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Soˈrrento
The name of an Italian town in the province of Naples, used attrib. in Sorrento edge, Sorrento edging, Sorrento lace, Sorrento orange, Sorrento work (see quots.).
1856Mrs. Pullan Lady's Dict. Needlework 25 Sorrento Edge [in Point Lace]. Ibid. 28 Sorrento Lace. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. 2246/2 Sorrento-work, fret carving, done by a jig-saw. 1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework 453/1 Sorrento edging, used in modern Point Lace. 1896Daily News 24 Dec. 3/2 The Neapolitan, or Sorrento orange,..is not smooth, but rather rough and unprepossessing, and its skin thick. |