Hypertext Webster Gateway: "glyph"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Glyph \Glyph\, n. (Arch[ae]ol.)
A carved figure or character, incised or in relief; a carved
pictograph; hence, a pictograph representing a form
originally adopted for sculpture, whether carved or painted.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Glyph \Glyph\ (gl[i^]f), n. [Gr. glyfh` carving, fr. gly`fein to
carve: cf. F. glyphe. Cf. {Cleave} to split.] (Arch.)
A sunken channel or groove, usually vertical. See {Triglyph}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
glyph
n : glyptic art in the form of a symbolic figure carved or
incised in relief
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