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hall I saw its floor was tessellated, and its wall was a picture-gallery. — New
Tabernacle Sermons;
• (striated)- marked with striae; furrowed; striped; streaked, (
; ); The rock was singularly striated, the scratches arranged
concentrically and in helicoidal curves. — The Collected Works of Ambrose
Bierce, Volume 1;
• (brindled)- gray or tawny with darker streaks or spots, (
); His coat is brindled, dark brown and black—just
like Magic's—and fine as the softest satin. — Army Letters from an Officer's
Wife, 1871-1888;
collage = montage
• (collage)- a technique of composing a work of art by pasting on a single
surface various materials not normally associated with one another, as
newspaper clippings, parts of photographs, theater tickets, and fragments
of an envelope, ( , , ,
); A personalized collage is a great gift for family or
maybe your best pal!;
• (montage)- a single pictorial composition made by juxtaposing or
superimposing many pictures or designs; Its surface was a montage of big
and little pits, craterlets left by interstellar dust grains pushing their way
through the ramscoop field. — A Gift From Earth;
knit : homespun : yoke
• (knit)- to contract into folds or wrinkles, ( ; ; ); He
struggled to free himself, for his muscles were well-knit, and he had lost but
little of his vigour. — The Woodcutter of Gutech;
• (homespun)- spun or made at home, ( ; ; );
His men were badly clothed in homespun, a light wear which afforded little
warmth. — The Life of Francis Marion;
• (yoke)- to join, couple, link, or unite, ( ); This refers
to a relationship where two people are "yoked" by a commitment or contract.
— Spiritually Unequal Marriage;
blotched : dappled = mottled : stipple
• (blotch)- to mark with blotches; blot, spot, or blur; When I came home
from my talk with Miss Hale, I studied myself long in my blotched lookingglass.
— The Promised Land;
• (dappled)- having spots of a different shade, tone, or color from the
background; mottled; They walked through the sun-dappled orchard, and
she felt her nerves easing once more. — Stephanie Laurens - The Ideal Bride;