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Record :: Record (v. t.) To preserve the memory of, by committing to writing, to printing, to inscription, or the like; to make note of; to write or enter in a book or on parchment, for the purpose of preserving authentic evidence of; to register; to enroll; as, to record the proceedings of a court; to record historical events..

Tablet :: Tablet (n.) A flat piece of any material on which to write, paint, draw, or engrave; also, such a piece containing an inscription or a picture..

Cartouch :: Cartouch (n.) A tablet for ornament, or for receiving an inscription, formed like a sheet of paper with the edges rolled up; hence, any tablet of ornamental form..

Obscure :: Obscure (superl.) Not easily understood; not clear or legible; abstruse or blind; as, an obscure passage or inscription..

Chronogram :: Chronogram (n.) The record or inscription made by a chronograph.

Hierology :: Hierology (n.) A treatise on sacred things; especially, the science which treats of the ancient writings and inscriptions of the Egyptians, or a treatise on that science..

Inscriptive :: Inscriptive (a.) Bearing inscription; of the character or nature of an inscription.

Squeezer :: Squeeze (n.) A facsimile impression taken in some soft substance, as pulp, from an inscription on stone..

Circumscription :: Circumscription (n.) An inscription written around anything.

Table :: Table (n.) Any smooth, flat surface upon which an inscription, a drawing, or the like, may be produced..

Scripture :: Scripture (n.) Anything written; a writing; a document; an inscription.

Transferography :: Transferography (n.) The act or process of copying inscriptions, or the like, by making transfers..

Engrave :: Engrave (v. t.) To form or represent by means of incisions upon wood, stone, metal, or the like; as, to engrave an inscription..

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

Chronogram :: Chronogram (n.) An inscription in which certain numeral letters, made to appear specially conspicuous, on being added together, express a particular date or epoch, as in the motto of a medal struck by Gustavus Adolphus in 1632: ChrIstVs DVX; ergo trIVMphVs.- the capitals of which give, when added as numerals, the sum 1632..

Superscript :: Superscribe (v. t.) To write or engrave (a name, address, inscription, or the like) on the top or surface; to write a name, address, or the like, on the outside or cover of (anything); as, to superscribe a letter..

Illegible :: Illegible (a.) Incapable of being read; not legible; as, illegible handwriting; an illegible inscription..

Character :: Character (n.) Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the peculiar form of letters used by a particular person or people; as, an inscription in the Runic character..

Paleography :: Paleography (n.) The study of ancient inscriptions and modes of writing; the art or science of deciphering ancient writings, and determining their origin, period, etc., from external characters; diplomatics..

Epigraph :: Epigraph (n.) Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which has to do with the building itself, its founding or dedication..

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