| 单词 | faceted |
| 例句 | I asked Raizel as the bartender poured amber liquor into a faceted crystal glass. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The septon removed a faceted crystal sphere from the soft cloth bag at his waist. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They were cool, measuring, as faceted as finely cut jewels; they traveled over her face methodically, cataloguing her eyelashes, her nose, her mouth, her chin. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I quickly examined the Crystal Key, tilting it up to study its glittering, faceted surface. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z There was a keyhole in the very center of the door, and directly above it, three words were etched into the door’s glittering, faceted surface: CHARITY. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I examined the keyhole in the center of the door, then looked at the words printed directly above it, etched into the door’s faceted surface. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z His faceted figures and faces in particular are astonishing made things that reach back through Cubism to the carved figures of African sculpture. Derrick Adams Takes Off 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Little fingers will be itching to touch her tempting cut-outs of storybook A-frame houses, a faceted diamond and a towering mousse cake. Holiday Gift Books for Children 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z The renovation also includes a spacious new cocktail lounge called SixtyFive with a silvery, faceted Gehry-like ceiling and a wraparound outdoor terrace, and the Gallery, a bar just outside the Rainbow Room. Rainbow Room Is Set to Reopen on Oct. 5 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z This is a richly faceted and potentially deeply evocative exhibition which, complemented not by high-tech reconstructions but by an expansive and scholarly catalogue, unfurls a vivid history. Press views: Vikings exhibition 2014-03-04T13:47:28Z Constructed something like an airplane wing, the faceted planes descend to finally hover a foot or so above the ground plane. Where yellow means go, and go now: LACMA's standout show on '60s Dwan Gallery 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Falkenstein filled the spaces with tall, modular windows in faceted stained glass. Claire Falkenstein's strangely contradictory sculptures 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z Experience and instinct guided him to bring the diamond outdoors, where, by the rays of the setting sun, the subtly faceted old stone revealed itself. Munnu Kasliwal, a Favorite Jeweler of Connoisseurs, Dies at 54 2012-09-11T02:40:11Z Wrapped inside a faceted shell of concrete, it is seductive architecture with a social conscience. Exhibition Review: The Height of City Manufacturing 2011-04-01T22:56:22Z The tapering, faceted form of the Shard, referencing London's history of spires and masts, was quickly agreed upon. The Shard: Renzo Piano's great glass elevator 2012-06-13T17:43:50Z An amorphous composite of watery silica spheres, it lacks the crystalline quality that allows most stones to be faceted. Special Report: Jewelry: Opal: Delicate Beauty in a Watery Orb 2010-05-20T16:00:00Z As the young man roams, his intermittent shaking and tumbling unfolds as a faceted metaphor for sudden trauma, blissful aesthetic reverie and sudden bursts of intuitive perception within drifting consciousness. 'Doug Aitken: Electric Earth': Why MOCA's big new show has too few sparks 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z “I wanted to build something that was faceted,” Pope.L, in town for the artworks' installation, said of the show as a whole. Philippe Vergne leads preview of MOCA's fresh start: 3 new shows 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z One bracelet is made of hollow, faceted baubles to circle your pretty wrist until infinity. T Magazine: Astronomy Rocks 2011-09-21T14:00:57Z On a grey day like today, however, the poetry is not quite so apparent, and its hulking mass is impossible to disguise.The faceted form breaks up the scale inside, too. The Shard: Renzo Piano's great glass elevator 2012-06-13T17:43:50Z His faceted vase, a stout ceramic pot festooned with a honeycomb surface, has been reimagined in bronze and has swelled to three feet in height and girth. T Magazine: The Secret Gardener 2012-10-05T14:00:44Z It recalls Cubism’s proclivity to slice and dice reality before reassembling it in fractured forms and faceted planes, which cause the eye to move in fits and starts, the movements jarring, irregular, unpredictable. Jason Meadows and Mateo Tannatt sculpt raw materials into '8 Days a Week' 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z Amid the still life’s faceted planes, however, Rivera also painted something strange — one or maybe two wine glasses that overlap. LACMA's uneven new Picasso and Rivera show reveals an unprecedented, must-see discovery 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Bloc, a collaborative of four hip Japanese guys, kept things simple, presenting only one prototype: "Baa/bêêê," a clever pencil with faceted felt cladding. | Design Tide Tokyo 2012-11-22T14:00:52Z Mountainsides become faceted planes that angle, dip and recede with a smooth continuity that challenges spatial logic and equilibrium. Caroline Clerc's stitched-together landscape photography: quick appeal and slow intrigue 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Light enters through a faceted window that wraps around the front of the lobby; at night there is a view of city’s twinkling skyline. Architecture Review: Chinese Gem That Elevates Its Setting 2011-07-05T21:43:47Z The theater’s faceted interior, composed of triangular felt panels colored a shocking Yves Klein blue, bring to mind early German Expressionism. Architecture Review: Immersed In Images And an Age Of Blurred Boundaries 2011-01-13T22:01:16Z Each of her 12 sculptures contains large panes of old-fashioned security glass set into geometrically faceted metal armatures, up to nine feet long, that Overton dragged from salvage shops and sometimes the garbage. Ready When You Are, Terminal C Is Now an Art Destination 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z The video is one of 40 works that make up “Water Memories,” a poetically faceted pocket-size show about the material and symbolic role of water in Native American life. At the Met, Protest and Poetry About Water 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z Made of faceted bronze panels, it looks appropriately martial and bulldog-like, though according to designers Clash Architects, it also references 1940s sculptors like Jacob Epstein. Constructive criticism: the week in architecture 2012-06-01T16:08:11Z Truly modern Chicago is a many faceted product of a colorful history, like any American city. What if TV told the truth about Chicago? 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z She reimagined the center stone as a faceted hunk of gold with a tiny diamond tucked inside the shank. Special Report: Jewelry: Modern Jewelers Bring New Twist to Bridal Designs of Old 2011-12-06T15:00:05Z These will be smooth and clean-hewn, most likely cubes, but possibly more complex and faceted. Holiday Gift Guide for Foodies: From Murderous Mermaid Salt to Lamps Made Out of Croissants 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z But are they faceted and interesting enough to make up for the loss of Danny? Did You Watch ‘Bloodline’? Let’s Talk About It 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z But according to Wolfe, who is represented by the gallery R & Co. in New York, doing so would mean sacrificing the elaborate, robustly faceted surfaces that interest him. AD Innovator: Thaddeus Wolfe 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z The faceted fly’s-eye surface of the artwork refracts the faces of a crowd representative of the core Los Angeles art world — everyone who matters in the arts is here, with one conspicuous exception. Jeffrey Deitch Faces Critics at MOCA 2012-10-19T23:10:54Z It’s a shallow representation of a diverse movement, and one that ignores the faceted contributions and challenges experienced by those outside this narrow representation. Inequality of environmentalism: is green movement exclusionary by nature? 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z But that single framework contains an intricately faceted galaxy of choices and interpretations owing to the explosive expansion of the medium. Best TV of the Decade, from 2010 to 2019 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z Jenn Onstott says to look for lights with faceted bulbs and add reflective ornaments to your tree, so you don’t need as many lights. The best tips for Christmas lights: Buying, decorating and organizing 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z Buswell joins two or four of the "embellished photographs" together, tilting them at slight angles forward or back, up or down, echoing the faceted planes delineated within. Ben Buswell's photographs look like drawings and act like sculpture 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z No other show depicts or explores resentment the way “Insecure” does, in such faceted splendor, and the friction between Issa and her ostensible BFF Molly remains fascinatingly unresolved. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z If you screw your eyes up, its faceted steps recall early expressionist architecture and the crystalline forms of Hugh Ferris's New York setback diagrams – only here interpreted with a clumsy commercial bulk. Russia's Mercury City tower cuts the Shard down to size 2012-11-05T16:46:00Z The faceted exterior, shingled in white cedar and faded by wind and rain to the color of polished pewter, is built in a concave bend around a circular gravel driveway. In Nova Scotia, Homes as Wild as the Landscape Around Them 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z But the real scene-stealer is the salt shed, a 69-foot-tall enclosed cubist pavilion made of glacial-blue faceted concrete in the shape of a salt crystal. In Sanitation-and-Salt Complex in TriBeCa, a Salutary Lesson in Urban Responsibility 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z There was the domelike gem she inherited from her father, the faceted stone that was a gift from her former husband and another that belonged to her maternal grandmother. Up Close: Tatiana Von Furstenberg on Her Film ?Tanner Hall? 2011-09-15T00:09:57Z The same faceted surfaces that encourage people to cluster also support privacy. The Exquisite Details of a Fifth Avenue Apartment Renovation 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z In the Broadway Windows, one “Eternalism” skims across a faceted landscape that seems constructed from crumpled tinfoil. On a New York Street, Windows Become Theaters for Ken Jacobs’s Films 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Take your time, and look carefully: elaborate frescoes and paintings, sculpted frames, coffered ceilings, carved wall paneling, faceted doors. Fontainebleau: A Forgotten Treasure 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z The main element in several new pieces is a lumpy, faceted column of Styrofoam and cement painted, somewhat haphazardly, in rainbow colors. Art In Review: RACHEL HARRISON: ‘The Help’ 2012-05-31T21:31:26Z The beechwood panels blanketing walls and balcony fronts are faceted to diffuse sound in jazzy patterns that evoke musical staves. A Notoriously Jinxed Concert Hall Is Reborn, Again 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z The faceted concrete planes of the Hindustan Lever pavilion look like a crumpled sheet of card, foreshadowing the work of deconstructivist architects by more than two decades. 'Architecture has become too mundane' 2013-05-15T06:58:36Z Barber-Osgerby achieved international recognition for designing last summer’s faceted aluminum Olympic torch. | A First Look at the New Ace Hotel in Shoreditch, London 2013-06-19T15:16:23Z There’s also a reproduction of the faceted interior wall of that nightclub Henson imagined, which would have provided an immersive theater experience with projected imagery and dancers on tables. Jim Henson's universe: Muppets, 'Sesame Street,' Fraggles and more, all in one traveling exhibition 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z Inside, the hexagons continue, forming a faceted and mirrored ceiling to the foyer. Harpa concert hall 2011-08-27T23:05:00Z The faceted box, now empty, is covered with a mesh top through which one would have seen insects and reptiles. After Guggenheim removes animal-related pieces from 'Art and China,' what's left? More questions 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z So for one exhibit called “Who Like Me,” we created a large, round space with a series of faceted life-size mirrors where you answer a bunch of questions about your gender, race, background. Finding Inspiration for a Civil Rights Museum 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z Photograph: Paul Riddle Judged against the quality of current volume house-building, Alison Brooks's streets of 84 faceted timber houses in Harlow are something of a miracle. Stirling prize 2013: shock of the new as five first-time nominees shortlisted 2013-07-17T23:01:00Z The marble-topped kitchen island resembles a faceted iceberg; some ceilings contain artful crevices, continuing from room to room. The Exquisite Details of a Fifth Avenue Apartment Renovation 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Beneath them lay a platinum armature to which were affixed 400 additional carats of stones — turquoise cabochon, faceted diamonds, aquamarines all contrived to imitate the effect of sunlight refracted through water. At Tiffany, Something New Inside the Blue Box 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z A faceted glass doorknob turns the screen into a honeycomb of refracted light. ‘The Humans’ Review: Reasons (Not) to Be Cheerful 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Oddly, the faceted composition also recalls a Cubist painting. Pulling back for the big picture of media overload 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Surveying the scene with rows of hexagonal eyes, this faceted hulk squats at the back of a new piazza like a supersized robot aphid, come to take over the city. Leeds Arena: giant mint helmet or technicolour dreamboat? 2013-04-25T11:23:00Z In the new show at the institute, the vessels and sculptures are knobby, horned, gnarled and faceted, and trimmed in motifs based on ancient Greek fretwork, acanthus leaves and frilly seashells. Antiques: The Ceramists Frans and Marguerite Wildenhain on View 2012-08-16T20:43:06Z It consists of the two shingled, busily faceted blue-glass office towers called 10 and 30 Hudson Yards. Hudson Yards Is Manhattan’s Biggest, Newest, Slickest Gated Community. Is This the Neighborhood New York Deserves? 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Not until his 40s, around 1930, did he adapt his faceted drawing style and skewed perspectives to chairs, desks, tables and bookcases. Antiques: Furniture as Sculpture: A Craftsman?s Legacy 2010-09-02T20:39:00Z Surrounding and amply supporting this video are paintings and sculptures by a dozen other artists, many of which develop a similarly faceted beauty in rich but soft-spoken colors. What to See in New York Art Galleries Right Now 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z The faceted columns in the living room hug you, and you want to lean on them, but they won’t block your view of the park, or anyone nearby. The Exquisite Details of a Fifth Avenue Apartment Renovation 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Ditlevsen’s faceted truths tend to cut in more than one way — a jab in the heart, a slash to the throat. Beyond the Cruel Facts of Her Life Are Truths That Cut Deep 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z Move around it, and those faceted planes shift from wide to narrow, thick to thin. Where yellow means go, and go now: LACMA's standout show on '60s Dwan Gallery 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z As you climb the subway steps to Central Park West, looming overhead is the faceted red-granite American Museum of Natural History, whose rusticated walls and 150-foot-tall towers look like a Brobdingnagian brownstone. 10 Places That Define New York City, Reimagined 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z But the Neanderthals refined the art of knapping to create the Levallois spear head, an intricately faceted point that could effectively maim or kill an animal as large as a mammoth. Books of The Times: ?How to Think Like a Neandertal? ? By Thomas Wynn and Frederick L. Coolidge ? Review 2011-12-27T23:05:30Z In a moment of great danger, “the bergs are many, lavender and faceted, when the air is full of floating ice crystals.” Lessons from Antarctica about Raising Kids in the Climate Crisis 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z Most fungi in this family have shallow bowls, but the Fluted Bird's Nest is more funnel-shaped, with its ribbed tube faceted by spiky, wooly tufts. The 10 weirdest mushrooms in North America 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z The gem, which has Maltese cross faceted at its base, was first sold by Christie's in 1918 at a London auction where residents sold precious household items to help the war effort. 'The Rock', a record-setting white diamond, goes up for auction 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z The morning sun glints off the building’s faceted paneling, a scattershot mosaic of light and shadow. ‘The ugliest building in downtown Seattle’ or ‘a piece of public art’? Either way, King County is closing it down 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Both the antique and the design it inspired have been reborn as a faceted snow quartz teardrop pendant bordered in pavé diamonds that hangs from a 30-inch yellow-gold chain. A Teardrop Locket Inspired by a Parisian Flea Market Find 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Sotheby's said it is the largest faceted Fancy Black Diamond known to ever appear at auction and was listed as the largest cut diamond in the world in the 2006 Guinness Book of World Records. Mystery black diamond called 'The Enigma' goes up for auction 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z The role of chance in determining experience is perhaps the overriding, but far from only, subject of this ingeniously faceted book. Review | ‘Pilot Impostor’ proves that James Hannaham is one of America’s most inventive writers 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Mike scuffed the wall with a plastic card, and we listened to the sound of round snow versus faceted snow. What I Learned in Avalanche School 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z The surfaces look faceted, almost jewel-like, reminiscent of the dazzling patterns of Austrian painter Gustav Klimt. Maria Berrío's dreamlike collages deploy paper like paint 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z Some of his designs were met with much controversy, such as the 71-foot faceted glass pyramid in the courtyard of the Louvre museum in Paris. I.M. Pei, architect who designed Louvre Pyramid, dies at 102 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Maestro Bath’s Ikon perches a sliver of a handle atop a faceted geometric base. The latest — and greatest — in bathroom fixtures | Produced by Advertising Publications 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Maestro Bath’s Ikon perches a sliver of a handle atop a faceted geometric base, all clad in white. Bath hardware makes a stylish splash 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z He probed deeper, until finally his hand closed around something big, dense, faceted and thrilling. Precious Gems Bear Messages From Earth’s Molten Heart 2017-12-11T05:00:00Z A major remodel takes its cues from the faceted, crystalline structures of one of the owner’s professions. Architect Amy Janof transforms a diamond in the rough into a modern gem 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z "I am many faceted and many things at the same time and I'm in superposition," she explains. The poet using pole dancing to explain particle physics 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z More compelling are the designer’s “colour catchers”: faceted and folded card shapes in different hues that function as an abstraction of all kinds of objects and spaces. An exhibition at the Design Museum in London shows colour in a new light 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z It felt as if Charles Saatchi might be hiding inside the faceted shell of one of the mirrored sculptures on show, cackling at his latest ruse. Party on the helipad! My day sipping champagne with the superyacht set 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Its faceted, gem-like facade optimizes sunlight, fresh air and park and river views. EXCHANGE: Jeanne Gang opens up about her architecture 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z “Those faceted crystals collapse, the bonds break, and it’s almost like a sheer surface,” Staples said. What a violent avalanche says about risk in the backcountry 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z From the third floor overlook, she stands next to a gigantic faceted Fresnel lens, used in lighthouses. State History Museum gets new director 2017-01-02T05:00:00Z The resulting glass cube pendants and faceted table lamps allude to Old World Wiener Werkstätte-era lighting from the likes of Josef Hoffmann — while retaining a distinct Mexican minimalism. The Store Putting Tijuana on the Design Map 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z The dining area has a theme: modern forest, with charred wood accents, faceted plywood columns, birch furniture, a wall garden made up of both living and fake plants and the hanging birch logs. In a Queens Food Court, No More Dumplings, No More Ramen 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z WHAT: Mr. Wolfe made this 13.5-inch vessel, which he calls a faceted assemblage, for his first solo show, at New York design gallery R & Company this fall. The Origin’s of a One-of-a-Kind Glass Vessel 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z The diamonds, they said, were useful because of their “versatile faceted surface chemistry, biocompatibility, and their role in improving mechanical properties.” Nanodiamonds may make for better root canals 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z He also owns the 545-carat Golden Jubilee Diamond, the largest cut and faceted diamond in the world. These Are the 10 Richest Royals in the World 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z It culminates in a great dome, ornamented with green mosaic palm fronds and topped by an oculus through which one can see a cupola of polished marble that sparkles like a celestial, faceted jewel. Interior of Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument Remains a Hidden Jewel 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z A. We’re calling that the diamond building — it’s a faceted building. Karim Rashid 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z The printer creates layers of films made up of faceted crystals that, under a microscope, look like cut jewels. Feed the Need for Speed The brand’s “my little Mystery” collection features porcelain in various hand-painted shades topped with faceted crystal, giving the appearance of a colored gem. The Porcelain Jewelry of Meissen Couture 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z With its faceted flanks shimmering above the trees, the portal to this emotional underworld – designed by Dykers' practice, the Norwegian firm Snøhetta – stands as an angular wedge, thrust into the north-east corner of the plaza. 9/11 Memorial Museum: an emotional underworld beneath Ground Zero 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z The ability of a system to guide the user through the experience the way that Oracle Endeca and other products do with faceted search represents a new level of usability. ClearStory Data Shows How Semantic Models And DSLs Are The Key To Usability For Analytics 2013-10-29T11:59:00Z Although not curved, the Shard's faceted, tapering silhouette aims for a similar effect. What’s it like to live near a skyscraper? 2012-06-14T23:18:20Z The upper faceted portion of a brilliantÏcut diamond, which projects from the setting and occupies the zone between the girdle and the table. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z "Our team is the first to do both faceted and dendritic growth, using basic conservation laws and thermodynamics," Garcke says. Snowflake Growth Successfully Modeled for the First Time 2012-03-16T11:15:00.237Z Gehry, 82, returns to the roots of his practice, conjuring cheerfully informal sculptured spaces in faceted planes of humble plywood. Gehry Banishes Off-Broadway’s Dreariness With Signature Center 2012-02-27T15:35:13Z Great masses of crystal, faceted like diamonds, hung suspended from the roof almost touching their heads, seemingly held up by magic. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z Such a simple instrument is especially useful for the examination of faceted gem-stones, even when they are mounted in their settings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z The amber liquid sparkled and bubbled and flowed over the many faceted goblet in cream and foam. The Passionate Elopement 2011-12-02T03:00:19.930Z The sun, mounting higher and higher, had emerged from the red ball stage into radiating beams, which touched the frosty particles on ground and tree alike into myriads of faceted diamonds. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z It may be used for indices ranging from 1.300 to 1.775, and may be applied to faceted stones without removal from their settings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z Again, it seems all diamond-like or pearl-like, or like a flood of flaked silver, shivered crystal, or faceted ingots of palest amber. The Niagara River 2011-02-08T03:00:09.703Z And its reflective, faceted shape and 255-ft. spire draw eyeballs from almost any angle. The Bank of America Building: A New Green Standard? 2010-06-06T06:05:00Z There were the sudden provocative glances which flashed as impersonally as precious stones, and yet lanced forth a thrill that no faceted gem could give. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Staring at Walt with his faceted, unblinking eyes, he thought in his own language, a language earthlings were incapable of learning: **Lycan, you idiot! Earth Alert! It reached at last the most extreme elaboration of banality, with ropes of pendants and hanging faceted drops often called lustres. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" Like a piece of faceted glass they catch and radiate light. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. Inside me a silent voice screamed a prayer for Wetzel to pull that trigger and pump a bullet into one of those round, staring, faceted eyes.... Call Him Savage The opalescent nucleus in every silvery faceted form seemed to be “watching” with frightening intensity the figures on the pit’s edge above them. Devil Crystals of Arret The roof is a low dome of larch wood, intricately carved and inlaid with ivory and with mother-of-pearl; it has been likened to the faceted surface of an elaborately cut gem. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia If we are dealing with a faceted stone, not even the smallest portion can be utilized, for fear of injuring it. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 The young woman was staring into the pan of water, into the faceted glass. The Status Civilization There were over a dozen of these robots, each the height of two men, and their eyes were strange round circles of faceted glass. Call Him Savage Then there came a sudden twang, as of a violently plucked string on a bass viol, and the amber egg dropped from the faceted side. Devil Crystals of Arret There were eyes; the round inhuman orbs of the dwarf chaks, the faceted stare of the prism eyes of the Toys. The Door Through Space A faceted stone is always cut from a single crystal, and not from an ordinary lump of the mineral, which is generally a mass of crystals. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 She was looking up from the faceted glass now, shaking her head sadly. The Status Civilization Starlight picked out two round faceted eyes of glass. Call Him Savage A second later the rat-man was pinned against the faceted crystalline side just under the opalescent nucleus. Devil Crystals of Arret These bits are commonly distinctly faceted; they rarely have a spherical form. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography The butterfly, better endowed with its faceted eyes than the owl with its single pupils, goes forward without hesitation, and threads the obstacles without contact. Social Life in the Insect World Several thousand dollars' worth are cut from quartz into charms and faceted stones, although ten times that amount of paste or imitation diamonds are sold as Arkansas crystals. Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 Now bring it near; see the carving, here corrugated, there faceted, now sculptured into hideous, tiny, heathen gods. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 This crystal nucleus clouded murkily, and the lance-like arm telescoped back into the faceted bulk. Devil Crystals of Arret The room, the—hollow—in which we stood was faceted like a diamond; and like a cut brilliant its sides glistened—though dully. The Moon Pool Its great faceted eyes inform it of all that happens to right and left; its three stemmata, like little ruby telescopes, explore the sky above its head. Social Life in the Insect World She became aware of the Scotch student regarding her with stupendous amazement, a tea-cup poised in one hairy hand and his faceted glasses showing a various enlargement of segments of his eye. Ann Veronica, a modern love story This latter is provided above with two slender six-jointed antennæ, two very large faceted eyes at the side, and three ocelli forming a triangle. Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 Cautiously we glided by an iceberg, at least one hundred and fifty feet high, rising with a faceted, perpendicular face chased with soft, snowy traceries and ornamented with stalactites. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Gasping, shaken, weak, I stood within the faceted oval chamber; arm still about the handmaiden's white shoulder; Larry's hand still clutching her girdle. The Moon Pool They were curiously shaped, reminding me of the elongated, faceted eyes of some queer creature, with whose appearance I was familiar, although I could not, at the instant, recall its name. The Beetle Many of the stones of the till are dressed as only glacier ice can do; their sharp edges have been blunted and their sides faceted and scored. The Elements of Geology When she looked up again, her cheeks had a tinge of colour in them; her eyes shone like faceted jewels; her smile was radiant and infectious. Maurice Guest The tools are faceted, polished and furrowed, for ever moving onwards. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 It fairly glittered with the newly introduced incandescent lamp reflected in a perfect world of beveled and faceted mirrors. The Titan Under what form of thought, illusion, or mirage does the unfamiliar problem which has obtruded itself into her customary life present itself behind those faceted eyes? Fabre, Poet of Science Clays and sand, now hardened to firm rock, are inset with unsorted stones of all sizes, which often are faceted and scratched. The Elements of Geology I saw the tremor shake their bristling hosts, oscillate the great spire, set the faceted disks quivering. The Metal Monster The process was multi- faceted, and still involved myths, the magical, and rituals. The Civilization of Illiteracy Her full, smooth, roundly modeled neck was enhanced in its cream-pink whiteness by an inch-wide necklet of black jet cut in many faceted black squares. The Financier, a novel Still less let us fancy that one least fragment of it is not more precious than the most brilliant paste jewel of our own compounding, though it be polished and faceted never so completely. Alexandria and Her Schools; four lectures delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Edinburgh Some of the pebbles of the terminal moraine are angular, and some are faceted and scored, the latter having come by the hard road of the ground moraine. The Elements of Geology The faceted world was like a cosmic abacist, tallying as it marched the errors of the infinite. The Metal Monster Why should not the soul of the species, many faceted indeed, be nevertheless a soul like our own? God the Invisible King The street suit that she wore was of a light golden-brown broadcloth, faceted with small, dark-red buttons. The Financier, a novel The slender steeple of the cones drooped sending its faceted coronet shattering to the floor. The Metal Monster The faceted disks wavered; turned upward; the wheel began to whirl—faster—faster— Up from that flaming circle, out into the sky leaped a thick, pale green column of intensest light. The Metal Monster On the ordered plains were traced the hieroglyphs of the faceted world. The Metal Monster |
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