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"Take all your dukes and marquesses and earls and viscounts, pack them into one chamber, call it the House of Lords to satisfy their pride and then strip it of all political power. It's a solution so perfectly elegant and preposterous that only the British could have managed it." Charles Krauthammer.
Bergamot Ambergris Cinnebar Vermilion Lapis lazuli Fascia Mullion Gable
These words to me possess a luster and the mystique of fine craftsmanship. Ambergris is actually a waxy intestinal discharge (vomited when it's not defecated) from sperm whales that's found floating in the open sea. How anyone thought to develop perfume from it is the quirk of human inventiveness. Whales are smart animals. I wonder what they might think about it.
Other terms are more direct, suggesting labor, tooling and precision:
Cobalt Baluster Mortise Plinth Outrigger
My favorite word from craftsmanship that combines simplicity, evocative grace and precision is dovetail.
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