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‖ Grecque|grɛk|
[In sense 1 F. grecque, fem. of grec Greek.]
1. Arch. A Greek fret.
1836Macgillivray tr. Humboldt's Trav. xix. 280 The edge is encircled by meanders, labyrinths, and grecques, with narrow lines variously combined. 1855Kingsley Westw. Ho! xxv, A handsome earthen tube..painted with quaint grecques and figures of animals. 1887Athenæum 23 Apr. 548/3 The basket-work of the Chilkaht Indians is superb..presenting all sorts of lovely designs in bands, crosses..and grecques.
2. A kind of coffee-strainer or ‘percolator’; a coffee-pot fitted with such a strainer. ? U.S.
1864in Webster. |