Of or pertaining to Samos, an island in the Ægean Sea, the birthplace of Pythagoras. Samian earth n. (see quot. 1728). Samian letter n. the letter…

Of various English words. In form A (without point). As a brand or mark indicating that a person has been convicted of adultery: adulteress…

gen. with a and plural. A word of four letters used as a symbol.

A mark, symbol, drawing, pattern, etc., resembling an arrow or arrowhead in shape or appearance. Such a symbol used on a map or diagram to represent…

A mark or symbol shaped like an arrowhead, used on a map or diagram to represent a course, movement, or flow (as of a river, current, travelling…

Air in motion; a state of movement in the air; a current of air, of any degree of force perceptible to… A symbolical representation of the wind…

a representation of the letter A in scarlet cloth which persons convicted of adultery were condemned to wear, as described in the novel by Hawthorne…

Chiefly Archaeology. A figure resembling a wheel, with arms or spokes radiating outward from the centre (often forming an equilateral cross)…

a mark on Chinese porcelain, supposed to designate warriors.

A stylized representation of the sun as the emblem of Japan. Frequently attributive. Cf. sense 3.

A mark or symbol resembling a bird's foot.

= Easter bunny n.

In Chinese literature, one of the sixty-four figures, consisting each of six parallel (whole or divided) lines, which form the basis of the…

(a) chiefly Archaeology a figure thought to be an ancient symbol for the sun; cf. sun circle n. (b), sun cross n., sun wheel, n. 3; (b) Astrology…

a rabbit traditionally said to bring gifts to children at Easter; a representation of this.

attributive. (a) ‘a knot used to ligature the pedicle in ovariotomy’ (New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1898); (b) also, a Stafford knot or half-hitch…

A term used by C. S. Peirce (1839–1914) to designate a sign which is a thing (e.g. a diagram or weathercock) or an event (e.g. a cry). Later, taken…

Archaeology. n. A design or symbol of this type.

Chiefly attributive. In India: used as the first element in the titles of various awards.

A simple graphic representation of a smiling face; spec. a round, cartoon-style face, originally and chiefly black on yellow.

(a) = smiley face, n. 1; (b) = smiley face, n. 2.

Any of a set of symbols representing words; spec. one of those used in the investigation of language learning by chimpanzees.

A representation of a facial expression formed by a short sequence of keyboard characters (usually to be viewed sideways) and used in electronic…

Chiefly with capital initial. = smiley face, n. 1.