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
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 Horace Petherick
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
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 throat underneath the volute is very massive, although all the edges are finished off with the utmost delicacy and sharp tooling.
From Antonio Stradivari by Horace William Petherick
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