Definition of figure

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Figure (n.) To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.

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Honiton Lace :: Honiton lace () A kind of pillow lace, remarkable for the beauty of its figures; -- so called because chiefly made in Honiton, England..
Grave :: Grave (n.) To carve or cut, as letters or figures, on some hard substance; to engrave..
Accompaniment :: Accompaniment (n.) A part performed by instruments, accompanying another part or parts performed by voices; the subordinate part, or parts, accompanying the voice or a principal instrument; also, the harmony of a figured bass..
Disfigure :: Disfigure (v. t.) To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform..
Parabolical :: Parabolical (a.) Of the nature of a parable; expressed by a parable or figure; allegorical; as, parabolical instruction..
Figure :: Figure (v. t.) To calculate; to contrive; to scheme; as, he is figuring to secure the nomination..
Semispherical :: Semispherical (a.) Having the figure of a half sphere.
Flourish :: Flourish (n.) Something made or performed in a fanciful, wanton, or vaunting manner, by way of ostentation, to excite admiration, etc.; ostentatious embellishment; ambitious copiousness or amplification; parade of words and figures; show; as, a flourish of rhetoric or of wit..
Calvary :: Calvary (n.) A representation of the crucifixion, consisting of three crosses with the figures of Christ and the thieves, often as large as life, and sometimes surrounded by figures of other personages who were present at the crucifixion..
Spot :: Spot (v. t.) To make visible marks upon with some foreign matter; to discolor in or with spots; to stain; to cover with spots or figures; as, to spot a garnment; to spot paper..
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..
Waltz :: Waltz (n.) A dance performed by two persons in circular figures with a whirling motion; also, a piece of music composed in triple measure for this kind of dance..
Prophesy :: Prophesy (v. t.) To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.
Amblygon :: Amblygon (n.) An obtuse-angled figure, esp. and obtuse-angled triangle..
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..
Engrave :: Engrave (v. t.) To cut with a graving instrument in order to form an inscription or pictorial representation; to carve figures; to mark with incisions.
Subspinous :: Subspherical (a.) Nearly spherical; having a figure resembling that of a sphere.
Cambric :: Cambric (n.) A fabric made, in imitation of linen cambric, of fine, hardspun cotton, often with figures of various colors; -- also called cotton cambric, and cambric muslin..
Congruity :: Congruity (n.) Coincidence, as that of lines or figures laid over one another..
Hendecagon :: Hendecagon (n.) A plane figure of eleven sides and eleven angles.
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