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Webster 1913 Edition


Figured

Fig′ured

,
Adj.
1.
Adorned with figures; marked with figures;
as,
figured
muslin
.
2.
Not literal; figurative.
[Obs.]
Locke.
3.
(Mus.)
(a)
Free and florid;
as, a
figured
descant
. See
Figurate
, 3.
(b)
Indicated or noted by figures.
Figured bass
.
See
Continued bass
, under
Continued
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Figured

FIG'URED

,
pp.
1.
Represented by resemblance; adorned with figures; formed into a determinate figure.
2.
In music, free and florid.