boscage | n. [ OF. boscage grove, F. bocage, fr. LL. boscus, buscus, thicket, wood. See 1st Bush. ] 1. A growth of trees or shrubs; underwood; a thicket; thick foliage; a wooded landscape. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (O. Eng. Law) Food or sustenance for cattle, obtained from bushes and trees; also, a tax on wood. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Scagliola | n. [ It. scagliuola, dim. of scaglia. See Scaglia. ] An imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble, spar, granite, etc., and subsequently colored and polished. [ 1913 Webster ] |