Figure stone

Agalmatolite \Ag`al*mat"o*lite\
   ([a^]g`[a^]l*m[a^]t"[-o]*l[imac]t), n. [Gr. 'a`galma,
   'a`galmatos, image, statue + -lite: cf. F. agalmatolithe.]
   (Min.)
   A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish
   color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called
   {figure stone}, and {pagodite}. It is probably a variety of
   pinite.
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Figure \Fig"ure\ (f[i^]g"[-u]r; 135), n. [F., figure, L. figura;
   akin to fingere to form, shape, feign. See {Feign}.]
   1. The form of anything; shape; outline; appearance.
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            Flowers have all exquisite figures.   --Bacon.
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   2. The representation of any form, as by drawing, painting,
      modeling, carving, embroidering, etc.; especially, a
      representation of the human body; as, a figure in bronze;
      a figure cut in marble.
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            A coin that bears the figure of an angel. --Shak.
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   3. A pattern in cloth, paper, or other manufactured article;
      a design wrought out in a fabric; as, the muslin was of a
      pretty figure.
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   4. (Geom.) 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
      superficial when inclosed by lines, and solid when
      inclosed by surfaces; any arrangement made up of points,
      lines, angles, surfaces, etc.
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   5. The appearance or impression made by the conduct or career
      of a person; as, a sorry figure.
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            I made some figure there.             --Dryden.
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            Gentlemen of the best figure in the county.
                                                  --Blackstone.
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   6. Distinguished appearance; magnificence; conspicuous
      representation; splendor; show.
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            That he may live in figure and indulgence. --Law.
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   7. A character or symbol representing a number; a numeral; a
      digit; as, 1, 2,3, etc.
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   8. Value, as expressed in numbers; price; as, the goods are
      estimated or sold at a low figure. [Colloq.]
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            With nineteen thousand a year at the very lowest
            figure.                               --Thackeray.
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   9. A person, thing, or action, conceived of as analogous to
      another person, thing, or action, of which it thus becomes
      a type or representative.
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            Who is the figure of Him that was to come. --Rom. v.
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   10. (Rhet.) 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. Also
       called a {figure of speech}.
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             To represent the imagination under the figure of a
             wing.                                --Macaulay.
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   11. (Logic) The form of a syllogism with respect to the
       relative position of the middle term.
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   12. (Dancing) Any one of the several regular steps or
       movements made by a dancer.
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   13. (Astrol.) A horoscope; the diagram of the aspects of the
       astrological houses. --Johnson.
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   14. (Music)
       (a) Any short succession of notes, either as melody or as
           a group of chords, which produce a single complete
           and distinct impression. --Grove.
       (b) A form of melody or accompaniment kept up through a
           strain or passage; a musical phrase or motive; a
           florid embellishment.
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   Note: 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, 2/4 signifies that the
         measure contains two quarter notes. The following are
         the principal figures used for this purpose: --
         2/22/42/8 4/22/44/8 3/23/43/8 6/46/46/8
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   {Academy figure}, {Canceled figures}, {Lay figure}, etc. See
      under {Academy}, {Cancel}, {Lay}, etc.

   {Figure caster}, or {Figure flinger}, an astrologer. "This
      figure caster." --Milton.

   {Figure flinging}, the practice of astrology.

   {Figure-of-eight knot}, a knot shaped like the figure 8. See
      Illust. under {Knot}.

   {Figure painting}, a picture of the human figure, or the act
      or art of depicting the human figure.

   {Figure stone} (Min.), agalmatolite.

   {Figure weaving}, the art or process of weaving figured
      fabrics.

   {To cut a figure}, to make a display. [Colloq.] --Sir W.
      Scott.
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