Inscription
[ɪn'skrɪpʃ(ə)n] or [ɪn'skrɪpʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words.
(noun.) letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something.
Inputed by Franklin--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act or process of inscribing.
(n.) That which is inscribed; something written or engraved; especially, a word or words written or engraved on a solid substance for preservation or public inspection; as, inscriptions on monuments, pillars, coins, medals, etc.
(n.) A line of division or intersection; as, the tendinous inscriptions, or intersections, of a muscle.
(n.) An address, consignment, or informal dedication, as of a book to a person, as a mark of respect or an invitation of patronage.
Checker: Natalia
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream you see an inscription, foretells you will shortly receive unpleasant communications. If you are reading them on tombs, you will be distressed by sickness of a grave nature. To write one, you will lose a valued friend.
Edited by Darrell
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. Something written on another thing. Inscriptions are of many kinds but mostly memorial intended to commemorate the fame of some illustrious person and hand down to distant ages the record of his services and virtues. To this class of inscriptions belongs the name of John Smith penciled on the Washington monument. Following are examples of memorial inscriptions on tombstones: (See EPITAPH.)
Checker: Sinclair
Examples
- It was late in the day before the whole inscription was erased. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- That inscription is now erased. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The blinds were all drawn down, and the inscription Pubsey and Co. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It seemed cruel to keep that pitiless inscription still staring from the walls after the unhappy wretch had been in his grave five hundred years. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This is some very old inscription, existing perhaps long before the ancient alms-houses in this place. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- There is the fact of the funeral at Limmeridge, and there is the assertion of the inscription on the tomb. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- This inscription, which you find to be Phoenician, is, I think, near _Taunton_ (not Jannston, as you write it). Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- This is probably the earliest known vase bearing a Greek inscription. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Mr. Luker has himself personally identified the box, the seal, and the inscription. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The flag with the inscription SLEARY'S HORSE-RIDING was there; and the Gothic niche was there; but Mr. Sleary was not there. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- I saw her kiss the white cross, then kneel down before the inscription, and apply her wet cloth to the cleansing of it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- All was quiet with him, save that a long inscription had appeared that morning upon the pedestal of the sundial. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The inscription was in these words: Deposited with Messrs. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Disappointed thus far, I next looked attentively at the cross, and at the square block of marble below it, on which the inscription was cut. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- When I had taken the copy, I rubbed out the marks, but, two mornings later, a fresh inscription had appeared. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Enquiries were sent to the antiquarians of the Academy of Inscriptions in that matter. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There is plenty of room for other inscriptions underneath. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Thirty-five of his inscriptions survive to this day. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was completely covered with such inscriptions. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- He was proud of this determination, and left inscriptions to record it. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They are spoken of in the inscriptions as the dangerous Medes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They were great builders, and left many monuments and inscriptions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Here are no aisles, no arches, no inscriptions, no banners. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- All the public inscriptions in the town were painted alike, in severe characters of black and white. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- My reign is not yet over, (these words were legible in one of these inscriptions); you live, and my power is complete. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- In the ninth century B.C. a people called the Medes, very closely related to the Persians to the east of them, appear in the Assyrian inscriptions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The inside of the great mosque is very showy with variegated marble walls and with windows and inscriptions of elaborate mosaic. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The inscriptions the sightseers scribbled upon the walls remain to this day, and many of them have been deciphered and published. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Every stone of its inner wall was covered by inscriptions which had been carved by prisoners--dates, names, complaints, and prayers. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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