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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Glyph

/(glĭf)/ · IPA /ɡlɪf/
01 n. A sunken channel or groove, usually vertical. See Triglyph.
  1. 1.
    A sunken channel or groove, usually vertical. See Triglyph.(Arch.) See: Triglyph
  2. 2.
    A carved figure or character, incised or in relief; a carved pictograph; hence, a pictograph representing a form originally adopted for sculpture, whether carved or painted.(Archæol.)