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▪ I. relievo1|rɪˈliːvəʊ|
Also 7 releuo, 8 releivo, 8–9 rilievo.
[ad. It. rilievo (riliˈevo): see relief3, and cf. alto-, basso-, mezzo-relievo.]
1. = relief3 1.
1625Sir T. Roe in Michaelis' Anc. Marbles (1882) 189 Twelue tables of fine marble, cutt into historyes, some of a very great releuo. 1641Evelyn Diary 1 Sept., Several rusticall instruments so artificially represented as to deceive an accurate eye, to distinguish it from actual relievo. 1723Chambers tr. Le Clerc's Treat. Archit. I. 79 The Foliages and other Ornaments..by their Relievo seem to increase its bigness.
transf.1704Swift T. Tub viii, The wind and vapours issuing forth..distorted the mouth, bloated the cheeks, and gave the eyes a terrible kind of relievo. 1796W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. XXI. 491 The comic features have more relievo, than most other productions of the author.
b. in relievo, in relief.
1665Phil. Trans. I. 99 A new kind of Maps in a low Relievo. 1703Maundrell Journ. Jerus. (1721) 137 On that part..are to be seen Carvings in Relievo. 1789E. Darwin Bot. Garden ii. ii. 177 Round the white circlet in relievo bold A serpent twines his scaly length in gold. 1832G. R. Porter Porcelain & Gl. 111 In works where different objects appear in relievo, these are made separately. 1847Smeaton Builder's Man. 213 The walls are covered with gigantic figures sculptured in relievo.
transf.1769Burke Late St. Nation 60 Two of them stand out in high relievo beyond the rest. The first is a change in the internal representation of this country.
2. = relief3 1 b.
1627Sir T. Roe in Michaelis' Anc. Marbles (1882) 200 My agent..hath brought me..some heads and small releuo's, antient and good worke. 1731Gentl. Mag. I. 499 In one of which [grottos] they found 40 Urns cover'd with Relievos. 1753Hanway Trav. (1762) I. vii. xcv. 440 The ornaments of the architecture, and the relievo in the frontispiece, are after the chinese and japan manner. 1845Ford Handbk. Spain i. 475/2 Her chapel is very rich in red marbles, Corinthian pillars, and poor sculptured relievos of her history.
3. Painting. = relief3 2.
1685W. Aglionby Painting Illustr. i. 19 To give that Roundness to the Figures, which the Italians call Relievo, and for which we have no other Name. 1738R. Smith Opticks Pref. 5 The effect of a large concave speculum in heightening the Relievo of Pictures. 1784J. Barry in Lect. Paint. vi. (1848) 225 The style which Titian afterwards adopted..was not of so high a relish for relievo and hue.
▪ II. relievo2|rɪˈliːvəʊ|
Also relievio.
[prob. f. relieve v. + -o2.]
A children's seeking game in which a captured player may be released by another member of his or her side; the call effecting the release.
1888S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield 296 Bedlams or relievo, a game played by boys. Ibid. 297 If..one of the boys out at field runs through the den shouting ‘Relievo’, without being caught by the tenter, the prisoner is allowed to escape. 1912J. Stephens Crock of Gold v. 39 ‘It's a nice game,’ said the Leprechaun, ‘and so is Cap-on-the-back, and..Relievo, and Leap-frog.’ 1913― Here are Ladies 261 Tip-and-Tig, Horneys and Robbers, Relievo we played. 1969I. & P. Opie Children's Games ii. 110 Names which reflect the rescue element are: ‘Release’, ‘Releaster’, ‘Reliev-i-o’, ‘Tig and Relievo’, [etc.]. Ibid. iv. 172 In Scotland, Wales, and the northern half of England, ‘Relievo’ is the principal seeking game with two sides. Ibid. 173 Commonly it is enough for the ‘releaser’ to shout ‘Relievo’ or ‘Rallio’ or perhaps ‘Bish-Bash’ as he rushes through the den. 1970Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 19 Aug. 2/1 Summer streets full of youngsters playing Hoist The Sails, Relievo or Giant Step. 1974Amer. Speech 1971 XLVI. 83 Line and running games: crack-the-whip, fly-the-whip, follow-the-leader, leap frog, redman, red rover, rolla-rolla, relievio, [etc.]. |