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Semblant :: Semblant (n.) Show; appearance; figure; semblance.

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..

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

Epistrophe :: Epistrophe (n.) A figure in which successive clauses end with the same word or affirmation; e. g., Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I..

Stamp :: Stamp (v. i.) To impress with some mark or figure; as, to stamp a plate with arms or initials..

Deformed :: Deformed (a.) Unnatural or distorted in form; having a deformity; misshapen; disfigured; as, a deformed person; a deformed head..

Embroidery :: Embroidery (n.) Diversified ornaments, especially by contrasted figures and colors; variegated decoration..

Homoioptoton :: Homoioptoton (n.) A figure in which the several parts of a sentence end with the same case, or inflection generally..

Trihedron :: Trihedron (n.) A figure having three sides.

Epizeuxis :: Epizeuxis (n.) A figure by which a word is repeated with vehemence or emphasis, as in the following lines: -.

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

Oval :: Oval (a.) Having the figure of an egg; oblong and curvilinear, with one end broader than the other, or with both ends of about the same breadth; in popular usage, elliptical..

Imagery :: Imagery (n.) Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.

Disfigure :: Disfigure (n.) Disfigurement; deformity.

Semiaxis :: Semiaxis (n.) One half of the axis of an /llipse or other figure.

Superpraise :: Superposition (n.) The act of superposing, or the state of being superposed; as, the superposition of rocks; the superposition of one plane figure on another, in geometry..

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

Disfiguration :: Disfiguration (n.) The act of disfiguring, or the state of being disfigured; defacement; deformity; disfigurement..

Apostrophe :: Apostrophe (n.) A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of Paradise Lost..

Disfigurement :: Disfigurement (n.) That which disfigures; a defacement; a blot.

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