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Bas-relief
Bas-relief Bas`-re*lief", n. [F. bas-relief; bas law + relief raised work, relever to raise: cf. It. bassorilievo.] Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less than half of their true proportions; -- called also bassrelief and basso-rilievo. See Alto-rilievo.
bassrelief
Bas-relief Bas`-re*lief", n. [F. bas-relief; bas law + relief raised work, relever to raise: cf. It. bassorilievo.] Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less than half of their true proportions; -- called also bassrelief and basso-rilievo. See Alto-rilievo.
Bass-relief
Bass-relief Bass"-re*lief`, n. Some as Bas-relief.
Demirelief
Demirelief Dem`i*re*lief", Demirelievo Dem`i*re*lie"vo, n. Half relief. See Demi-rilievo.
Grand relief
Grand paunch, a glutton or gourmand. [Obs.] --Holland. Grand pensionary. See under Pensionary. Grand piano (Mus.), a large piano, usually harp-shaped, in which the wires or strings are generally triplicated, increasing the power, and all the mechanism is introduced in the most effective manner, regardless of the size of the instrument. Grand relief (Sculp.), alto relievo. Grand Seignior. See under Seignior. Grand stand, the principal stand, or erection for spectators, at a, race course, etc. Grand vicar (Eccl.), a principal vicar; an ecclesiastical delegate in France. Grand vizier. See under Vizier. Syn: Magnificent; sublime; majestic; dignified; elevated; stately; august; pompous; lofty; eralted; noble. Usage: Grand, Magnificent, Sublime. Grand, in reference to objects of taste, is applied to that which expands the mind by a sense of vastness and majesty; magnificent is applied to anything which is imposing from its splendor; sublime describes that which is awful and elevating. A cataract is grand; a rich and varied landscape is magnificent; an overhanging precipice is sublime. ``Grandeur admits of degrees and modifications; but magnificence is that which has already reached the highest degree of superiority naturally belonging to the object in question.' --Crabb.
Photorelief
Photorelief Pho`to*re*lief", n. A printing surface in relief, obtained by photographic means and subsequent manipulations. --Knight.
Reliefful
Reliefful Re*lief"ful (r?-l?f"f?l), a. Giving relief. [Obs.]
Reliefless
Reliefless Re*lief"less, a. Destitute of relief; also, remediless.

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- Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces remain attached to a solid background of the same material. The term relief is from the Latin...
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- provide relief for the unemplo**** and others. The Federal Emergency Relief Administration, under the leadership of Harry Hopkins, distributed relief to state...
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- counter g-forces and low pressure at high altitudes, and provide thermal relief. Following a series of hypoxia-related issues, the life support system was...
- Rescuers from California attempted to reach the migrants, but the first relief party did not arrive until the middle of February 1847, almost four months...
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