Part 4294

<blockquote>Flowers have all exquisite <b>figures</b>. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting, modeling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a representation of the human body; <as>as, a <ex>figure</ex> in bronze; a <ex>figure</ex> cut in marble.</as></def>

<blockquote>A coin that bears the <b>figure</b> of an angel. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article; a design wrought out in a fabric; <as>as, the muslin was of a pretty <ex>figure</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Geom.)</fld> <def>A diagram or drawing; made to represent a magnitude or the relation of two or more magnitudes; a surface or space inclosed on all sides; -- called <i>superficial</i> when inclosed by lines, and <i>solid</i> when inclosed by surface; any arrangement made up of points, lines, angles, surfaces, etc.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The appearance or impression made by the conduct or carrer of a person; <as>as, a sorry <ex>figure</ex></as>.</def>

<blockquote>I made some <b>figure</b> there. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Gentlemen of the best <b>figure</b> in the county. <i>Blackstone.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous representation; splendor; show.</def>

<blockquote>That he may live in <b>figure</b> and indulgence. <i>Law.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>Value, as expressed in numbers; price; <as>as, the goods are estimated or sold at a low <ex>figure</ex></as>.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<blockquote>With nineteen thousand a year at the very lowest <b>figure</b>. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>A person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes a type or representative.</def>

<blockquote>Who is the <b>figure</b> of Him that was to come. <i>Rom. v. 14.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>10.</b> <fld>(Rhet.)</fld> <def>A mode of expressing abstract or immaterial ideas by words which suggest pictures or images from the physical world; pictorial language; a trope; hence, any deviation from the plainest form of statement.</def>

<blockquote>To represent the imagination under the <b>figure</b> of a wing. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>11.</b> <fld>(Logic)</fld> <def>The form of a syllogism with respect to the relative position of the middle term.</def>

<p><b>12.</b> <fld>(Dancing)</fld> <def>Any one of the several regular steps or movements made by a dancer.</def>

<p><b>13.</b> <fld>(Astrol.)</fld> <def>A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the astrological houses.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<p><b>14.</b> <fld>(Music)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as a group of chords, which produce a single complete and distinct impression</def>.</def>

<i>Grove.</i>

<sd>(b)</sd> <def>A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a strain or passage; a musical or motive; a florid embellishment</def>.

<note>&hand; Figures are often written upon the staff in music to denote the kind of measure. They are usually in the form of a fraction, the upper figure showing how many notes of the kind indicated by the lower are contained in one measure or bar. Thus, <musfig>2/4</musfig> signifies that the measure contains two quarter notes. The following are the principal figures used for this purpose: -- <-- the "figures" illustrated here have a bar through each number and cannot be represented as simple fractions, thus the special "musfig" field notation. The following numbers are contained in a single line of large (ca. 14 pt.) bold type -->

<musfig>2/2</musfig><musfig>2/4</musfig><musfig>2/8</musfig> <musfig>4/2</musfig><musfig>2/4</musfig><musfig>4/8</musfig> <musfig>3/2</musfig><musfig>3/4</musfig><musfig>3/8</musfig> <musfig>6/4</musfig><musfig>6/4</musfig><musfig>6/8</musfig> </note>

<cs><mcol><col>Academy figure</col>, <col>Canceled figures</col>, <col>Lay figure</col>, etc.</mcol> <cd>See under <er>Academy</er>, <er>Cancel</er>, <er>Lay</er>, etc.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Figure caster</col>, &or; <col>Figure flinger</col></mcol>, <cd>an astrologer. This <i>figure caster<i>."</cd> <i>Milton.</i> -- <col>Figure flinging</col>, <cd>the practice of astrology.</cd> -- <col>Figure-of-eight knot</col>, <cd>a knot shaped like the figure 8. See <i>Illust<i>. under <er>Knot</er>.</cd> -- <col>Figure painting</col>, <cd>a picture of the human figure, or the act or art of depicting the human figure.</cd> -- <col>Figure stone</col> <fld>(Min.)</fld>, <cd>agalmatolite.</cd> -- <col>Figure weaving</col>, <cd>the art or process of weaving figured fabrics.</cd> -- <col>To cut a figure</col>, <cd>to make a display. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cd> <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></cs>

<h1>Figure</h1> <Xpage=558>