Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In decorative design, especially carved or modeled, a motive which imitates or is suggested by the forms of shells.
- noun Ornamental work made up of marine shells, usually small, combined in various patterns and glued to a surface, as of wood or cardboard. See
sea-bean , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Work composed of shells, or adorned with them.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
decoration made from patterns ofshells
Etymologies
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Examples
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Rooms come with handsome chimneypieces and exquisite shellwork, and there is a turret-top eyrie for ship-watching.
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Rooms come with handsome chimneypieces and exquisite shellwork, and there is a turret-top eyrie for ship-watching.
Archive 2007-04-01 2007
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Her small bedroom was decorated with cheerfully embroidered samplers, which she had stitched herself, and a shelf containing an intricate shellwork tableau.
The Thief Taker Janet Gleeson 2004
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Her small bedroom was decorated with cheerfully embroidered samplers, which she had stitched herself, and a shelf containing an intricate shellwork tableau.
The Thief Taker Janet Gleeson 2004
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Her small bedroom was decorated with cheerfully embroidered samplers, which she had stitched herself, and a shelf containing an intricate shellwork tableau.
The Thief Taker Janet Gleeson 2004
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Her small bedroom was decorated with cheerfully embroidered samplers, which she had stitched herself, and a shelf containing an intricate shellwork tableau.
The Thief Taker Janet Gleeson 2004
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Her small bedroom was decorated with cheerfully embroidered samplers, which she had stitched herself, and a shelf containing an intricate shellwork tableau.
The Thief Taker Janet Gleeson 2004
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The Prince still said nothing, only sat, among his gold and shellwork incense-burners, while the images of the twenty-one Old Gods watched his round, pink satin back.
The Silent Tower Hambly, Barbara 1986
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This vapor rising around the stem of the plant, and attracted by it, becomes congealed into what we term hoar-frost, in numerous forms; some like shellwork, others like tulips, with radiated petals, variously contorted, and often as symmetrical as snowflake crystals.
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Chandeliers and lamps may also be disfigured by obtrusive shellwork or want of all symmetry, or may amid great decorativeness be kept within reasonable limits.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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