DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
18.118.19.89
Search for:
▼[Show options]
[Pronunciation] [Help] [Database Info] [Server Info]

2 definitions found

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Mo·sa·ic, a. Of or pertaining to the style of work called mosaic; formed by uniting pieces of different colors; variegated; tessellated; also, composed of various materials or ingredients.
    A very beautiful mosaic pavement.   --Addison.
 Florentine mosaic. See under Florentine.
 Mosaic gold. (a) See Ormolu.  (b) Stannic sulphide, SnS2, obtained as a yellow scaly crystalline powder, and used as a pigment in bronzing and gilding wood and metal work. It was called by the alchemists aurum musivum, or aurum mosaicum. Called also bronze powder.
 Mosaic work. See Mosaic, n.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Flor·en·tine a.  Belonging or relating to Florence, in Italy.
 Florentine mosaic, a mosaic of hard or semiprecious stones, often so chosen and arranged that their natural colors represent leaves, flowers, and the like, inlaid in a background, usually of black or white marble.