0 someone whose job is cutting and polishing stones, especially precious stones
1 relating to the work of cutting and polishing stones, especially precious stones:
His services were also essential in the completion of the vertical section of the teeth of the different species, which would be very expensive if professional lapidaries were hired (ibid.).
There is also evidence for spindle whorl and spindle production, figurine production, and lapidary production.
Secondary craft activities in one workshop included making cotton spindle whorls and some lapidary and figurine manufacturing.
The writing sometimes achieves a fine lapidary quality.
In addition, we wanted to determine the chronology of lapidary craft development as well as the tools, techniques, and stages of such production.
Lapidary craft production also appears to be an activity practiced only by specific households.
All of these points are made in lapidary style, with minimal notation, and all are thoroughly familiar.
What he valued in the inscription was its capacity to bridge the gap between fixity and immediacy, lapidary permanence and impassioned effusion.
