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Auxesis :: Auxesis (n.) A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for the proper word; amplification; hyperbole.

Heptahedron :: Heptahedron (n.) A solid figure with seven sides.

Figure :: Figure (n.) Any one of the several regular steps or movements made by a dancer.

Dihedron :: Dihedron (n.) A figure with two sides or surfaces.

Brilliant :: Brilliant (a.) A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving..

Florid :: Florid (a.) Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures, divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or little ornamentations..

Curvilinear :: Curvilinear (a.) Consisting of, or bounded by, curved lines; as, a curvilinear figure..

Figure :: Figure (n.) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a musical or motive; a florid embellishment.

Figure :: Figure (n.) Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are estimated or sold at a low figure..

Heart :: Heart (n.) That which resembles a heart in shape; especially, a roundish or oval figure or object having an obtuse point at one end, and at the other a corresponding indentation, -- used as a symbol or representative of the heart..

Generate :: Generate (v. t.) To trace out, as a line, figure, or solid, by the motion of a point or a magnitude of inferior order..

Degree :: Degree (n.) Three figures taken together in numeration; thus, 140 is one degree, 222,140 two degrees..

Hypallage :: Hypallage (n.) A figure consisting of a transference of attributes from their proper subjects to other. Thus Virgil says, dare classibus austros, to give the winds to the fleets, instead of dare classibus austris, to give the fleets to the winds..

Capricorn :: Capricorn (n.) A southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish..

Asterisk :: Asterisk (n.) The figure of a star, thus, /, used in printing and writing as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, to supply the omission of letters or words, or to mark a word or phrase as having a special character..

Arabesque :: Arabesque (n.) A style of ornamentation either painted, inlaid, or carved in low relief. It consists of a pattern in which plants, fruits, foliage, etc., as well as figures of men and animals, real or imaginary, are fantastically interlaced or put together..

Illustrate :: Illustrate (v. t.) To make clear, intelligible, or apprehensible; to elucidate, explain, or exemplify, as by means of figures, comparisons, and examples..

Star :: Star (n.) That which resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament worn on the breast to indicate rank or honor..

Symbolics :: Symbolical (a.) Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs; representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight and knowledge..

Defeature :: Defeature (n.) Disfigurement; deformity.

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