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Figure
·noun To <<Embellish>>. II. Figure ·noun To indicate by numerals; also, to compute. III. Figure ·n...

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figure
The principal piece of carved work or ornament at the head of a ship, whether scroll, billet, or fig...

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figure dancer
One who alters figures on bank notes, converting tens to hundreds. ...

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big figure
To do things on the big figure, means to do them on a large scale. This vulgar phrase is used at the...

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figure-head
A carved bust or full-length figure over the cut-water of a ship; the remains of an ancient supersti...

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to cut a figure
To make an appearance, either good or bad. We are not as much surprised at the poor figure cut by t...

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figure of eight
A knot made by passing the end of a rope over and round the standing part, up over its own part, and...

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to go the big figure
To do things on a large scale. Why, our senators go the big figure on fried oysters and whisky punc...

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to go the whole figure
To go to the fullest extent in the attainment of any object. Go the whole figure for religious libe...

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figure of the earth
The form of our globe, which is that of an oblate spheroid with an ellipticity of about 1/299. ...

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