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millefiori [ˌmɪlɪˈfjɔːrɪ]

a. decorative glassware in which coloured glass rods are fused and cut to create flower patterns: an ancient technique revived in Venice in the sixteenth century and in France and England in the nineteenth century

b. (as modifier) a millefiori paperweight

[from Italian: thousand flowers]

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No references found			CAPTION(S): Stunning: a millefiori stud and, right, the Folded Cross, which was part of the Anglo-Saxon hoard. Lucky hunter strikes gold; Golden haul 'had my name on it' by Birmingham Mail (England) The Bohemian/Venician technique of embedding millefiori canes (multi-colored glass mixtures) was taken over by Baccarat in the 1840s and their lead crystal glass paperweights with millefiori designs surpass anything produced in that period from Bohemia or Venice. A Brief History of Baccarat Crystal by Abe S. / Hobbies community New glass techniques included avventurina (metal flecks embedded in glass for a sparkly look) and calcedonio (illusion of semiprecious stones), raised decorations on glass, and millefiori beads. History of Murano Glass by Glass of Venice / Fashion, accessories and textiles community			Mill head Mill pick Mill pond Mill race Mill tail Mill tooth mill wheel mill worker Mill-cake mill-girl mill-hand mill-rind mill-run Mill-sixpence millage Millais Millard Fillmore Millay millboard milldam milled Milled cloth Milled lead millefeuille Millefiore glass millefiori millefleur millefleurs millenarian millenarianism millenarism millenarist millenary millennial millennialism Millennialist millennian Millennianism Millennist millennium millennium bug millenniumism Milleped millepede Millepora millepore Milleporite Miller miller's disease miller's thumb miller's-thumb			milled milled milled milled milled about milled about milled about milled about milled around milled around milled around milled around Milled cloth Milled coinage Milled lead Milled lead milled lumber Milled money milled soap milled surface milled-in curve milled-in curve milled-in curve Milledge, John Milledgeville MILLEE Millefeuille millefeuilles Millefiore Millefiore glass millefiori Millefiori Glass millefleur millefleurs millefleurs tapestry millenarian millenarianism millenarianism millenarianist millenarianists Millenarians millenaries Millenarism millenarist millenary Millend Millenial generation Millenial Housing Commission Millenial Star Millenialism Millenialism Millenialist Millenium Millenium Millenium bug Millenium March on Washington

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