The two main classifications are stones cut as smooth, dome shaped stones called cabochons, and stones which are cut with a faceting machine by polishing small flat windows called facets at regular intervals at exact angles.

Cutting plotter knives cut into a piece of material ( paper, mylar or vinyl ) that is lying on the flat surface area of the plotter.

The lower surfaces of the separate stones, here shown as flat, were sometimes cut to a point or edge in order to grasp the nucleus, or next layer, more firmly .( F ).

The fragmented field of candidates debated issues such as a flat tax and other tax cut proposals, and a return to supply-side economic policies popularized by Ronald Reagan.

The most commonly used cam is the plate cam which is cut out of a piece of flat metal or plate.

When expertly " cut " by striking with a specialized tool in the quarry, many slates will form smooth flat sheets of stone which have long been used for roofing and floor tiles and other purposes.

* Fougasse is the traditional bread of Provence, round and flat with holes cut out by the baker.

The terrain is mostly flat or gently rolling, but more dramatic banks and bluffs can be found where waterways cut through areas of higher elevation.

The gourds were flattened on one side, with a sound-hole cut into the flat side, before drying.

A beefsteak is a flat cut of beef, usually cut perpendicular to the muscle fibers.

If the effectiveness of the decollement becomes reduced the thrust will tend to cut up the section to a higher stratigraphic level, until it reaches another effective decollement where it can continue as bedding parallel flat.

The definition of " deepest canyon " is similarly imprecise, especially if one includes mountain canyons as well as canyons cut through relatively flat plateaus ( which have a somewhat well-defined rim elevation ).

The second is the wooden hanger, which consists of a flat piece of wood cut into a boomerang-like shape with the edges sanded down to prevent damage to the clothing, and a hook, usually of metal, protruding from the point.

The noodle is a type of staple food made from some type of unleavened dough which is rolled flat and cut into one of a variety of shapes.

The western portion of the county ( east of the Dolores River Canyon and along the Utah border ) is the northern portion of the Great Sage Plain, relatively low ( 6500 – 7500 feet in elevation ) and flat ( but cut by large canyons, including that of the Dolores River itself ), and consists of irrigated and dryland farming areas ; it is especially well known for the cultivation of various varieties of beans, including pinto beans and many variety of old Anasazi beans.

Many different items and scenes are cut into the large flat top side of the rock, which measures by 21 feet ( 10 by 6 m ).

A puzzle die comprises a flat board, often made from plywood, which has slots cut or burned in the same shape as the knives that will be used.

These are the flat chisel, the most widely known type, which is used to cut bars and rods to reduce surfaces and to cut sheet metal which is too thick or difficult to cut with tin snips.

To cut, as opposed to carve, a brick bolster is used ; this has a wide, flat blade that is tapped along the cut line to produce a groove, then hit hard in the centre to crack the stone.

His broad flat fingers, petrified into massive sausages by years of bricklaying, snatched the bills clumsily.

In their very first collages, Braque and Picasso draw or paint over and on the affixed paper or cloth, so that certain of the principal features of their subjects as depicted seem to thrust out into real, bas-relief space -- or to be about to do so -- while the rest of the subject remains imbedded in, or flat upon, the surface.

Only when the collage had been exhaustively translated into oil, and transformed by this translation, did Cubism become an affair of positive color and flat, interlocking silhouettes whose legibility and placement created allusions to, if not the illusion of, unmistakable three-dimensional identities.

It is then allowed to sit on a flat surface for a day or so until the soil has settled into layers or remains in suspension.

West of Markovo it is in the Anadyr Highlands ( moderate mountains and valleys with a few trees ) and east of Markovo it moves into the Anadyr lowlands ( very flat treeless tundra with lakes and bogs ).

Jarry moved into a flat which the landlord had created through the unusual expedient of subdividing a larger flat by means of a horizontal rather than a vertical partition.

While the Dines anemometer had an error of only 1 % at it did not respond very well to low winds due to the poor response of the flat plate vane required to turn the head into the wind.

Peyote stitch patterns are very easy to depict diagrammatically because they are typically stitched flat and then later incorporated into the piece or left as a flat tapestry.

Off-loom beadweaving is a family of beadwork techniques in which seed beads are woven together into a flat fabric or a three-dimensional object such as a ball, clasp, box, or a piece of jewelry.

When the shuttlecock is near to net height, players can hit drives, which travel flat and rapidly over the net into the opponents ' rear midcourt and rearcourt.

The server can choose a low serve into the forecourt ( like a push ), or a lift to the back of the service court, or a flat drive serve.

* A flat coast is one where the land gradually descends into the sea.

The pregroove is molded into the top side of the polycarbonate disc, where the pits and lands would be molded if it were a pressed ( nonrecordable ) Red Book CD ; the bottom side, which faces the laser beam in the player or drive, is flat and smooth.

It rises from the stylobate without any base ; it is from four to six times as tall as its diameter ; it has twenty broad flutes ; the capital consists simply of a banded necking swelling out into a smooth echinus, which carries a flat square abacus ; the Doric entablature is also the heaviest, being about one-fourth the height column.

The chambers were created from large stones set on end, roofed with large flat stones and often sub-divided by slabs into small compartments.

Geologists explain the effect in terms of a bucket of mud into which a large flat stone is placed, forcing the mud to creep up the sides of the pail.

After Kemp cast Bowie with Hermione Farthingale for a poetic minuet, the pair began dating ; they soon moved into a London flat together.

The northern third of Sinai is a flat, sandy coastal plain, which extends from the Suez Canal into the Gaza Strip and Israel.

Belief in a flat Earth continued into the 5th-century BC.

In August, Blair moved into a flat in Kentish Town, which he shared with Michael Sayers and Rayner Heppenstall.

By the end of 1936, Gardner was finding his Charing Cross Road flat to be cramped, and moved into the block of flats at 32a Buckingham Palace Mansions.

In the 7-color modes, the sprites and backgrounds were given separate color schemes, and in the 10-color modes the sprites were further split into two differently-colored groups ; however, as flat black ( or white ) was a shared fourth color in all but one ( 7-color ) palette, the overall effect was that of 4, 6 or 8 colors.

There was a reference that Jim Henson tried to sneak into Heaven only for him and Kermit the Frog to end up in a flat rectangle prison ( similar to General Zod in Superman II ) as Kermit begs for them to be released.