lapidary
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John Lizzadro, 76, has been involved with the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art since his father started it in 1962.
From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2017
Rock and Gem Show: North Seattle Lapidary & Mineral Club activities, displays and demonstrations, vendors, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 18, 2011
Lapidary, lap′i-dar-i, adj. pertaining to stones and the cutting of stones: pertaining to inscriptions and monuments.—n. a cutter of stones, esp. precious stones: a dealer in precious stones—also Lapidā′rian, Lap′idarist, Lap′idist.—v.t.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
A Lapidary, with a medical—not a moral—purpose, by Marbode, Bishop of Rennes, was translated more than once into French, and had, indeed, an European fame.
From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Gosse, Edmund
Where the Reader is shown the Lapidary at work MY study is perhaps to me the most sacred spot of the entire compound.
From The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's The Story of the Work in Hwochow by Cable, Mildred
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