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1. acid embossing in acid, adj. and n. View full entry 1937
...embossing of glass by treatment with acid....
2. agateware in agate, n. View full entry 1817
...a kind of striped or variegated pottery made to resemble agate, usually by mixing coloured clays together;enamelled ironware or steel ware for household utensils (now rare)....
3. Alhambresque, adj. View full entry 1848
...Characteristic or reminiscent of the Alhambra, esp. in having a highly ornate Moorish style; in the architectural style of the Alhambra....
4. all-over, adj. and n. View full entry 1808
...Textiles. A pattern or design in which the elements are repeated over the whole extent. Also: (a length of) lace with an all-over design. Cf. sense A. 1b....
5. † ˈamel, n. View full entry c1400
...Enamel....
6. † ˈamel, v. View full entry 1530
...To enamel. (Chiefly in pa. pple. ameled)...
7. † ˈameled | ˈamelled, adj. View full entry c1400
...Enamelled....
8. † ˈameling, n. View full entry 1530
...Enamelling, inlaying....
9. angular, adj. View full entry 1863
...Of writing: having the turns angled instead of rounded, as in German handwriting....
10. anneal, v. View full entry 1580
...To burn in colours upon glass, earthenware, or metal, to enamel by encaustic process. arch....
11. annealed, adj. View full entry 1552
...Enamelled, having colours burnt in, ‘stained’ as glass. arch....
12. annealing, n. View full entry 1477
...The burning of metallic colours into glass, etc....
13. anthemion, n. View full entry 1865
...= honeysuckle4. Also attrib....
14. antic, adj. and n. View full entry 1548
...Archit. and Decorative Art. Grotesque, in composition or shape; grouped or figured with fantastic incongruity; bizarre....
15. antic, adj. and n. View full entry 1548
...Fantastic tracery or sculpture. Obs....
16. antic, adj. and n. View full entry a1593
...A caryatid, or (sculptured) human figure represented in an impossible position....
17. antic, adj. and n. View full entry 1601
...A grotesquely figured representation of a face, such as are used in gargoyles....
18. apex, n.1 View full entry a1646
...A horn or projecting point on a Hebrew letter. (So the Vulgate translates κεραίαMatt. v. 18; English ‘tittle.’)...
19. arabesque, adj. and n. View full entry 1656
...esp. Arabian or Moorish in ornamental design; carved or painted in arabesque (see B. 2)....
20. arabesque, adj. and n. View full entry 1786
...A species of mural or surface decoration in colour or low relief, composed in flowing lines of branches, leaves, and scroll-work fancifully intertwined. Also fig....
