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| in·tar·si·a [ in trssee ə ] (plural in·tar·si·as) |
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1. wood inlay: wood inlay using different colors of wood, commonly used in furniture in the Italian Renaissance
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2. handicraft way of knitting: a method of knitting with two or more colored yarns in which the pattern can be seen from both sides of the finished piece
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3. handicraft making of intarsias: the art or process of making intarsias, e.g. for wall panels
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| [Mid-19th century. < German, alteration of Italian intarsio< Arabic tarṡ] |
