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parts mingles passing discords with the harmony; -- called also figural, figurative, and figured counterpoint or descant (although the term figured is more commonly applied to a bass with numerals written above or below to indicate the other notes of the harmony). -- Figurate numbers (Math.), numbers, or series of nu…

To embellish with design; to adorn with figures. The vaulty top of heaven Figured quite o'er with burning meteors. Shak.

Figured; marked as with figures.

remarkable for keen sight and swiftness. It is one of the oldest varieties known, and is figured on the Egyptian monuments. [Written also grayhound.]

llel bars for lifting the hooked wires which raise the warp threads in a loom for weaving figured goods. Knight.

ho died in 1834. Jacquard apparatus or arrangement, a device applied to looms for weaving figured goods, consisting of mechanism controlled by a chain of variously perforated cards, which cause the warp threads to be lifted in the proper succession for producing the required figure. -- Jacquard card, one of the perfor…

Work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner; also, the varnish or lacquer used in japanning.

te-flowered and blue-flowered lotus of modern Egypt, which, with Nelumbium speciosum, are figured on its ancient monuments.

appearance seen in the atmosphere, or in a more elevated region. The vaulty top of heaven Figured quite o'er with burning meteors. Shak.

One of the principal divinities of Egypt, the brother and husband of Isis. He was figured as a mummy wearing the royal cap of Upper Egypt, and was symbolized by the sacred bull, called Apis. Cf. Serapis. -- O*sir"i*an, a.

A cotton fabric, figured in the loom, -- used as a dress goods for women and children, and for vestings, etc.

Not variegated, dyed, or figured; as, plain muslin.

The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured. A variety of prophecies and prefigurations. Norris.

ounce, by antecedent types and similitudes; to foreshadow. "Whom all the various types prefigured." South.

The act of prefiguring; prefiguration; also, that which is prefigured. Carlyle.

A printed cloth; a fabric figured by stamping, especially calico or cotton cloth.

A figured stamp, die, or punch, used by goldsmiths, cutlers, etc.

en in such a way as to produce an effect of variegation, of changeable tints, or of being figured; as, shot silks. See Shoot, v. t., 8.

h, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life. The sockets and supporters of flowers are figured. Bacon. The saints have a . . . supporter in all their miseries. South.

nce of starry position or influence; hence, similarity of condition, fortune, etc., as prefigured by astrological calculation. [R.] Motley.