volute
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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
There is no form of the volute known to the architect which may not be found in the rocks, but there are many forms in the rocks unknown to the architect.
From The Testimony of the Rocks or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed by Hugh Miller
Der progress she march, it is true, round und round, but she is arrive always der one turn higher, und der pressure on der volute is nod constant.”
From The Cattle-Baron's Daughter by Harold Bindloss
The origin of the forms employed in stone buildings is most clearly shewn by the frequent occurrence of the volute, a curvilinear element suggested by the use and peculiar properties of metal.
From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Sir Walter Armstrong
The Ionic expresses increased lightness, by the interposition of its volute, as if the superincumbent weight had but gently pressed a soft solid into a scroll.
From Beauty Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classificatin of Beauty in Woman by Alexander Walker
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