Definition of relief

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

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Recreative :: Recreative (a.) Tending to recreate or refresh; recreating; giving new vigor or animation; reinvigorating; giving relief after labor or pain; amusing; diverting.
Emboss :: Emboss (v. t.) To raise in relief from a surface, as an ornament, a head on a coin, or the like..
Flat :: Flat (superl.) Wanting relief; destitute of variety; without points of prominence and striking interest.
Liss :: Liss (n.) Release; remission; ease; relief.
Panstereorama :: Panstereorama (n.) A model of a town or country, in relief, executed in wood, cork, pasteboard, or the like..
Respiration :: Respiration (n.) Relief from toil or suffering: rest.
Anaglyptic :: Anaglyptic (a.) Relating to the art of carving, enchasing, or embossing in low relief..
Grace :: Grace (n.) The same prerogative when exercised in the form of equitable relief through chancery.
Fret :: Fret (n.) Ornamental work in relief, as carving or embossing. See Fretwork..
Easement :: Easement (n.) That which gives ease, relief, or assistance; convenience; accommodation..
Anastatic :: Anastatic (a.) Pertaining to a process or a style of printing from characters in relief on zinc plates.
Aquapuncture :: Aquapuncture (n.) The introduction of water subcutaneously for the relief of pain.
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..
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..
Demirelief :: Demirelief (n.) Alt. of Demireliev.
Reliefless :: Reliefless (a.) Destitute of relief; also, remediless..
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..
Repousse :: Repousse (a.) Formed in relief, as a pattern on metal..
Mezzo-rilievo :: Mezzo-rilievo (n.) Sculpture in this kind of relief. See under Alto-rilievo.
Champe :: Champe (n.) The field or ground on which carving appears in relief.
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