volute
Example Sentences
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Her basic eyeliner became an ornate volute, a swath of clown makeup, a cat mask.
From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2011
The cone over the straight inside pipe was made with volute flanges on its under side, which gave a rotary motion to the sparks.
From Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives Baldwin Locomotive Works by Baird, Matthew
This volute is found all over Assyria and Chaldæa.
From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Armstrong, Walter, Sir
I could see that it was alive, and was a volute of some kind.
From In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life by Stables, Gordon
Their favourite motive seems to have been the volute, to which, however, they gave an endless variety.
From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Armstrong, Walter, Sir
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