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Inscription :: Inscription (n.) That which is inscribed; something written or engraved; especially, a word or words written or engraved on a solid substance for preservation or public inspection; as, inscriptions on monuments, pillars, coins, medals, etc..

Medalist :: Medalist (n.) One who has gained a medal as the reward of merit.

Numismatography :: Numismatography (n.) A treatise on, or description of, coins and medals..

Medalist :: Medalist (n.) A designer of medals.

Contorniate :: Contorniate (n.) A species of medal or medallion of bronze, having a deep furrow on the contour or edge; -- supposed to have been struck in the days of Constantine and his successors..

Engrailment :: Engrailment (n.) The ring of dots round the edge of a medal, etc..

Incuss :: Incuss (v. t.) To form, or mold, by striking or stamping, as a coin or medal..

Diesinker :: Diesinker (n.) An engraver of dies for stamping coins, medals, etc..

Bronze :: Bronze (n.) To give an appearance of bronze to, by a coating of bronze powder, or by other means; to make of the color of bronze; as, to bronze plaster casts; to bronze coins or medals..

Medalet :: Medalet (n.) A small medal.

Medalurgy :: Medalurgy (n.) The art of making and striking medals and coins.

Galvanoplastic :: Galvanoplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the art or process of electrotyping; employing, or produced by, the process of electolytic deposition; as, a galvano-plastic copy of a medal or the like..

Medalled :: Medalled () of Meda.

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..

Medalling :: Medalling () of Meda.

Nimbus :: Nimbus (n.) A circle, or disk, or any indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo. See Aureola, and Glory, n., 5..

Macaranga Gum :: Macaranga gum () A gum of a crimson color, obtained from a tree (Macaranga Indica) that grows in the East Indies. It is used in taking impressions of coins, medallions, etc., and sometimes as a medicine..

Decoration :: Decoration (n.) Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc..

Acclamation :: Acclamation (n.) A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy..

Medaling :: Medaling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Meda.

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