A visible pattern as in wood or cloth.
A number, an amount.
A drawing or diagram conveying information.
A human figure, which dress or corset must fit to; the shape of a human body.
A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a motif; a florid embellishment.
The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.
A figure of speech.
The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career of a person.
A person or thing representing a certain consciousness.
A numeral.
A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.
Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression.
The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modelling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body.
A shape.
Any complex dance moveᵂ.
To represent by a metaphor; to signify or symbolize.
To write over or under the bass, as figures or other characters, in order to indicate the accompanying chords.
To calculate, to solve a mathematical problem.
To enter into; to be a part of.
To think, to assume, to suppose, to reckon.
To embellish with design; to adorn with figures.
To embellish.
To come to understand.
To be reasonable.
The texture of a piece of fabric.
A ridge or streak produced on skin by a cane or whip.
A ridge or low barrier.
A horizontal timber used for supporting or retaining earth.
A ridge on the outside of a horse collar.
A timber bolted to a row of piles to secure them together and in position.
Something selected as being the best, preference; choice.
A horizontal ridge or ledge on the outside planking of a wooden ship. (See gunwale, chainwale)
A raised rib in knit goods or fabric, especially corduroy.
To strike the skin in such a way as to produce a wale or welt.
To choose, select.
To beat a person, especially as punishment or out of anger.
To give a surface a texture of wales or welts.