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Relief :: Relief (n.) The height to which works are raised above the bottom of the ditch.

Relief :: Relief (n.) Release from a post, or from the performance of duty, by the intervention of others, by discharge, or by relay; as, a relief of a sentry..

Casual :: Casual (n.) One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.

Crusta :: Crusta (n.) A gem engraved, or a plate embossed in low relief, for inlaying a vase or other object..

Need :: Need (n.) To be in want of; to have cause or occasion for; to lack; to require, as supply or relief..

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..

Anaglyph :: Anaglyph (n.) Any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief, as a cameo..

Graphotype :: Graphotype (n.) A process for producing a design upon a surface in relief so that it can be printed from. Prepared chalk or oxide of zinc is pressed upon a smooth plate by a hydraulic press, and the design is drawn upon this in a peculiar ink which hardens the surface wherever it is applied. The surface is then carefully rubbed or brushed, leaving the lines in relief..

Basso-relievo :: Basso-relievo (n.) Same as Bas-relief.

Charity :: Charity (n.) Eleemosynary appointments [grants or devises] including relief of the poor or friendless, education, religious culture, and public institutions..

Succorer :: Succorable (a.) Capable of being succored or assisted; admitting of relief.

Panacea :: Panacea (n.) A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine; a cure-all; catholicon; hence, a relief or solace for affliction..

Fictor :: Fictor (n.) An artist who models or forms statues and reliefs in any plastic material.

Zincography :: Zincography (n.) The art or process of engraving or etching on zinc, in which the design is left in relief in the style of a wood cut, the rest of the ground being eaten away by acid..

Solace :: Solace (v. t.) Comfort in grief; alleviation of grief or anxiety; also, that which relieves in distress; that which cheers or consoles; relief..

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

Mullar :: Mullar (n.) A die, cut in intaglio, for stamping an ornament in relief, as upon metal..

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

Repousse :: Repousse (a.) Formed in relief, as a pattern on metal..

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

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