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Part :: Part (n.) Such portion of any quantity, as when taken a certain number of times, will exactly make that quantity; as, 3 is a part of 12; -- the opposite of multiple. Also, a line or other element of a geometrical figure..

Allemande :: Allemande (n.) A figure in dancing.

Grotesque :: Grotesque (n.) A whimsical figure, or scene, such as is found in old crypts and grottoes..

Study :: Study (v. i.) A representation or rendering of any object or scene intended, not for exhibition as an original work of art, but for the information, instruction, or assistance of the maker; as, a study of heads or of hands for a figure picture..

Shield :: Shield (n.) A coin, the old French crown, or ecu, having on one side the figure of a shield..

Footing :: Footing (n.) The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.

Semiannular :: Semiannular (a.) Having the figure of a half circle; forming a semicircle.

Gules :: Gules (n.) The tincture red, indicated in seals and engraved figures of escutcheons by parallel vertical lines. Hence, used poetically for a red color or that which is red..

Adumbration :: Adumbration (n.) The shadow or outlines of a figure.

Hobbyhorse :: Hobbyhorse (n.) A stick, often with the head or figure of a horse, on which boys make believe to ride..

Counter-salient :: Counter-salient (a.) Leaping from each other; -- said of two figures on a coast of arms.

Lash :: Lash (n.) In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure..

Lily :: Lily (n.) That end of a compass needle which should point to the north; -- so called as often ornamented with the figure of a lily or fleur-de-lis.

Deform :: Deform (v. t.) To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.

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

Algorithm :: Algorithm (n.) The art of calculating by nine figures and zero.

Knave :: Knave (n.) A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.

Figured :: Figured (a.) Not literal; figurative.

Waxwork :: Waxwork (n.) Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings..

Polyptoton :: Polyptoton (n.) A figure by which a word is repeated in different forms, cases, numbers, genders, etc., as in Tennyson's line, -- My own heart's heart, and ownest own, farewell..

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