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Definition of allusion
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Allusion
(n.) A
figurative
or
symbolical
reference.
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Hint
::
Hint (v. i.) To make an
indirect
reference,
suggestion,
or
allusion;
to
allude
vaguely
to
something..
Bubbling Jock
::
Bubbling
Jock () The male wild
turkey,
the
gobbler;
-- so
called
in
allusion
to its
notes..
Polychrome
::
Polychrome
(n.)
Esculin;
-- so
called
in
allusion
to its
fluorescent
solutions.
Hint
::
Hint (v. t.) To bring to mind by a
slight
mention
or
remote
allusion;
to
suggest
in an
indirect
manner;
as, to hint a
suspicion..
Testudo
::
Testudo
(n.) A kind of
musical
instrument.
a
species
of lyre; -- so
called
in
allusion
to the lyre of
Mercury,
fabled
to have been made of the shell of a
tortoise..
Agate
::
Agate (n.) A
diminutive
person;
so
called
in
allusion
to the small
figures
cut in agate for rings and
seals.
Allusive
::
Allusive
(a.)
Having
reference
to
something
not fully
expressed;
containing
an
allusion.
Oligist
::
Oligist
(a.)
Hematite
or
specular
iron ore; -- prob. so
called
in
allusion
to its
feeble
magnetism,
as
compared
with
magnetite..
Balaam
::
Balaam
(n.) A
paragraph
describing
something
wonderful,
used to fill out a
newspaper
column;
-- an
allusion
to the
miracle
of
Balaam's
ass
speaking..
Magenta
::
Magenta
(n.) An
aniline
dye
obtained
as an
amorphous
substance
having
a green
bronze
surface
color,
which
dissolves
to a shade of red; also, the
color;
-- so
called
from
Magenta,
in
Italy,
in
allusion
to the
battle
fought
there about the time the dye was
discovered.
Called
also
fuchsine,
roseine,
etc..
Rib
::
Rib (n.) A wife; -- in
allusion
to Eve, as made out of
Adam's
rib..
Laurinol
::
Laurinol
(n.)
Ordinary
camphor;
-- so
called
in
allusion
to the
family
name
(Lauraceae)
of the
camphor
trees.
See
Camphor.
Allusively
::
Allusively
(adv.)
Figuratively
[Obs.];
by way of
allusion;
by
implication,
suggestion,
or
insinuation..
Insinuate
::
Insinuate
(v. t.) To hint; to
suggest
by
remote
allusion;
-- often used
derogatorily;
as, did you mean to
insinuate
anything?.
Insinuation
::
Insinuation
(n.) That which is
insinuated;
a hint; a
suggestion
or
intimation
by
distant
allusion;
as,
slander
may be
conveyed
by
insinuations..
Glance
::
Glance
(n.) An
incidental
or
passing
thought
or
allusion.
Buttons
::
Buttons
(n.) A boy
servant,
or page, -- in
allusion
to the
buttons
on his
livery..
Redshank
::
Redshank
(n.) A
bare-legged
person;
-- a
contemptuous
appellation
formerly
given to the
Scotch
Highlanders,
in
allusion
to their bare
legs..
Allusion
::
Allusion
(n.) A
reference
to
something
supposed
to be
known,
but not
explicitly
mentioned;
a
covert
indication;
indirect
reference;
a
hint..
Splenius
::
Splenium
(n.) The
thickened
posterior
border
of the
corpus
callosum;
-- so
called
in
allusion
to its
shape.
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