Definition of relief

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Relief (n.) A fine or composition which the heir of a deceased tenant paid to the lord for the privilege of taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant..

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Flat :: Flat (superl.) Wanting relief; destitute of variety; without points of prominence and striking interest.
Ease :: Ease (n.) Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body..
Toreumatology :: Toreumatology (n.) The art or the description of scupture such as bas-relief in metal; toreumatography.
Relay :: Relay (n.) A supply of anything arranged beforehand for affording relief from time to time, or at successive stages; provision for successive relief..
Anastatic :: Anastatic (a.) Pertaining to a process or a style of printing from characters in relief on zinc plates.
Comfort :: Comfort (n.) Assistance; relief; support.
Resort :: Resort (v. i.) To have recourse; to apply; to one's self for help, relief, or advantage..
Fret :: Fret (n.) Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See Fretwork..
Bidale :: Bidale (n.) An invitation of friends to drink ale at some poor man's house, and there to contribute in charity for his relief..
Bas-relief :: Bas-relief (n.) Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less than half of their true proportions; -- called also bassrelief and basso-rilievo. See Alto-rilievo..
Stereoscope :: Stereopticon (n.) An instrument, consisting essentially of a magic lantern in which photographic pictures are used, by which the image of a landscape, or any object, may be thrown upon a screen in such a manner as to seem to stand out in relief, so as to form a striking and accurate representation of the object itself; also, a pair of magic lanterns for producing the effect of dissolving views..
Stereoplasm :: Stereomonoscope (n.) An instrument with two lenses, by which an image of a single picture projected upon a screen of ground glass is made to present an appearance of relief, and may be viewed by several persons at once..
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..
Basso-relievo :: Basso-relievo (n.) Same as Bas-relief.
Woodbury-type :: Woodbury-type (n.) A process in photographic printing, in which a relief pattern in gelatin, which has been hardened after certain operations, is pressed upon a plate of lead or other soft metal. An intaglio impression in thus produced, from which pictures may be directly printed, but by a slower process than in common printing..
Liss :: Liss (n.) Release; remission; ease; relief.
Need :: Need (n.) A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.
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..
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..
Flatness :: Flatness (n.) Eveness of surface; want of relief or prominence; the state of being plane or level.
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