1) American electro musician 2) Anaglyph 3) Ancient Roman technology 4) Apple cultivar 5) Bit of jewelry 6) Bit part 7) Bit part for a big name 8) Bit part for a big player 9) Bit part for a big star 10) Bit part for a star 11) Bit role 12) Brief acting part 13) Brief acting role 14) Brief appearance
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1) Bit part 2) Gem 3) Role
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• (n.) A carving in relief, esp. one on a small scale used as a jewel for personal adornment, or like.
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a gemstone having layers of different colours, such as cornelian or sardonyx, cut to show in low relief the design and background in contrasting colours. It is the opposite of an intaglio.
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A gemstone or shell cut to reveal a design in relief. Cameos were originally made from gemstones with different coloured layers to provide a contrasting background. Widespread in the roman era and during the italian renaissance and neoclassical periods. Shell cameos were carved with classical portraits and mythological scenes in Naples and Rome dur...
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A style of carving in which the design motif is left and the surrounding surface is cut away, leaving the design in relief. Cameos are still made today in Italy.
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hard or precious stone carved in relief, or imitations of such stones in glass (called pastes) and mollusk shell. The cameo is usually a gem ... [5 related articles]
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A coin, usually a Proof strike, with a frosted or satiny central device surrounded by a mirrorlike field.
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A gem or shell material--usually with two or moredistinct colored layers. The top layer is carved in relief andthe bottom layer acts as a contrasting background.
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Gem with a design or figure carved out of the stone, and raised above the background layer
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Gem with a design or figure carved out of the stone, and raised above the background layer
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Gemstone, hardstone or shell cut to reveal a design in relief. Cameos were originally made from gemstones with different coloured layers to provide a contrasting background. They were widespread in the Roman era and revived during the Italian renaissance and neoclassical period. Shell cameos were carved with Classical-style portraits and mythologic …...
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Cam'e·o noun ;
plural Cameos . [ It
cammeo ; akin to French
camée ,
camaïeu , Spanish
camafeo , Late Latin
camaeus ,
camahutus ; of unknown origin.] A carving in relief, esp. one on a small scale used as a jewel for personal adornment, or li...
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Similar to Hochschnitt, but using two or more layers of cased glass in different colours, the outer layer(s) being cut away to leave a design in relief (often flowers)
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A style of carving in which the design motif is left and the surrounding surface is cut away leaving the design in relief. Cameos in jewelry are often made of shell, although hard stone cameos such as sardonyx are more valuable. Cameos have been carved from ancient times, and ancient motifs such as the goddess Athena or a Baccante or follower of Ba...
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A type of cat color that has a white base with red on the outer part of the hair shaft.
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Cameo is a general name for all gems cut in relief, in contradistinction to those hollowed out, or intaglios. More particularly, a cameo is a gem composed of several different-coloured layers having a subject in relief cut upon one or more of the upper layers, an under layer of a different colour forming the ground. Eor this purpose the ancients us...
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Cameo is a variety of apple.
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A miniature relief carving on a stone, almost always a portrait of a woman in side-profile. Two colour cameos are achieved by layering a different coloured substrate under the stone that will be carved
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Synonym for the grape variety De Chaunac; see there. De Chaunac The red grape variety is an interspecific new variety between Seibel 5163 x Seibel 793. Synonyms are Cameo, Chaunac and Seibel 9549. It contains genes from Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rupestris and Vitis vinifera. The hybrid was crossed in... Full text
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noun engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring)
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A dull coated paper, which is particularly useful in reproducing halftones and engravings.
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A term used to describe proof and proof-like coins in which the devices are in contrast to the fields. This occurs when the fields are mirrored and reflective and the devices are frosted, which will give the appearance of a dark background (sometimes black background) behind a light or white central portrait or device.
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engraving or carving in low relief on a stone
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[Intelligent words] engraving or carving in low relief on a stone
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