Both Uses of
mosaic
in
The Looking Glass Wars
- The far wall of the ballroom was decorated with a huge quartz and agate mosaic of the queen's face and, as Redd approached it, the portrait's mouth opened and she entered a secret passage known only to herself and The Cat.
p. 322.3 *mosaic = a picture made of many pieces of colored material such as stone
- Alyss shot two orb generators at the quartz and agate mosaic and-kerboosh!
p. 340.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(mosaic) art consisting of a design made of many pieces of colored material such as stone or tile
or more rarely:
anything made of many differing parts of equal importance, but varying appearance -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, "Mosaic" can mean "related to Moses". A comprehensive dictionary will show numerous other more specialized meanings based upon the primary meaning.