Vocabulary : Figuration to Figwort
Figuration : The act of giving figure or determinate form; determination to a certain form. ;; Mixture of concords and discords.Figurative : Representing by a figure, or by resemblance; typical; representative. ;; Used in a sense that is tropical, as a metaphor; not literal; -- applied to words and expressions. ;; Abounding in figures of speech; flowery; florid; as, a highly figurative description. ;; Relating to the representation of form or figure by drawing, carving, etc. See Figure, n., 2.
Figure : The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance. ;; The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modeling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body; as, a figure in bronze; a figure cut in marble. ;; A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article; a design wrought out in a fabric; as, the muslin was of a pretty figure. ;; A diagram or drawing; made to represent a magnitude or the relation of two or more magnitudes; a surface or space inclosed on all sides; -- called superficial when inclosed by lines, and solid when inclosed by surface; any arrangement made up of points, lines, angles, surfaces, etc. ;; The appearance or impression made by the conduct or carrer of a person; as, a sorry figure. ;; Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendor; show. ;; A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc. ;; Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are estimated or sold at a low figu
Figured : of Figure ;; Adorned with figures; marked with figures; as, figured muslin. ;; Not literal; figurative. ;; Free and florid; as, a figured descant. See Figurate, 3. ;; Indicated or noted by figures.
Figurehead : The figure, statue, or bust, on the prow of a ship. ;; A person who allows his name to be used to give standing to enterprises in which he has no responsible interest or duties; a nominal, but not real, head or chief.
