conte

Heavily worked in conte crayon and ink, like an exceedingly muscular Seurat, it shows a boy breaking bread with two shifty-looking men.

From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2010

My title is hereditary," explained the new conte who is a U. S. citizen naturalized in 1914, "and my wife is now of course a countess.

From Time Magazine Archive

J. P. Donleavy's conte philosophique demonstrates that the things a man does not believe in can be as crippling as false faith.

From Time Magazine Archive

Their nails shone, their skin glowed, and the hair beneath their elaborately crocheted skullcaps looked drawn on with conte crayon.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos

This book is translated from the first volume of "Perceval le Gallois ou le conte du Graal"; edited by M. Ch.

From The High History of the Holy Graal by Evans, Sebastian

From its roots the Seminoles make the conti, a species of jelly—a sweet and nourishing food.

From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Reid, Mayne

As in France, however, there are some Italian conti whose titles are respectable, and even illustrious, from their historic associations.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

Casanova remarked that in some Italian cities all the nobles were baroni, in others all were conti.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

Bartram mentions the use of a sieve by the Georgia Indians in straining a "cooling sort of jelly" called conti, made by pounding certain roots in a mortar and adding water.

From Prehistoric Textile Art of Eastern United States Thirteenth Annual Report of the Beaurau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1891-1892, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896 pages 3-46 by Holmes, William Henry