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buhl
CIDE DICTIONARY
buhl, n. [From A. Ch. Boule, a French carver in wood.].
Decorative woodwork in which tortoise shell, yellow metal, white metal, etc., are inlaid, forming scrolls, cartouches, etc. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
buhl, n. (also boule, boulle)
1 pieces of brass, tortoiseshell, etc., cut to make a pattern and used as decorative inlays esp. on furniture.
2 work inlaid with buhl.
3 (attrib.) inlaid with buhl.
1 pieces of brass, tortoiseshell, etc., cut to make a pattern and used as decorative inlays esp. on furniture.
2 work inlaid with buhl.
3 (attrib.) inlaid with buhl.
Etymology
(buhl Germanized) f. A. C. Boule, Fr. wood-carver d. 1732
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