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glyph

glyph \'glif\ \-ik\ n [Gk glyphe- carved work, fr. glyphein to carve - more 
   at CL]EAVE 1: an ornamental vertical groove esp. in a Doric frieze  2: a 
   symbolic figure or a character usu. incised or carved in relief  - glyph.ic 
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