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The ring of dots round the edge of a medal, etc. Brande & C.

The small space beneath the base line of a subject engraved on a coin or medal. It usually contains the date, place, engraver's name, etc., or other subsidiary matter. Fairholt.

g, or produced by, the process of electolytic deposition; as, a galvano-plastic copy of a medal or the like.

To form, or mold, by striking or stamping, as a coin or medal.

nce for preservation or public inspection; as, inscriptions on monuments, pillars, coins, medals, etc.

The figures of two heads on a medal or coin, either side by side or joined.

An inscription, motto, or title, esp. one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon an heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration. Golden legend. See under Golden.

caranga Indica) that grows in the East Indies. It is used in taking impressions of coins, medallions, etc., and sometimes as a medicine. Balfour (Cyc. of India).

ch the score is reckoned by counting the holes won or lost by each side; -- disting. from medal play.

A Turkish honorary order established in 1851 by Abdul-Mejid, having as its badge a medallion surrounded by seven silver rays and crescents. It is often conferred on foreigners.

indication of radiant light around the heads of divinities, saints, and sovereigns, upon medals, pictures, etc.; a halo. See Aureola, and Glory, n., 5.

Of or pertaining to coins; relating to the science of coins or medals.

The science of coins and medals.

A treatise on, or description of, coins and medals.

The science which treats of coins and medals, in their relation to history; numismatics.

d cheese; the torch was passed from hand to hand. I had only time to pass my eye over the medals. Addison. Waller passed over five thousand horse and foot by Newbridge. Clarendon.

ives to works of art; especially, the green rust which covers ancient bronzes, coins, and medals. Fairholt.

A small plaque, esp., in modern medal engraving, a small and delicate bas-relief, whether cast or struck from a die, or of form other than circular.

aid of sculpture and the kindred arts, in distinction from painting and the graphic arts. Medallions . . . fraught with the plastic beauty and grace of the palmy days of Italian art. J. S. Harford. Plastic clay (Geol.), one of the beds of the Eocene period; -- so called because used in making pottery. Lyell. -- Plasti…

er. -- Prize master, an officer put in charge or command of a captured vessel. -- Prize medal, a medal given as a prize. -- Prize money, a dividend from the proceeds of a captured vessel, etc., paid to the captors. -- Prize ring, the ring or inclosure for a prize fight; the system and practice of prize fighting. -…