Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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{Academy figure}, {Canceled figures}, {Lay figure}, etc. See
under {Academy}, {Cancel}, {Lay}, etc.
{Figure caster}, or {Figure flinger}, an astrologer. ``This
figure caster.'' --Milton.
{Figure flinging}, the practice of astrology.
{Figure-of-eight knot}, a knot shaped like the figure 8. See
Illust. under {Knot}.
{Figure painting}, a picture of the human figure, or the act
or art of depicting the human figure.
{Figure stone} (Min.), agalmatolite.
{Figure weaving}, the art or process of weaving figured
fabrics.
{To cut a figure}, to make a display. [Colloq.] --Sir W.
Scott.