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Absurd; ridiculous; despicable; contemptible. A foolish figure he must make. Prior.

The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.

r arrangement of matter, giving it individuality or distinctive character; configuration; figure; external appearance. The form of his visage was changed. Dan. iii. 19. And woven close close, both matter, form, and style. Milton.

tters, the material part is breath and voice; the formal is constituted by the motion and figure of the organs of speech. Holder.

A symbolic expression (by means of letters, figures, etc.) of the constituents or constitution of a compound.

he number of equal parts into which the integer is supposed to be divided is indicated by figures or letters, called the denominator, written below a line, over which is the numerator, indicating the number of these parts included in the fraction; as -- Complex fraction, a fraction having a fraction or mixed number in…

is a flat member or face, either uniform or broken by triglyphs, and often enriched with figures and other ornaments of sculpture.

An ornamental figure or illustration fronting the first page, or titlepage, of a book; formerly, the titlepage itself.

The figurework, often fantastic and delicate, which moisture sometimes forms in freezing, as upon a window pane or a flagstone.

In full, at length; uncontracted; unabridged; written out in words, and not indicated by figures. -- In full blast. See under Blast.

ts between the fixed support and the pulley. -- Funicular polygon (Mech.), the polygonal figure assumed by a cord fastened at its extremities, and sustaining weights at different points.

A bearing of a rhomboidal figure; -- named from its shape, which resembles that of a spindle.

wy or decorated. So are you, sweet, Even in the lovely garnish of a boy. Shak. Matter and figure they produce; For garnish this, and that for use. Prior.

vination, by means of glasses or other round, transparent vessels, in the center of which figures are supposed to appear by magic art.

ze. Milton. At gaze (a) (Her.) With the face turned directly to the front; -- said of the figures of the stag, hart, buck, or hind, when borne, in this position, upon an escutcheon. (b) In a position expressing sudden fear or surprise; -- a term used in stag hunting to describe the manner of a stag when he first hears…

To trace out, as a line, figure, or solid, by the motion of a point or a magnitude of inferior order.

h of applied mathematics which determines, by means of observations and measurements, the figures and areas of large portions of the earth's surface, or the general figure and dimenshions of the earth; or that branch of surveying in which the curvature of the earth is taken into account, as in the surveys of States, or…

ing slightly from the geocentric latitude by reason of the difference between the earth's figure and a true sphere. -- Geographical mile. See under Mile. -- Geographical variation, any variation of a species which is dependent on climate or other geographical conditions.

A kind of divination by means of figures or lines, formed by little dots or points, originally on the earth, and latterly on paper.

A figure of St. George (the patron saint of England) on horseback, appended to the collar of the Order of the Garter. See Garter.