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Repousse :: Repousse (a.) Ornamented with patterns in relief made by pressing or hammering on the reverse side; -- said of thin metal, or of a vessel made of thin metal..

Quirk :: Quirk (n.) A small channel, deeply recessed in proportion to its width, used to insulate and give relief to a convex rounded molding..

Relievement :: Relievement (n.) The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; relief; release..

Herniotomy :: Herniotomy (n.) A cutting for the cure or relief of hernia; celotomy.

Redress :: Redress (n.) One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser..

Ectypography :: Ectypography (n.) A method of etching in which the design upon the plate is produced in relief.

Watch :: Watch (v. i.) The period of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel, or guard; the time from the placing of a sentinel till his relief; hence, a division of the night..

Mill :: Mill (n.) A hardened steel roller having a design in relief, used for imprinting a reversed copy of the design in a softer metal, as copper..

Anaglyptics :: Anaglyptics (n.) The art of carving in low relief, embossing, etc..

Pseudoscopic :: Pseudoscopic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a pseudoscope; having its parts appearing with the relief reversed; as, a pseudoscopic image..

Disembarrassment :: Disembarrassment (n.) Freedom or relief from impediment or perplexity.

Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head on a coin, or the like..

Help :: Help (v. t.) Remedy; relief; as, there is no help for it..

Shagreen :: Shagreen (n.) A kind of untanned leather prepared in Russia and the East, from the skins of horses, asses, and camels, and grained so as to be covered with small round granulations. This characteristic surface is produced by pressing small seeds into the grain or hair side when moist, and afterward, when dry, scraping off the roughness left between them, and then, by soaking, causing the portions of the skin which had been compressed or indented by the seeds to swell up into relief. It is used f

Rilievo :: Rilievo (n.) Same as Relief, n., 5..

Stereograph :: Stereogram (n.) A diagram or picture which represents objects in such a way as to give the impression of relief or solidity; also, a stereograph..

Mezzo-rilievo :: Mezzo-rilievo (n.) A middle degree of relief in figures, between high and low relief..

Alto-rilievo :: Alto-rilievo (n.) High relief; sculptured work in which the figures project more than half their thickness; as, this figure is an alto-rilievo or in alto-rilievo..

Urethrotomy :: Urethrotomy (n.) An incision of the urethra, esp. incision for relief of urethral stricture..

Anaglyptography :: Anaglyptography (n.) The art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; -- used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc..

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