Sentence:  Wavy <WSD>lines</WSD> , feather like patterns , rosettes of indefinitely floral nature , birds either singly or in stylized rows , animals in solemn frieze bands ( see Plates 11 - 12 ) - all these turned up in the more developed fabrics as preliminary signs that the potters were broadening their gaze . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point