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Figured :: Figured (a.) Free and florid; as, a figured descant. See Figurate, 3..

Grotesgue :: Grotesgue (a.) Like the figures found in ancient grottoes; grottolike; wildly or strangely formed; whimsical; extravagant; of irregular forms and proportions; fantastic; ludicrous; antic.

Heptagon :: Heptagon (n.) A plane figure consisting of seven sides and having seven angles.

Agalmatolite :: Agalmatolite (n.) A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figure stone, and pagodite. It is probably a variety of pinite..

Petroglyphy :: Petroglyphy (n.) The art or operation of carving figures or inscriptions on rock or stone.

Phonoscope :: Phonoscope (n.) An instrument for producing luminous figures by the vibrations of sounding bodies.

Preterition :: Preterition (n.) A figure by which, in pretending to pass over anything, a summary mention of it is made; as, I will not say, he is valiant, he is learned, he is just. Called also paraleipsis..

Moreen :: Moreen (n.) A thick woolen fabric, watered or with embossed figures; -- used in upholstery, for curtains, etc..

Arms :: Arms (n.) The ensigns armorial of a family, consisting of figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc., as marks of dignity and distinction, and descending from father to son..

Figure :: Figure (n.) The appearance or impression made by the conduct or carrer of a person; as, a sorry figure..

Figure :: Figure (v. t.) To calculate; to contrive; to scheme; as, he is figuring to secure the nomination..

Rebus :: Rebus (n.) A mode of expressing words and phrases by pictures of objects whose names resemble those words, or the syllables of which they are composed; enigmatical representation of words by figures; hence, a peculiar form of riddle made up of such representations..

Fanciful :: Fanciful (a.) Conceived in the fancy; not consistent with facts or reason; abounding in ideal qualities or figures; as, a fanciful scheme; a fanciful theory..

Printing :: Printing (n.) The act, art, or practice of impressing letters, characters, or figures on paper, cloth, or other material; the business of a printer, including typesetting and presswork, with their adjuncts; typography; also, the act of producing photographic prints..

Irregular :: Irregular (a.) Not regular; not conforming to a law, method, or usage recognized as the general rule; not according to common form; not conformable to nature, to the rules of moral rectitude, or to established principles; not normal; unnatural; immethodical; unsymmetrical; erratic; no straight; not uniform; as, an irregular line; an irregular figure; an irregular verse; an irregular physician; an irregular proceeding; irregular motion; irregular conduct, etc. Cf. Regular..

Binary :: Binary (n.) That which is constituted of two figures, things, or parts; two; duality..

Diamond :: Diamond (n.) One of a suit of playing cards, stamped with the figure of a diamond..

Ring :: Ring (n.) The plane figure included between the circumferences of two concentric circles.

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

Lamely :: Lamely (adv.) An a lame, crippled, disabled, or imperfect manner; as, to walk lamely; a figure lamely drawn..

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