheel, a
machine consisting essentially of a revolving lap on a
vertical spindle, used by a lapidary for grinding and
polishing.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lapidary
adj 1: of or relating to precious stones or the art of working
with them; "the ring is of no lapidary value"- Lord
Byron; "lapidary art"
n 1: an expert on precious stones and the art of cutting and
engraving them [syn: lapidary, lapidarist]
2: a skilled worker who cuts and engraves precious stones [syn:
lapidary, lapidist]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "lapidary":
aquatint, aquatinta, autolithographic, burinist, carver,
cerographer, chalcographer, engraver, etcher, gem engraver,
glyptic, glyptographic, graphic artist, graver, inscriber,
line engraver, lithographer, lithographic, mezzotint, printmaker,
pyrographer, serigrapher, silk-screen artist, wood engraver,
wood-block, xylographic, xylopyrographer