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Definition of Traceries
1. tracery [n] - See also: tracery
Lexicographical Neighbors of Traceries
Literary usage of Traceries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Wessex by Clive Holland (1906)
"The four gables have triangular windows with rich traceries and symbols representing
the four Evangelists. In the town of Glastonbury itself are several ..."
2. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1857)
"... trunks of trees stood around the altar of the rocks, and with their graceful
traceries gave a halo to the scene, perhaps to the simple deed itself. ..."
3. Lives of the Hunted: Containing a True Account of the Doings of Five by Ernest Thompson Seton (1901)
"But what about the lace traceries in the dust? They are there when the sun comes
up next morning. ..."
4. The Stones of Venice by John Ruskin (1885)
"traceries. We have only one subject more to examine, the character of the early
and late Tracery Bars. The reader may perhaps have been surprised at the ..."
5. Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain by George Edmund Street (1865)
"That for making all the said traceries and cornices as described, in the said
six windows, yon, the said honourable guardians, shall be bound to give and ..."
6. The Canadian Birthday Book: With Poetical Selections for Every Day in the Year by Susie Frances Harrison, Seranus (1887)
"... Beech-nuts mid their russet leaves ; Heavy-headed nodding sheaves ; Clumps of
luscious blackberries ; Purple clustered traceries Of the cottage climbing ..."
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