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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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Any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief, as a 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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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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Having a sharp, distinct outline, like that of a cameo.
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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 carving in relief, esp. one on a small scale used as a jewel for personal adornment, or like.
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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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