rosacen.

1823 Morning Chron. 3 Mar. 4/2 They are finished by the rouleaux in points, with the rosaces in the centre of the sleeve, encircling the arm.

1859 Littell's Living Age May 351/2 Thanks to the trickling of hidden springs, a brilliant layer of stalactites, like stucco, clothed the upper walls. Mouldings, rosaces, arabesques in relief, were not wanting to this ceiling wrought by a master hand.

1883 G. Grove Dict. Music III. 161/2 Under the head of Ruckers will be found illustrations of the rose or rosace as used by those great [violin-]makers.

1903 Burlington Mag. July 156/1 The cover, of depressed form, is surmounted by a rosace finial containing the Wykeham arms in enamel.

1998 M. Mauldon tr. J.-K. Huysmans Against Nature ii. 20 She sets in motion the immense rosaces of her elegant wheels and leaps forward.

1837 J. G. MacVicar On the Beautiful v. 112 We often find the octogon with its radii contending in beauty with the hexagon, that is, the rectangular Rosace rivalling the rhomboidal, as in the kaleidoscope itself.

1849 T. W. Allies Jrnl. in France 101 A vast decorated window terminating in a great rosace above.

1871 Standard 17 June 5/4 The Church is lightsome with its frequent rosace windows.

1936 V. Sackville-West St. Joan of Arc (1938) xi. 221 Much of the stained glass had already been in its place for over a century..while the mosaic of the rosaces blazed like living flowers in sunlight and fell in splashes of red, blue, and yellow.

1989 Art Bull. 70 124/2 The tracery rosace of the north chapel window..contains scenes of St. Nicholas.