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be enhanced by a consideration oftbe etymology of a few Zufii decora- 

 tive terms, more of whicb might be given did space admit. A terraced 

 lozenge (see Figs. 510, 511), instead of being named after the abstract 



Fu. 510. Fig. 511. 



Terraced lozenge decoration, or "double-apUnt-Btitcb-fonDS." 



word a wi thlui ap i pa tchi na, which signifies a double terrace or two 

 terraces joined together at the base, is designated shu Wu tu li a tsi' nun, 

 from shu e, splints or fibers ; Wu tsu, a double fold, space, or stitch (see 



Dnubli-spli nt -stitch. 



Figs. 512, 513); K a, an interpolation referring to form ; and tsi' nan, mark ; 

 in other words, the "double splint-stitch-form mark." Likewise, a pat- 



FIG. 514. — Diagonal i>arallel-line decoration. 



tern, composed principally of a series of diagonal or oblique parallel 

 lines en masse (see Fig. 514), is called shu' Wish pa tsi nan, from shu e, 



