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单词 diaglyph
释义 diaglyph rare.|ˈdaɪəglɪf|
[f. stem of Gr. διαγλύϕειν to carve through, carve in intaglio, f. δια- through + γλύϕειν to carve: in mod.F. diaglyphe (Hatz.-Darm.).]
A sculpture or engraving in which the figures are sunk below the general surface; an intaglio. Hence diaˈglyphic a., pertaining to, or of the nature of, such sculpture.
Evelyn's name for the art is after Gr. γλυϕική (sc. τέχνη).
[1662Evelyn Chalcogr. (1769) 16 Diaglyphice, when hollow, as in seals and intaglias.1819P. Nicholson Archit. Dict. I. 9 The Diaglyphice where the strokes [of the figures] are indented.]1864Webster, Diaglyphic.1889Century Dict., Diaglyph.
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