noun a cutting or engraving; a figure cut into something, as a gem, so as to make a design depressed below the surface of the material; hence, anything so carved or impressed, as a gem, matrix, ·etc.;
opposed to cameo. also used adjectively.
noun a cutting or engraving; a figure cut into something, as a gem, so as to make a design depressed below the surface of the material; hence, anything so carved or impressed, as a gem, matrix, ·etc.;
opposed to cameo. also used adjectively.
Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012