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EMBLEM (Gr. Eµ3Xysa, something put in or inserted, from EµfiiXAew, to throw in)

EMBLEM (Gr. Eµ3Xysa, something put in or inserted, from EµfiiXAew, to throw in) , a word originally applied in

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Greek and Latin (emblema) to a raised or inlaid

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ORNAMENT (Lat. ornare, to adorn)

ornament on vases and other vessels, &c., and also to

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MOSAIC (corresponding to Lat. opus musivum, from Gr. µovoeiov, an artificial grotto often decorated with mosaics; the word is only found in the sense of mosaic in late Greek, which generally uses k oXI yrlµa)

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TESSELLATED (Lat. tessellatus,)

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WORK

work . It is in

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ENGLISH

English confined to a symbolical

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REPRESENTATION

representation of some

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OBJECT

object, particularly when used as a badge or heraldic

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DEVICE

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