English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Anaglyphical
(a.)
Pertaining to the art of chasing or embossing in
relief; anaglyptic; -- opposed to diaglyptic or sunk work.
Anaglyptic
(a.)
Relating to the art of carving, enchasing, or embossing
in low relief.
Anaglyptics
(n.)
The art of carving in low relief, embossing, etc.
Anaglyptograph
(n.)
An instrument by which a correct engraving of any
embossed object, such as a medal or cameo, can be executed.
Anaglyptographic
(a.)
Of or pertaining to anaglyptography; as,
anaglyptographic engraving.
Anaglyptography
(n.)
The art of copying works in relief, or of
engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; --
used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc.
Anagnorisis
(n.)
The unfolding or denouement.
Anagoge
(n.)
An elevation of mind to things celestial.
Anagoge
(n.)
The spiritual meaning or application; esp. the application
of the types and allegories of the Old Testament to subjects of the
New.
Anagogic
(a.)
Alt. of Anagogical
Anagogical
(a.)
Mystical; having a secondary spiritual meaning; as, the
rest of the Sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of
the saints in heaven; an anagogical explication.
Anagogics
(n. pl.)
Mystical interpretations or studies, esp. of the
Scriptures.
Anagogy
(n.)
Same as Anagoge.
Anagram
(v. t.)
To anagrammatize.
Anagram
(n.)
Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in
its usual wider sense, the change or one word or phrase into another by
the transposition of its letters. Thus Galenus becomes angelus; William
Noy (attorney-general to Charles I., and a laborious man) may be turned
into I moyl in law.
Anagrammatic
(a.)
Alt. of Anagrammatical
Anagrammatical
(a.)
Pertaining to, containing, or making, an anagram.
Anagrammatism
(n.)
The act or practice of making anagrams.
Anagrammatist
(n.)
A maker anagrams.
Anagrammatize
(v. t.)
To transpose, as the letters of a word, so as to
form an anagram.