[ɪnˈtɑːsɪə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a method of knitting with a number of colours, in which a separate length or ball of yarn is used for each area of colour (as opposed to different yarns being carried at the back of the work)
(e.g: an intarsia design)

- an elaborate form of marquetry using inlays in wood, especially as practised in 15th-century Italy


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Origin:
from Italian intarsio; in intarsia superseding earlier tarsia (from Italian, ‘marquetry’); the knitting term dates from the mid 19th century