An illustrated dictionary of words used in art and archaeology. Explaining terms frequently used in works on architecture, arms, bronzes, Christian art, colour, costume, decoration, devices, emblems, heraldry, lace, personal ornaments, pottery, painting, sculpture, &c., with their derivations (1883)
Mollett, John W. (John William) · London, S. Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington · leaf 330
ick-pleached, O. E. Thickly interwoven.{Sltakspcarc.) Thieves Vinegar. A kind of aromatic vine-gar for a sick-room, consisting of the dried topsof rosemary, sage-leaves, lavender-flowers, andbruised cloves, steeped in acetic acid and boilingwater. It derives its name and popularity froma story that… … Fig. 651. IJadgc uf theThistle. Thimbles are said to have been found atHerculaneum. The manufacture was introducedinto England, from Holland, about 1695. Thistle, Her. The national badge of Scotlandrepresented after its natural aspect and tincturedproper. The Order ofthe Thistle of Scotlandwas…
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