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Webster 1913 Edition

Glyph

Glyph

(glĭf)

,

Noun.

[Gr.

γλυφή

carving, fr.

γλύφειν

to carve: cf. F.

glyphe

. Cf.

to split.]

1.

(Arch.)

A sunken channel or groove, usually vertical. See

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Webster 1828 Edition

Glyph

GLYPH

,

Noun.

[Gr. to carve.] In sculpture and architecture, a canal, channel or cavity intended as an ornament.