PHONIC
Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
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PHONIC. 1. Relating to vocal sound:
phonic substance,
phonic vibrations.
2. In
PHONETICS, a term used in contrast with
PHONETIC to mean ‘relating to speech sounds’:
the phonic medium,
the phonic method of teaching reading,
a phonic reader (a book).
2. In physiology, relating to a nerve centre that excites the organs of speech and to vibration of the vocal folds or cords.
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`Arms and Art' embraces the beauty of firearms
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 4/1/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...carving, industrial model design and museum artifact restoration, has mastered the ancient technique of "damascening." In damascening, the engraver chisels deeply into the metal to prepare it for the decorative gilding to follow. Into the...
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Top guns offer an investment that is likely to shoot up
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 8/4/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...sought after by collectors. Also at a premium are guns with damascening, a technique which produces a watered effect in sword blades...contrasting background. With the guns which cost the most, the damascening finishes tend to show no signs of wear as is often the case...
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Reportlinker Adds Dielectrics and Substrates in Semiconductors: Technologies and Global Markets.
PR Newswire; 12/2/2009; 700+ words
; ...Transistor (HBT) 19 FABRICATION PROCESSES 19 Rapid Thermal Processing (RTP) 20 Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP) 20 Damascening 20 OTHER ALLIED DEFINTIONS 20 Double Data Rate (DDR)-Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM) 20 Design for...
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Antiques and Collecting: Daggers to die for.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 4/20/2002; 700+ words
; ...attack on this occasion as the dagger fell into his lap. Target shooting and the weaponry used to do it, powder flasks, damascening (gold inlay) of sword hilts, and the import of firearms from Spain, Egypt and Italy into Arabia are all discussed in...
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Area watchmakers keep on ticking in dwindling hobby
Newspaper article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; 5/31/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...polished brass and exquisite engineering. The gears shine, with many of them marked with fine swirls through a process called damascening. The sheer smallness of scale inspires awe, Battista said. "That's why we get so excited over this," Battista said...
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Triumphal finery: Mannerism in the art of Italian armour.(armor)
Magazine article from: Apollo; 2/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...that dominates the decoration of so many pieces shown in the exhibition, but rarely do justice to the exquisite chasing and damascening that contribute so much to their brilliant appearance. To appreciate the richness of and splendour of these remarkable works...
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Arts Guide
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 6/13/1997; 700+ words
; ...Urns, caskets, mirror frames made in the Spanish workshops of Placido Zuloaga (1834-1910), a master of the art of damascening, the process of inlaying metal objects with designs of gold and silver. Whitechapel Art Gallery, tel: (0171) 522...
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Three notes on swords in Beowulf.(Notes)(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 9/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Hrunting Klaeber comments, 'ater is perhaps used figuratively with regard to the acid employed in the process of (false) damascening. Another possibility is that the serpentine ornamentation (cf. wyrmfah 1698, also waegsweord 1489) was supposed to have...
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damascening
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
damascening or damaskeening , the art of decorating iron, steel, or bronze with inlaid threads of gold or silver, or producing a watered...
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metalwork
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Methods of shaping metals include drawing, spinning, hammering, and casting; various decorative processes include chasing, damascening , embossing , enamel work, filigree , gilding , inlaying , niello , and repoussé .
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inlaying
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...furniture and other objects of wood and as distinguished from parquetry and the veneered work of marquetry . For stone or glass inlays, see mosaic ; for metals, see niello and damascening ; and for special wood inlays, see intarsia .
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inlaid work
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...white, wood of one colour laid in wood of another colour ( marquetry ), one metal set in another, e.g. gold in steel ( damascening ), or brass set in polished tortoiseshell ( boule or buhl work). Surfaces made up of very small pieces fitted together...
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