Usually means: Art of carving on gemstones.
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  1. glyptics: Merriam-Webster
  2. glyptics: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. glyptics: Collins English Dictionary
  4. glyptics: Vocabulary.com
  5. glyptics: Wordnik
  6. glyptics: Wiktionary
  7. glyptics: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. glyptics: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Glyptics, glyptics: Dictionary.com
  10. Glyptics: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Glyptics: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. glyptics: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. glyptics: Rhymezone
  14. Glyptics: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. glyptics: FreeDictionary.org
  16. glyptics: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. glyptics: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. glyptics: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology

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Definitions from Wiktionary (glyptics)

▸ noun:  The art of engraving on precious stones.

Similar:
lithoglyptics, glyptography, diaglyph, lithoglyph, gypsography, gemsetting, glyphic, galvanoglyphy, goldsmithery, sgraffitoing, more...

Adjectives:
ancient, mesopotamian, oriental, archaic, phoenician

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Similar:
lithoglyptics, glyptography, diaglyph, lithoglyph, gypsography, gemsetting, glyphic, galvanoglyphy, goldsmithery, sgraffitoing, more...

Adjectives:
ancient, mesopotamian, oriental, archaic, phoenician



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