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Definition of: glyph
(glif) noun
1. Archit. A vertical groove or channel, as in a Doric frieze. Compare TRIGLYPH.
2. A picture or carving representing an idea; hieroglyph. [<Gk. glyphē a carving <glyphein carve]
—glyph′ic adjective
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