frieze vs waist

frieze

noun
  • A kind of coarse woolen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side. 

  • That part of the entablature of an order which is between the architrave and cornice. It is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture. 

  • Any sculptured or richly ornamented band in a building or, by extension, in rich pieces of furniture. 

  • A banner with a series of pictures. 

verb
  • To put a frieze on. 

  • To make a nap on (cloth); to friz. 

waist

noun
  • A part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist. 

  • That part of the upper deck of a ship between the quarterdeck and the forecastle. 

  • The middle portion of the hull of a ship or the fuselage of an aircraft. 

  • The part of the body between the pelvis and the stomach. 

  • The narrow connection between the thorax and abdomen in certain insects (e.g., bees, ants and wasps). 

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