SIMPLE FIGURE | ||
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FIGURE, Shape, Fea∣ture, Fashion, Form, Frame, Scheme, Lineament, the Make, well set, or pro∣portioned, transform, transfigure, deface, disfigure. | ||
the nearest way: | STRAIGHTNESS, Right, direct, point-blank. | |
the farthest way: | CROOKEDNESS, Curve, a-wry, hooked, bow, bend, wry, embow, winding, indirect, fetch a compass. |
General; contained within , whose every part is equally distant | CIRCLE, Periphery, Circumference, environ, encircle, surround, Ring, Rund•e, Epicycle. | |
General; contained within , | ANGLE, Corner, Coyn, Nook, Elbow, Polygon. |
circularly | encircle | peripheral | surround | circumference |
angle | corner |
English | Latin or greek | ||
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RIGHT ANGLE | blunt, dull, | OBTUSE | |
sharp, keen, whet. | ACUTE, |
in Bodies whose superficies ; straight lines | PLAIN, level, flat, even. | |
in Bodies whose superficies ; outward: | CONVEX, prominent, gibbous, protuberant, turgid, embowed. | |
in Bodies whose superficies ; inward. | CONCAVE, Hollow, Cavity, Pit, Hole. |
flat | level | plain | ||
convex | ||||
concave | hollow | pit | hole | cavity |
Simple Figure; Circular: | SPHERE, Orb, Globe, Ball, Bullet, Round, Bullet, Pomander, Pom∣mel, Bede | |
Simple Figure; Angular of equal sides. | CUBE, Dy |
Mixed Figures; Lifting up; of a Circle: | CYLINDER, Bar, Column, Cann, Cannon, Role. | |
Mixed Figures; Lifting up ; of an Angular plain. | PRISM, Bar, Wedge. | |
Mixed Figures; Laying on :from a Point, infinite Plains; circular: | CONE, Taper, Spire, Steeple, Shaft, Pinnacle. | |
Mixed Figures; Laying on ;from a Point, infinite Plains; angular. | PYRAMID, Spire, Steeple, Shaft, Pinnacle, Obelisk. |
Sections of a Cone, | PARABOLA-icall. | |
HYPERBOLE. | ||
ELLIPSIS, oval. | ||
revolution of a Line about; a Cone | SPIRAL, Serpentine, turbinated, wreath, coyling, worn. | |
revolution of a Line about ; a Cylinder | HELIX, Winding. |
SIMPLE
COMPOUND FIGURES | ||
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One Line; solid: | PIN, Gad. Nail, Peg, Tag, Tack, Tenter. Needle, Probe. | |
One Line; hollow | HOLE, Hollow, Pore, Vent, Meash, Orifice, Meuse, punch, perfo∣rate, run thorough. |
Two lines ; sharp ; convex | TOOTH, Cusp, Point, Neb, Scrag, Tine, Tenon, Cog, ingrail, indented. | |
Two lines ; sharp ; concave | NOTCH, Nick, Nock, crenated, Gap, hatcht, inveck, indented. | |
Two lines ; blunt ; convex | PROTUBERANCE, Prominence, Process, Stud, Boss, Excrescence, Gibbous, •rump, Bunch, Knob, Rub, jutting, rising, tuberous, standing out, stick out, goggle, copped, turgid, Brow, Hillock, Knob, Knot, Node, Cragg, Scrag, Lobe, gorbellied, heave, swell, strut. | |
Two lines ; blunt ; concave | DENT, Dimple, Sinking, Dock, Crease, indent, Hole, Pit. |
end of one with the midst of the other meeting | FIGURE of the letter T, Crutch. | |
midst of one with the midst of the other cutting | CROSS, Decussation, athwart, Turn-stile. |
Three Lines; Several points making Angles; on the same side | STAPLE. | |
Three Lines; Several points making Angles;on di∣verse sides. | WINDLE | |
Three Lines; The same point ; meeting | TUFT▪ Lock, Tassel, Tresses, Thrum, Hassock, Nap, Rug, Fringe. | |
Three Lines; The same point ; cutting | ASTERISC. |
MORE COMPOUNDED
Comprehend Superficies. | Straight; 3 angles | TRIANGLE. |
Straight; 4 angles | SQUARE, Quadrangle, Quadrate, Diamond figure, Rhomb-oid, Lozenge, Parallellogram. |
Flux of a pin | LAMIN, Flake, Leaf, Board, Plank, Lath, Plate, Schedule, Scrole, Sheet, Wafer, Cake, Leant, Flap, Label, Coit. | |
flux of a hole | CHINK, Crevise, Fissure, Cleft, Crack, Cranny, Chap, Flaw, Rift, Split, Slit, Loop-hole, cleave, spring a leak. |
FIGURE T | TRESSEL, Table. | |
Cross and Asterisc | PINION, Nut. |
Protuberance: | RIDGE, Bank, Dam, Bridg, Edg, Ledg. | |
Dent | FVRROW, Ditch, Dike, Kennel, Channel, Foss, Trench, Dock, Drein, Cut, Dimple, Rivel, Shrivel, Wrinkle, rumple, pucker, Pleit. |
Extern; Sphere or Cube, with ; Cylinder | BOTTLE, Button, Bolt-head. | |
Extern; Sphere with ; Cylinder | PIN, headed. |
Extern; Cone with Cone ; Base to Base: | BUOY FIGURE | |
Extern; Cone with Cone ; Vertex to Vertex | HOUR-GLASS FIGURE. |
Elliptic; representing the figure of a Sphere crushed, ‖ either about the midst by a Hoop: or at the ends by two opposite Plains
Extern; Elliptic; about the midst by a Hoop | OVAL, Elliptical. | |
Extern; Elliptic; at the ends by two opposite Plains. | BOWL. |