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n. Work chased or embossed relief. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to the art of chasing or embossing in relief; anaglyptic; -- opposed to diaglyptic or sunk work. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Chemical + &unr_; to engrave. ] Engraved by a voltaic battery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. daktyliogly`fos an engraver of gems; dakty`lios finger ring (fr. da`ktylos finger) + gly`fein to engrave. ] (Fine Arts) (a) An engraver of gems for rings and other ornaments. (b) The inscription of the engraver's name on a finger ring or gem. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art or process of gem engraving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; to engrave; dia` through + &unr_; to carve. ] An intaglio. Mollett.

{ } a. Represented or formed by depressions in the general surface; as, diaglyphic sculpture or engraving; -- opposed to anaglyphic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; di- = di`s- twice + &unr_; to hollow out, carve. ] (Arch.) A projecting face like the triglyph, but having only two channels or grooves sunk in it. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Galvanic + Gr. &unr_; to engrave. ] Same as Glyphography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. glyfh` carving, fr. gly`fein to carve: cf. F. glyphe. Cf. Cleave to split. ] 1. (Arch.) A sunken channel or groove, usually vertical. See Triglyph. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Archæol.) A carved figure or character, incised or in relief; a carved pictograph; hence, a pictograph representing a form originally adopted for sculpture, whether carved or painted. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; of or for carving. ] (Fine Arts) Of or pertaining to sculpture or carving of any sort, esp. to glyphs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A plate made by glyphography, or an impression taken from such a plate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to glyphography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; to engrave + -graphy. ] A process similar to etching, in which, by means of voltaic electricity, a raised copy of a drawing is made, so that it can be used to print from. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hemi- + Gr. &unr_; a carving. ] (Arch.) The half channel or groove in the edge of the triglyph in the Doric order. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Cf. F. hiéroglyphe. See Hieroglyphic, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A sacred character; a character used in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the plural, the picture writing of the ancient Egyptian priests. It is made up of three, or, as some say, four classes of characters: first, the hieroglyphic proper, or figurative, in which the representation of the object conveys the idea of the object itself; second, the ideographic, consisting of symbols representing ideas, not sounds, as an ostrich feather is a symbol of truth; third, the phonetic, consisting of symbols employed as syllables of a word, or as letters of the alphabet, having a certain sound, as a hawk represented the vowel a. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any character or figure which has, or is supposed to have, a hidden or mysterious significance; hence, any unintelligible or illegible character or mark. [ Colloq. ]

{ } a. [ L. hieroglyphicus, Gr. &unr_;; "iero`s sacred + gly`fein to carve: cf. F. hiéroglyphique.] [1913 Webster]

1. Emblematic; expressive of some meaning by characters, pictures, or figures; as, hieroglyphic writing; a hieroglyphic obelisk. [1913 Webster]

Pages no better than blanks to common minds, to his, hieroglyphical of wisest secrets. Prof. Wilson. [1913 Webster]

2. Resembling hieroglyphics; not decipherable. “An hieroglyphical scrawl.” Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

3. of or pertaining to hieroglyphs. [wns=1] [WordNet 1.5]

adv. In hieroglyphics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in hieroglyphics. Gliddon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. liqoglyfi`a; li`qos stone + gly`fein to engrave. ] An engraving on a gem. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who curs or engraves precious stones. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the art of cutting and engraving precious stones. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mono- + triglyph: cf. F. monotriglyphe. ] (Arch.) A kind of intercolumniation in an entablature, in which only one triglyph and two metopes are introduced. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. 'o`pisqen behind + &unr_; to carve. ] (Zool.) A division of serpents which have some of the posterior maxillary teeth grooved for fangs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A carving or drawing on rock, especially one made by prehistoric humans; called also a petrograph. [ PJC ]

a. Of or pertaining to petroglyphs or petroglyphy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Petro + Gr. gly`fein to carve. ] The art or operation of carving figures or inscriptions on rock or stone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Photo- + Gr. gly`fein to engrave. ] Pertaining to the art of engraving by the action of light. [ Written also photoglyptic. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Photoglyphic engraving, a process of etching on copper, steel, or zinc, by means of the action of light and certain chemicals, so that from the plate impressions may be taken. Sir D. Brewster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Photoglyphic engraving. See under Photoglyphic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to phytoglyphy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Phyto- + Gr. gly`fein to engrave. ] See Nature printing, under Nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; before + &unr_; to carve. ] (Zool.) A suborder of serpents including those that have permanently erect grooved poison fangs, with ordinary teeth behind them in the jaws. It includes the cobras, the asps, and the sea snakes. Called also Proteroglyphia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Siphon + Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to engrave. ] (Zool.) A gonidium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Pertaining to the Selenoglypha. See Ophidia. -- n. One of the Selenoglypha. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a channel + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to engrave. ] (Zool.) A suborder of serpents including those which have tubular erectile fangs, as the viper and rattlesnake. See Fang. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. triglyphus, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; (see Tri-) + &unr_; to carve: cf. F. triglyphe. ] (Arch.) An ornament in the frieze of the Doric order, repeated at equal intervals. Each triglyph consists of a rectangular tablet, slightly projecting, and divided nearly to the top by two parallel and perpendicular gutters, or channels, called glyphs, into three parts, or spaces, called femora. A half channel, or glyph, is also cut upon each of the perpendicular edges of the tablet. See Illust. of Entablature. [ 1913 Webster ]