Terra cotta is cracked all over the exterior of the building. From Wordnik.com. [Your Right Hand Thief] Reference
In addition to the surplice we find frequent early mention of a "cotta". From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon] Reference
Fine display of glazed terra-cotta work by Luca and. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Painted terra-cotta cones were also embedded in the plaster. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Nos. 11, 13, 15, and 16 are glazed terra-cotta figures by the. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
No. 19 is a splendid Terra-cotta vase from the Palace of Priam. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
Chad (unintelligible) was buried with that whole terra cotta army. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Sollee Learns To 'Bend'] Reference
There is also "terra-cotta" clay, which, if moulded into shape, can be. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
It is noted for its terra-cotta ware, clocks, and Museum of Antiquities. From Wordnik.com. [Denmark] Reference
The back seat of an empty car, mottled with stains the color of terra cotta tile. From Wordnik.com. [IN A CORNER OF HELL, A MOMENT OF BEAUTY] Reference
We do not even know the date of the spirited terra-cotta reliefs discovered by Loftus and. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
Far in advance of these, however, are the figurines of terra-cotta found on another altar. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885] Reference
Here they are made of terra-cotta, or baked clay, incrusted with the finest marble stucco. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
Many reproductions of this vase in china and terra-cotta have made it known in wide circles. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
Too much crotal will make the wool a dark red brown, but a very pretty terra cotta red can be got. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer] Reference
They were made of terra-cotta or metal, and their construction resembles those used by the Romans. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
It is a safe plan to use true colours, real blue, red or green, not slate, terra cotta, and olive. From Wordnik.com. [Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving] Reference
The terra-cotta army was discovered in 1974 when local farmers digging a well struck baked clay instead of water. From Wordnik.com. [The Long March] Reference
He turned in his hands, that he might show all its outlines, a little terra-cotta reduction of the Antinous in the. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He made heads and human figures in relief, and architectural ornaments of glazed earthenware, terra-cotta invetriata. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
And do try something that I never liked until I tasted it here -- a panna cotta drizzled with a fresh rasberry coulis. From Wordnik.com. [Mara Gibbs: Everybody Eats Where? In The Hamptons Part 2 Tutto ll Giorno] Reference
He built a smoker using terra cotta pots (hot plate, wood chips, etc.) and smoked it at about 200 degrees for 10 hours. From Wordnik.com. [Smoke Signals: Your questions, answered] Reference
A window into the kitchen captures the heads of busy cooks and the domed terra cotta hearth from which the breads come. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Sietsema on Agora: A restaurateur turns to Turkey for revamp] Reference
Such walls should project at least three feet above the roof, and should be capped by stone, terra cotta, or sheet metal. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888] Reference
One of the most interesting items in the exhibition is a long model that shows how the terra-cotta figures were constructed. From Wordnik.com. [The Long March] Reference
Implements and ornaments of bone, stone, and shell, beads of terra-cotta and shell, small mollusks perforated for stringing. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885] Reference
Brunelleschi, and ornamented in 1470, by Andrea della Robbia, with pretty terra-cotta figures over the columns of the arcade. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
The principal materials of which they are built are limestone, granite, marble and bricks, and terra-cotta of various colours. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
The reliefs in terra-cotta, over the elegant bronze gates of the sacristies, are considered amongst the best works of Lucca della. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Seven years ago a local peasant was caught with the pilfered head of one terra-cotta soldier; he paid for the crime with his life. From Wordnik.com. [Grave Robbers] Reference
The three-story base of the San Remo is covered with limestone, while the rest of the building has a brick and terra-cotta facade. From Wordnik.com. [San Remo Sales Records Near] Reference
(Says executive chef and co-owner Tom Colicchio, "Coconut tapioca, panna cotta with grape jelly -- there weren't too many clunkers."). From Wordnik.com. [The New Lunch Lady] Reference
The move was so powerful and unexpected that Keegan wailed in pain like a wounded horse before falling to the terra cotta tile floor. From Wordnik.com. [The Bludgeoning of a Burgeoning Young Artist] Reference
Like them, the terra-cotta statuettes on slender columns, the groups of old Saxony, and the paintings of Sevres, spoke of past glories. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
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