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ort; ease; redress. He seec the dire contagion spread so fast, That, where it seizes, all relief is vain. Dryden.

Giving relief. [Obs.]

Destitute of relief; also, remediless.

Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less than half of their true proportions; -- called also bassrelief and basso- rilievo. See Alto-rilievo.

Some as Bas-relief.

Half relief. See Demi-rilievo.

A printing surface in relief, obtained by photographic means and subsequent manipulations. Knight.

culty, talent. Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren. Acts xi. 29. Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study. Bacon. The public men of England, with much of a peculiar kind of ability. Macaulay.

To dispense; to serve out; to supply; execute; as, to administer relief, to administer the sacrament. [Let zephyrs] administer their tepid, genial airs. Philips. Justice was administered with an exactness and purity not before known. Macaulay.

Help; succor; assistance; relief. An unconstitutional mode of obtaining aid. Hallam.

The act of alleviating; a lightening of weight or severity; mitigation; relief.

High relief; sculptured work in which the figures project more than half their thickness; as, this figure is an alto-rilievo or in alto-rilievo.

Any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief, as a cameo.

Work chased or embossed relief.

Pertaining to the art of chasing or embossing in relief; anaglyptic; -- opposed to diaglyptic or sunk work.

Relating to the art of carving, enchasing, or embossing in low relief.

The art of carving in low relief, embossing, etc.

The art of copying works in relief, or of engraving as to give the subject an embossed or raised appearance; -- used in representing coins, bas-reliefs, etc.

Pertaining to a process or a style of printing from characters in relief on zinc plates.

The introduction of water subcutaneously for the relief of pain.