Definition of relief

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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..

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Prominent :: Prominent (a.) Standing out, or projecting, beyond the line surface of something; jutting; protuberant; in high relief; as, a prominent figure on a vase..
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..
Repousse :: Repousse (a.) Formed in relief, as a pattern on metal..
Flatness :: Flatness (n.) Eveness of surface; want of relief or prominence; the state of being plane or level.
Stian :: Stiacciato (n.) The lowest relief, -- often used in Italian sculpture of the 15th and 16th centuries..
Medallion :: Medallion (n.) A circular or oval (or, sometimes, square) tablet bearing a figure or figures represented in relief..
Help :: Help (v. t.) To furnish with relief, as in pain or disease; to be of avail against; -- sometimes with of before a word designating the pain or disease, and sometimes having such a word for the direct object..
Polytype :: Polytype (n.) A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc. (see citation); as, a polytype in relief..
Administer :: Administer (v. t.) To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament..
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..
Relievable :: Relievable (a.) Capable of being relieved; fitted to recieve relief.
Redress :: Redress (v. t.) To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
Anastatic :: Anastatic (a.) Pertaining to a process or a style of printing from characters in relief on zinc plates.
Wedgwood Ware :: Wedgwood ware () A kind of fine pottery, the most remarkable being what is called jasper, either white, or colored throughout the body, and capable of being molded into the most delicate forms, so that fine and minute bas-reliefs like cameos were made of it, fit even for being set as jewels..
Fretwork :: Fretwork (n.) Work adorned with frets; ornamental openwork or work in relief, esp. when elaborate and minute in its parts. Hence, any minute play of light and shade, dark and light, or the like..
Pseudoscope :: Pseudoscope (n.) An instrument which exhibits objects with their proper relief reversed; -- an effect opposite to that produced by the stereoscope.
Demi-rilievo :: Demi-rilievo (n.) Half relief; sculpture in relief of which the figures project from the background by one half their full roundness.
Demirelief :: Demirelief (n.) Alt. of Demireliev.
Succorable :: Succor (v. t.) The person or thing that brings relief.
Cavo-rilievo :: Cavo-rilievo (n.) Hollow relief; sculpture in relief within a sinking made for the purpose, so no part of it projects beyond the plain surface around..
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