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
On their heads they wore high mitres, also of crimson velvet, curving backward in a volute, and encircled at the base with a coronet of tinsel spear-heads.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. by Various
Thus the interior of the peg-box will be found a convenient position from which to build a support that shall reach up underneath the volute or under turn of the scroll.
From The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. by Petherick, Horace
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 Armstrong, Walter, Sir
In the eye of this volute a rose is sculptured in relief.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.
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