Definition of Incavo

1. the hollowed portion of an intaglio [n INCAVI]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Incavo

incaution
incautions
incautious
incautiously
incautiousness
incavated
incavation
incavations
incave
incaved
incaverned
incaves
incavi
incaving
incavity
incavo (current term)
ince
incede
inceded
incedes
inceding
incedingly
incelebrity
incend
incended
incendiaries
incendiarism
incendiarisms
incendiary
incendiary bomb

Literary usage of Incavo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Il Nuovo cimento by Società italiana di fisica (1838)
"... sarebbe causa perciò appunto secondo il Giraud-Teulon, che vedessimo in rilievo od in incavo li oggetti. — Ma se anco voglia accordarsi che non in un ..."

2. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"incavo RILIEVO. (See Relief.) INCINERATION. The reducing to ashes of any substance, all that is not left in that form being driven off in gaseous form. ..."

3. Author's & Printer's Dictionary: A Guide for Authors by Frederick Howard Collins (1912)
"in the chair of office ; — cautelam, for a warning. incavo (It.), the incised part of an intaglio. inch*, in metric system 25-4 millimetres ; pi. ..."

4. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1876)
"Elytra with the suture more deeply e incavo towards the base than usual; marked with faint traces of striae, and rows of punctures which are very small ..."

5. The Life of Lorenzo De' Medici, Called the Magnificent by William Roscoe (1796)
"40 Un Cammeo legato in oro con una testa vestita incavo .... 50 Uno Sardonic legato in oro con un toro in cavo . ..."

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