Definition of relief

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Relief (n.) The projection of a figure above the ground or plane on which it is formed.

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Barbotine :: Barbotine (n.) A paste of clay used in decorating coarse pottery in relief.
Succorer :: Succorable (a.) Capable of being succored or assisted; admitting of relief.
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..
Pseudoscopic :: Pseudoscopic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or formed by, a pseudoscope; having its parts appearing with the relief reversed; as, a pseudoscopic image..
Ease :: Ease (n.) Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body..
Fictor :: Fictor (n.) An artist who models or forms statues and reliefs in any plastic material.
Flat :: Flat (n.) A level surface, without elevation, relief, or prominences; an extended plain; specifically, in the United States, a level tract along the along the banks of a river; as, the Mohawk Flats..
Relay :: Relay (n.) A supply of anything arranged beforehand for affording relief from time to time, or at successive stages; provision for successive relief..
Urethrotomy :: Urethrotomy (n.) An incision of the urethra, esp. incision for relief of urethral stricture..
Cameo :: Cameo (n.) A carving in relief, esp. one on a small scale used as a jewel for personal adornment, or like..
Reliefless :: Reliefless (a.) Destitute of relief; also, remediless..
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..
Champe :: Champe (n.) The field or ground on which carving appears in relief.
Boot :: Boot (n.) Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief..
Grace :: Grace (n.) The same prerogative when exercised in the form of equitable relief through chancery.
Demi-rilievo :: Demi-rilievo (n.) Half relief; sculpture in relief of which the figures project from the background by one half their full roundness.
Casual :: Casual (n.) One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.
Succorable :: Succor (v. t.) The person or thing that brings 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..
Liss :: Liss (n.) Release; remission; ease; relief.
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