amassette
noun
amas·sette
¦amə¦set
plural -s
: a scraping instrument used in ancient and medieval painting for gathering on a slab colors intended to be ground
Word History
Etymology
French, from amasser + -ette
First Known Use
1849, in the meaning defined above
- spruce (up)
- spruce aphid
- spruce beer
- spruce beetle
- spruce borer
- spruce bud midge
- spruce bud moth
- spruce budworm
- spruce coneworm
- spruce extract
- spruce fir
- spruce foliage worm
- spruce gall aphid
- spruce green
- spruce grouse
- spruce gum
- spruce mite
- spruce oil
- spruce partridge
- spruce pine
- spruce sawfly
- spruce spider mite
- spruce up
- spruce yellow
- spruced