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/glip"teuh graf', -grahf'/, n.1. an engraved or carved design, as on a gem.2. an object, as a gem, having such a design.[ < Gk glyptó(s) carved + -GRAPH]
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Universalium. 2010.
glyptograph
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glyptograph — [glip′təgraf΄] n. [< Gr glyptos (see GLYPTIC) + GRAPH] 1. a design cut or engraved on a gem, seal, etc. 2. a gem, seal, etc. so engraved glyptography [glip täg′rə fē] n … English World dictionary
glyptograph — glyp·to·graph … English syllables
glyptograph — … Useful english dictionary
glyptographic — adjective see glyptograph * * * glyptographˈic adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑glyptic … Useful english dictionary
bas relief — Synonyms and related words: anaglyph, bellying, boldness, boss, bulging, cameo, cameo glass, cavo rilievo, cut glass, embossment, eminence, excrescence, excrescency, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, glyph, glyptograph, high relief, intaglio,… … Moby Thesaurus
boss — Synonyms and related words: A per se, Big Brother, OK, ace, ace high, administrator, anaglyph, ascendant, at the head, auditor, bad, bang up, bas relief, big cheese, bilge, blain, bleb, blister, blob, boatswain, bonzer, bow, bubble, bulb, bulge,… … Moby Thesaurus
cameo — Synonyms and related words: anaglyph, bas relief, boss, cameo glass, catalog, cataloging, cavo rilievo, character, character sketch, characterization, cut glass, delineation, depiction, description, details, embossment, evocation, glyph,… … Moby Thesaurus
embossment — Synonyms and related words: anaglyph, bas relief, bellying, boldness, boss, bulging, bump, cameo, cameo glass, cavo rilievo, colophon, concavity, convexity, cut glass, dactylogram, dactylograph, dent, dint, eminence, excrescence, excrescency,… … Moby Thesaurus
glyph — Synonyms and related words: anaglyph, bas relief, boss, cameo, cameo glass, cavo rilievo, cut glass, embossment, glyptograph, high relief, intaglio, intaglio rilevato, intaglio rilievo, low relief, mask, medal, medallion, plaquette, relief,… … Moby Thesaurus
intaglio — Synonyms and related words: anaglyph, aquatint, bas relief, boss, burin, cameo, cameo glass, cast, cavo rilievo, cerography, chalcography, crayon engraving, cribbling, cut glass, die, drypoint, embossment, engraving tool, etching, etching ball,… … Moby Thesaurus
