Lapidary

What do we mean by lapidary?

One who cuts, polishes, or engraves gems. noun

A dealer in precious or semiprecious stones. noun

Of or relating to precious stones or the art of working with them. adjective

Engraved in stone. adjective

Marked by conciseness, precision, or refinement of expression. adjective

Sharply or finely delineated. adjective

Pertaining to a stone or stones; having relation to stones: as, the lapidary bee (which see, below).

Pertaining or relating to, or used in, the working of stone or stones, especially of fine stones or gems, as cutting, polishing, engraving, etc.: as, the lapidary art; a lapidary wheel.

Engraved or inscribed upon stone: as, lapidary verses.

Of or pertaining to inscriptions cut in stone, or to any formal inscriptions; monumental: as, the lapidary style of composition or of lettering.

A lapidary wheel.

The slicer, a thin iron wheel edged with diamond-dust, used like a saw;

The lap or mill, used for grinding and polishing, usually working horizontally and performing its function by means of its upper face or disk, which is faced with metal, wood, leather, or other material, and is strewn with polishing or abrading powder of different degrees of hardness and fineness.

A stone-cutter; one who cuts and prepares and inscribes tombstones. noun

Specifically, a workman in fine and hard stones; one who does any kind of skilled work on precious or semi-precious stones, as cutting, polishing, engraving, the formation of useful or decorative articles, etc. noun

A virtuoso of lapidary work; a lapidarist. noun

An artificer who cuts, polishes, and engraves precious stones; hence, a dealer in precious stones. noun

A virtuoso skilled in gems or precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work. noun

A machine consisting essentially of a revolving lap on a vertical spindle, used by a lapidary for grinding and polishing. noun

A person who cuts, polishes, engraves, or deals in gems.

An expert in gems or precious stones; a connoisseur of lapidary work.

A treatise on precious stones.

Words that are spelled similarly to lapidary:
lapidary, apiary, lapidate, laniary, lapidify, laminary, lapidaire, lapida.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word lapidary:
gems, gem, jewelry, minerals, carving, stones, jade, precious, cutting, mineral, decorative, inscription, monuments, fossil, carved, diamond, marble, stone, sculpture, craft, readers, medieval, gallery, rocks, museum, categories, translation, techniques, arts, technique, collection, machine, clubs, journal, tradition, glass, material, latin, contemporary, equipment, forms, style, ancient, artist.

Words that rhyme with lapidary:
dictionary, cherry, arbitrary, contemporary, ancillary, wary, itinerary, stationary, fiduciary, proprietary, carry, necessary, library, corollary, stationery, preliminary, contrary, extraordinary, sanctuary, mary, tertiary, primary, berry, vary, secretary, very, adversary, blueberry, ordinary, subsidiary, sedentary, estuary, scary, vocabulary, culinary, apothecary, fairy, tarry, cemetery, bury, temporary, beneficiary, monetary, salutary, dairy, harry, mercenary, literary, discretionary, solitary, pecuniary, aerie, merry, obituary, legendary, visionary, unitary, confectionery, prairie, parry, marry, commentary, airy, emissary, unnecessary, seminary, luminary, canary, raspberry, nary, revolutionary, february, barre, military, tributary, ferry, strawberry, arie, eyrie, secondary, mulberry, gooseberry, reactionary, customary, imaginary, confectionary, missionary, epistolary, huckleberry, hereditary, capillary, judiciary, ary, hairy, veterinary, monastery, sanitary, pulmonary, dysentery, january.

Adjectives that are often used to describe lapidary:
skilful, skilled, more, old, modern, amateur, expert, famous, eminent, exquisite, ancient, medieval, indian, greek, experienced, venetian, cunning, poor, best, alphabetical, skillful, aboriginal, aristotelian, french, cheap, dutch, spurious, most, chinese, literary, latin, rate, roman, master, german, voluminous, spectacled, gifted, unedited, aztec, unskilful, european, headed, mighty, phoenician, babylonian, erudite, native, clever, intelligent.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective lapidary:
style, work, inscriptions, art, phrase, inscription, industry, statement, form, formula, phrases, script, sentence, shop, equipment, sentences, fashion, quality, museum, prose, arts, techniques, production, words, formulation, statements, shops, characters, expression, tradition, letters, capitals, skill, precision, machine, workshops, workshop, wheel, brevity, concision, collection, language, manner, purposes, treatment, writing, definition, character, records, simplicity, verse, perfection, latin, technique, terms, lines, traditions, remark, industries, material, items, works, texts, lettering, speech, cuts, comment, alphabet, measurements, sculpture, clarity, business, barrio, artists, judgment, supplies, skills, formulas, establishments, apparatus, scrawl, formulations, artist, objects, craft, verses, summary, wheels, answer, monuments, clubs, adulation.

Words that sound like lapidary:
lapidary, lapidarian, laboratory, lapidate, lapierre, labadie, lapidus, papeterie, library, legendary, labrador, lavatory, libary, landry, labradors, lepore, ladera, lapid, librery, lipari, labrador tea, lipidemia, liberi, land area, lavatera, libratory.