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l or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.

ds. They have a hooked bill, and sharp, strongly curved talons. There are three families, represented by the vultures, the falcons or hawks, and the owls.

A representation, in sculpture or on medals, of people expressing joy. Acclamation medals are those on which laudatory acclamations are recorded. Elmes.

s the title whereby a man, on the death of his ancestor, acquires his estate, by right of representation, as his heir at law. Blackstone.

The use of a picture symbol of an object to represent phonetically the initial sound of the name of the object.

The use of a picture symbol of an object to represent phonetically the initial sound of the name of the object.

To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the stage.

ion, etc., to speak to; to accost. Are not your orders to address the senate Addison. The representatives of the nation addressed the king. Swift.

To give a faint shadow or slight representation of; to outline; to shadow forth. Both in the vastness and the richness of the visible universe the invisible God is adumbrated. L. Taylor.

A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or representation of a thing. Elegant adumbrations of sacred truth. Bp. Horsley.

Faintly representing; typical. Carlyle.

Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls.

The lively representation of any emotion. Wotton.

Exaggerated representation. By a little aggravation of the features changed it into the Saracen's head. Addison.

An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also to assist or represent him in correspondence and in directing movements.

The representation or reproduction of the effect of the atmospheric medium through which every object in nature is viewed. New Am. Cyc.

Anything which represents by suggestive resemblance; an emblem.

Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.

The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.

tness is but the feeling of otherness (alterity) rendered intuitive, or alterity visually represented. Coleridge.