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Capricorn :: Capricorn (n.) A southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish..

Layman :: Layman (n.) A lay figure. See under Lay, n. (above)..

Prosopop/ia :: Prosopop/ia (n.) A figure by which things are represented as persons, or by which things inanimate are spoken of as animated beings; also, a figure by which an absent person is introduced as speaking, or a deceased person is represented as alive and present. It includes personification, but is more extensive in its signification..

Caryatid :: Caryatid (n.) A draped female figure supporting an entablature, in the place of a column or pilaster..

Fingered :: Fingered (a.) Marked with figures designating which finger should be used for each note.

Aureole :: Aureole (n.) The circle of rays, or halo of light, with which painters surround the figure and represent the glory of Christ, saints, and others held in special reverence..

Dodecagon :: Dodecagon (n.) A figure or polygon bounded by twelve sides and containing twelve angles.

Knight :: Knight (n.) A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave or jack.

Figurate :: Figurate (a.) Of a definite form or figure.

Counterpane :: Counterpane (n.) A coverlet for a bed, -- originally stitched or woven in squares or figures..

Diallage :: Diallage (n.) A figure by which arguments are placed in various points of view, and then turned to one point..

Grouping :: Grouping (n.) The disposal or relative arrangement of figures or objects, as in, drawing, painting, and sculpture, or in ornamental design..

Decahedron :: Decahedron (n.) A solid figure or body inclosed by ten plane surfaces.

Spheroid :: Spheroid (n.) A body or figure approaching to a sphere, but not perfectly spherical; esp., a solid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about one of its axes..

Rectangle :: Rectangle (n.) A four-sided figure having only right angles; a right-angled parallelogram.

Anubis :: Anubis (n.) An Egyptian deity, the conductor of departed spirits, represented by a human figure with the head of a dog or fox..

Transfigured :: Transfigured (imp. & p. p.) of Transfigur.

Perimeter :: Perimeter (n.) The outer boundary of a body or figure, or the sum of all the sides..

Image :: Image (v. t.) To represent or form an image of; as, the still lake imaged the shore; the mirror imaged her figure..

Dance :: Dance (v. i.) The leaping, tripping, or measured stepping of one who dances; an amusement, in which the movements of the persons are regulated by art, in figures and in accord with music..

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