Courtesy of @Seven Crowns: hy·per·ba·ton /hīˈpərbəˌtän/ noun RHETORIC an inversion of the normal order of words, especially for the sake of emphasis, as in the sentence “ this I must see .”.
carunculated 1. Biology A fleshy naked outgrowth, such as a fowl's wattles. 2. Botany An outgrowth or appendage at or near the hilum of certain seeds, as of the castor-oil plant. Hmmm. Hilum. Gott look that one up. (the scar on a seed marking the point of attachment to its seed vessel)
"Backward ran sentences until reeled the mind." Wolcott Gibbs parodying Henry Luce's Time magazine (The New Yorker, November 28, 1936); he added: "Where it will all end, knows God!"
Woodcut noun a print of a type made from a design cut in a block of wood, formerly widely used for illustrations in books. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodcut
Hedcut is another good word for pseudo-woodcuts specific to the Wall Street Journal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedcut The one in the Wikipedia article isn't that representative, but if you Google images for hedcut, you'll see a good cross-section.
Chasuble noun a sleeveless outer vestment worn by a Catholic or High Anglican priest when celebrating Mass, typically ornate and having a simple hole for the head.
filly: fil·ly | \ ˈfi-lē \ plural fillies 1: a young female horse usually of less than four years 2: a young woman; girl
Coleopteran: any member of the insect order Coleoptera, consisting of the beetles and weevils. It is the largest order of insects, representing about 40 percent of the known insect species.
Libation noun a drink poured out as an offering to a deity. “he poured the libation of rum on the ground"
In Russia it is a custom to pour a little vodka on the grave of a departed friend, then finishing it yourself (Don't know how common it is. I read it in a Tom Clancy novel.)
I've always wondered if woodcut is merely a synonym for marquetry, or if there is actually some technical difference between them? My great uncle used to do the most exquisite marquetry, except he called it something else because it wasn't a veneer. What he called it eludes me as I was a kid when he took me through his process. Each tiny piece of wood was an inch thick and ran all the way to the back of the work. He specialised in copying the works of the masters, but in wood. He never stained his wood and everything he worked with was natural wood colours. The major drawback was, because he used different woods of different hardness, some of his works split after a decade or so due to differential expansion rates. Our family still has some of his work and I am still amazed by it. Here's an example: The original oil painting is "The Avenue at Middelharnis" by Meindert Hobbema on display at the National Gallery, London:
Defilade MILITARY noun the protection of a position, vehicle, or troops against enemy observation or gunfire. Enfilade noun a volley of gunfire directed along a line from end to end. "they were mown down by an enfilade of artillery"
Here's another. I'm not sure of the original painting's origins. I'll have to look it up some time. You can see how this one has split right across near the top and the middle.
I'm not entirely sure where he learned his craft to be honest. He died while I was a teen. Also, he was the husband of one of my grandmother's sisters, so while part of the extended family, he wasn't a close relative. So, I unfortunately didn't get to spend much time with him. I also never understood why he put himself through the torture of making such thick pieces of wood when a wood veneer would have been so much easier. I remember him as a man of strong opinions. He took up this hobby when he retired from being a school headmaster. He didn't take kindly to the family giving him a ribbing about the man's missing dog in the "The Avenue at Middelharnis" work. Apparently, he created the dog, but it was so small and delicate, it fell apart five times before he gave it up as a lost cause. He got a bit dispirited by that and didn't even attempt the distant figures at the back of the avenue. He was in a much better frame of mind and a lot more confident when he did the sailing ship, and I think it shows. Those figures in the rowing boat are extraordinarily detailed for the chosen media. I think that was the pinnacle of his work.
