Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Decoration by means of a composition in which ornaments are modeled while it is soft, and which grows very hard.
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It fell upon the walls that he had so handsomely panelled, upon the ceiling that he had ornamented in the delicate putty-work of his day, and upon furniture in carved mahogany that was of the period of his ownership of Westover.
Virginia: the Old Dominion Cortelle Hutchins
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