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Capable of being inscribed; inscribable.

That which is inscribed; something written or engraved; especially, a word or words written or engraved on a solid substance for preservation or public inspection; as, inscriptions on monuments, pillars, coins, medals, etc.

Of or pertaining to stone; inscribed on stone; as, a lapidarian record.

Inscribed or stamped with letters. Addison.

One who makes, inscribes, or engraves, alphabetical letters.

A game of chance, played with cards, on which are inscribed numbers, and any contrivance (as a wheel containing numbered balls) for determining a set of numbers by chance. The player holding a card having on it the set of numbers drawn from the wheel takes the stakes after a certain percentage of them has been deducted…

See Mussel. Muscle curve (Physiol.), contraction curve of a muscle; a myogram; the curve inscribed, upon a prepared surface, by means of a myograph when acted upon by a contracting muscle. The character of the curve represents the extent of the contraction.

To dedicate by declaration; to inscribe; as, to nuncupate a book. [Obs.] Evelyn.

A tablet; a register; hence, a list or scheme inscribed on a tablet. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Inscribed with a posy. In poised lockets bribe the fair. Gay.

A brief poetical sentiment; hence, any brief sentiment, motto, or legend; especially, one inscribed on a ring. "The posy of a ring." Shak.

Inscribed with a false name. Cudworth.

r of blood; red. Of his complexion he was sanguine. Chaucer. Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe. Milton.

To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe. Spenser.

An engraved or inscribed stamp, used for marking an impression in wax or other soft substance, to be attached to a document, or otherwise used by way of authentication or security.

To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the characters called letters; to write figures.