Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An incision, engraving, or sculpture in stone, especially in a precious stone; also, an engraved or incised stone.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An engraving on a gem.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
engraving on agem .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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Examples
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Should there be any remains of sculpture on such a stone, it becomes a lithoglyph or a hieroglyph; and if the nature and end of this sculpture be quite incomprehensible to the adepts, they may term it a cryptoglyph, and thus dignify, by a sort of title of honour, the absoluteness of their ignorance.
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