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Pentahedral :: Pentahedral (a.) Having five sides; as, a pentahedral figure..

Type :: Type (v. t.) To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure..

Device :: Device (n.) An emblematic design, generally consisting of one or more figures with a motto, used apart from heraldic bearings to denote the historical situation, the ambition, or the desire of the person adopting it. See Cognizance..

Lozenge :: Lozenge (n.) A diamond-shaped figure usually with the upper and lower angles slightly acute, borne upon a shield or escutcheon. Cf. Fusil..

Ecbasis :: Ecbasis (n.) A figure in which the orator treats of things according to their events consequences.

Breve :: Breve (n.) A note or character of time, equivalent to two semibreves or four minims. When dotted, it is equal to three semibreves. It was formerly of a square figure (as thus: / ), but is now made oval, with a line perpendicular to the staff on each of its sides; -- formerly much used for choir service..

Pathopoela :: Pathopoela (n.) A speech, or figure of speech, designed to move the passion..

Fair :: Fair (superl.) Without sudden change of direction or curvature; smooth; fowing; -- said of the figure of a vessel, and of surfaces, water lines, and other lines..

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

Johannes :: "Johannes (n.) A Portuguese gold coin of the value of eight dollars, named from the figure of King John which it bears; -- often contracted into joe; as, a joe, or a half joe..

Ceroplastic :: Ceroplastic (a.) Modeled in wax; as, a ceroplastic figure..

Ambrosin :: Ambrosin (n.) An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the figure of St. Ambrose on horseback..

Diamonded :: Diamonded (a.) Having figures like a diamond or lozenge.

Biscuit :: Biscuit (n.) A species of white, unglazed porcelain, in which vases, figures, and groups are formed in miniature..

Thoth :: Thoth (n.) The god of eloquence and letters among the ancient Egyptians, and supposed to be the inventor of writing and philosophy. He corresponded to the Mercury of the Romans, and was usually represented as a human figure with the head of an ibis or a lamb..

Figure :: Figure (n.) To embellish.

Figure :: Figure (v. t.) To make a figure; to be distinguished or conspicious; as, the envoy figured at court..

Polygram :: Polygram (n.) A figure consisting of many lines.

Figurant :: Figurant (n. masc.) One who dances at the opera, not singly, but in groups or figures; an accessory character on the stage, who figures in its scenes, but has nothing to say; hence, one who figures in any scene, without taking a prominent part..

Keraunograph :: Keraunograph (n.) A figure or picture impressed by lightning upon the human body or elsewhere.

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