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/buːl/ · noun
(woodworking, often attributive) A particularly decorative piece of brass or other material, used as inlay in furniture or other works..
In preparation for a client of his type, she had brought into the shop a buhl cabinet, selected from Jabez Rintle's hoard, and that piece, with its elaborate craftsmanship in brass, inlay, tortoiseshell and carving, arrested Mr Jacobson's flair for a bargain in financial values at least.
Fancy a Member of Parliament and an old English Baronet, by Gad! obliged to put a drawing-room clock and a buhl inkstand up the spout; and a gold duck’s-head paper-holder, that I dare say cost my wife five pound, for which they’d only give me fifteen-and-six!
Use buhl when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Buhl means (woodworking, often attributive) A particularly decorative piece of brass or other material, used as inlay in furniture or other works..
Common synonyms include boule, boulle.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In preparation for a client of his type, she had brought into the shop a buhl cabinet, selected from Jabez Rintle's hoard, and that piece, with its elaborate craftsmanship in brass, inlay, tortoiseshell and carving, arrested Mr Jacobson's flair for a bargain in financial values at least.
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