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Footing :: Footing (n.) A narrow cotton lace, without figures..

Figure :: Figure (n.) To represent by a figure, as to form or mold; to make an image of, either palpable or ideal; also, to fashion into a determinate form; to shape..

Figurative :: Figurative (a.) Relating to the representation of form or figure by drawing, carving, etc. See Figure, n., 2..

Background :: Background (n.) The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures.

Figure :: Figure (n.) A person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes a type or representative..

Phenakistoscope :: Phenakistoscope (n.) A revolving disk on which figures drawn in different relative attitudes are seen successively, so as to produce the appearance of an object in actual motion, as an animal leaping, etc., in consequence of the persistence of the successive visual impressions of the retina. It is often arranged so that the figures may be projected upon a screen..

Trans- :: Trans- () A prefix, signifying over, beyond, through and through, on the other side, as in transalpine, beyond the Alps; transform, to form through and through, that is, anew, transfigure..

Atlantes :: Atlantes (n. pl.) Figures or half figures of men, used as columns to support an entablature; -- called also telamones. See Caryatides..

Figure :: Figure (n.) To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.

Fusil :: Fusil (n.) A bearing of a rhomboidal figure; -- named from its shape, which resembles that of a spindle..

Grotesgue :: Grotesgue (a.) Like the figures found in ancient grottoes; grottolike; wildly or strangely formed; whimsical; extravagant; of irregular forms and proportions; fantastic; ludicrous; antic.

Aposiopesis :: Aposiopesis (n.) A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, I declare to you that his conduct -- but I can not speak of that, here..

Tropist :: Tropist (n.) One who deals in tropes; specifically, one who avoids the literal sense of the language of Scripture by explaining it as mere tropes and figures of speech..

Trapezium :: Trapezium (n.) A plane figure bounded by four right lines, of which no two are parallel..

Mark :: Mark (n.) A visible sign or impression made or left upon anything; esp., a line, point, stamp, figure, or the like, drawn or impressed, so as to attract the attention and convey some information or intimation; a token; a trace..

Lozenge :: Lozenge (n.) A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. Cf. Fusil..

Herborization :: Herborization (n.) The figure of plants in minerals or fossils.

Eagle :: Eagle (n.) Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera Aquila and Haliaeetus. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size, graceful figure, keenness of vision, and extraordinary flight. The most noted species are the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetus); the imperial eagle of Europe (A. mogilnik / imperialis); the American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus); the European sea eagle (H. albicilla); and the great harpy eagle (Thrasaetus harpyia). The figure of the eagle, as the

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

Huckaback :: Huckaback (n.) A kind of linen cloth with raised figures, used for towelings..

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