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Adorned with figures; marked with figures; as, figured muslin.

part, or parts, accompanying the voice or a principal instrument; also, the harmony of a figured bass. P. Cyc.

A kind of figured stone, rugged and beset with eminences, anciently used in divination. [Obs.] Encyc. Brit.

Tapestry; a rich figured fabric; especially, a screen or hangings of heavy cloth with interwoven figures. Stateliest couches, with rich arras spread. Cowper. Behind the arras I'll convey myself. Shak.

To make swollen and disfigured or sullied by weeping; as, her eyes or cheeks were beblubbered.

A kind of kotton goods, figured on the weaving.

A kind of coarse brocade, or figured fabric, used chiefly for tapestry, linings for carriages, etc.

Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern.

A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking. Swift.

ts of the harmony are indicated by figures beneath the bass; the same as thorough bass or figured bass; basso continuo. [It.] -- Continued fever (Med.), a fever which presents no interruption in its course. -- Continued fraction (Math.), a fraction whose numerator is 1, and whose denominator is a whole number plus a f…

To delineate. [Obs.] These two stones as they are here defigured. Weever.

Unnatural or distorted in form; having a deformity; misshapen; disfigured; as, a deformed person; a deformed head. -- De*form"ed*ly, adv. -- De*form"ed*ness, n.

The act of disfiguring, or the state of being disfigured; defacement; deformity; disfigurement. Gauden.

Act of disfiguring, or state of being disfigured; deformity. Milton.

Dishonored; disgraced; disfigured. [Obs.] Dishonest with lopped arms the youth appears, Spoiled of his nose and shortened of his ears. Dryden.

A style of light, bright-figured dress goods for women; also, a style of dress. Dolly Varden trout (Zoöl.), a trout of northwest America; -- called also bull trout, malma, and red-spotted trout. See Malma.

urnay (in Flemish, Doornick), Belgium, and used for hangings, carpets, etc. Also, a stout figured linen manufactured in Scotland. [Formerly written also darnex, dornic, dorneck, etc.] Halliwell. Jamieson.

A constellation of the northern hemisphere figured as a dragon; Draco.

A kind of loom used in weaving figured patterns; -- called also drawboy.

An appearance, or a becoming manifest. Whom but just before they beheld transfigured and in a glorious epiphany upon the mount. Jer. Taylor. An epic poet, if ever such a difficult birth should make its epiphany in Paris. De Quincey.