Adj. credulous &c 486; mistaken &c (error) 495. 548

liar &c (lie) &c 544; story-teller, perjurer, false witness, menteur a triple etage [Fr.], Scapin^†; bunko steerer [U.S.], carpetbagger [U.S.], capper [U.S.], faker, fraud, four flusher [Slang], horse coper^†, ringer [Slang], spieler^†, straw bidder [U.S.].

imposter, pretender, soi-disant [Fr.], humbug; adventurer; Cagliostro, Fernam Mendez Pinto; ass in lion's skin &c (bungler) 701; actor &c (stage player) 599.

quack, charlatan, mountebank, saltimbanco^†, saltimbanque^†, empiric, quacksalver, medicaster^†, Rosicrucian, gypsy; man of straw.

conjuror, juggler, trickster, prestidigitator, jockey; crimp, decoy, decoy duck; rogue, knave, cheat; swindler &c (thief) 792; jobber.

Phr. saint abroad and a devil at home [Bunyan].
549. Exaggeration -- N. exaggeration; expansion &c 194; hyperbole, stretch, strain, coloring; high coloring, caricature, caricatura^†; extravagance &c (nonsense) 497; Baron Munchausen; men in buckram, yarn, fringe, embroidery, traveler's tale; fish story, gooseberry [Slang].

storm in a teacup; much ado about nothing &c (overestimation) 482; puff, puffery &c (boasting) 884; rant &c (turgescence) 577 [Obs.].

figure of speech, facon de parler [Fr.]; stretch of fancy, stretch of the imagination; flight of fancy &c (imagination) 515.

false coloring &c (falsehood) 544; aggravation &c 835.

out-Herod Herod, run riot, talk at random.

heighten, overcolor^†; color highly, color too highly; broder^†; flourish; color &c (misrepresent) 544; puff &c (boast) 884.

Adj. exaggerated &c v.; overwrought; bombastic &c (grandiloquent) 577; hyperbolical^†, on stilts; fabulous, extravagant, preposterous, egregious, outre [Fr.], highflying^†.

Adv. hyperbolically &c adj..

Phr. excitabat enim fluctus in simpulo [Lat.] [Cicero].
SECTION III.

MEANS OF COMMUNICATING IDEAS

sign, symbol; index, indice^†, indicator; point, pointer; exponent, note, token, symptom; dollar sign, dollar mark.

type, figure, emblem, cipher, device; representation &c 554; epigraph, motto, posy.

gesture, gesticulation; pantomime; wink, glance, leer; nod, shrug, beck; touch, nudge; dactylology^†, dactylonomy^†; freemasonry, telegraphy, chirology [Med.], byplay, dumb show; cue; hint &c 527; clue, clew, key, scent.

signal, signal post; rocket, blue light; watch fire, watch tower; telegraph, semaphore, flagstaff; cresset^†, fiery cross; calumet; heliograph; guidon; headlight.

[sign (evidence) on physobj of contact with another physobj] mark, scratch, line, stroke, dash, score, stripe, streak, tick, dot, point, notch, nick.

print; imprint, impress, impression.

title, heading, docket.

address card, visiting card; carte de visite [Fr.].

insignia; banner, banneret^†, bannerol^†; bandrol^†; flag, colors, streamer, standard, eagle, labarum^†, oriflamb^†, oriflamme; figurehead; ensign; pennon, pennant, pendant; burgee^†, blue Peter, jack, ancient, gonfalon, union jack; banderole, old glory [U.S.], quarantine flag; vexillum^†; yellow-flag, yellow jack; tricolor, stars and stripes; bunting.

heraldry, crest; coat of arms, arms; armorial bearings, hatchment^†; escutcheon, scutcheon; shield, supporters; livery, uniform; cockade, epaulet, chevron; garland, love knot, favor.

[Of locality] beacon, cairn, post, staff, flagstaff, hand, pointer, vane, cock, weathercock; guidepost, handpost^†, fingerpost^†, directing post, signpost; pillars of Hercules, pharos; bale-fire, beacon-fire; l'etoile du Nord [Fr.]; landmark, seamark; lighthouse, balize^†; polestar, loadstar^†, lodestar; cynosure, guide; address, direction, name; sign, signboard.

[Of the future] warning &c 668; omen &c 512; prefigurement &c 511.

[Of the past] trace, record &c, 551.

[Of danger] warning &c 668, alarm &c 669.

[of authority]. scepter &c 747.

[of triumph]. trophy &c 733.

[of quantity]. gauge &c 466.

[Of Distance] milestone, milepost.

[Of disgrace], brand, fool's cap.

[For detection], check, telltale; test &c (experiment) 463; mileage ticket; milliary^†.

notification &c (information) 527; advertisement &c (publication) 531.

word of command, call; bugle call, trumpet call; bell, alarum, cry; battle cry, rallying cry; angelus^†; reveille; sacring bell^†, sanctus bell [Lat.].

exposition &c (explanation) 522, proof &c (evidence) 463; pattern &c (prototype) 22.

represent, stand for; typify &c (prefigure) 511; symbolize.

put an indication, put a mark &c n.; note, mark, stamp, earmark; blaze; label, ticket, docket; dot, spot, score, dash, trace, chalk; print; imprint, impress; engrave, stereotype.

make a sign &c n.. signalize; underscore; give a signal, hang out a signal; beckon; nod; wink, glance, leer, nudge, shrug, tip the wink; gesticulate; raise the finger, hold up the finger, raise the hand, hold up the hand; saw the air, suit the action to the word [Hamlet].

wave a banner, unfurl a banner, hoist a banner, hang out a banner &c n.; wave the hand, wave a kerchief; give the cue &c (inform) 527; show one's colors; give an alarm, sound an alarm; beat the drum, sound the trumpets, raise a cry.

sign, seal, attest &c (evidence) 467; underline &c (give importance to) 642; call attention to &c (attention) 457; give notice &c (inform) 527.

known by, recognizable by; indicated &c v.; pointed, marked.

monument, hatchment^†, slab, tablet, trophy, achievement; obelisk, pillar, column, monolith; memorial; memento &c (memory) 505; testimonial, medal; commemoration &c (celebration) 883.

record, note, minute; register, registry; roll &c (list) 86; cartulary, diptych, Domesday book; catalogue raisonne [Fr.]; entry, memorandum, indorsement^†, inscription, copy, duplicate, docket; notch &c (mark) 550; muniment^†, deed &c (security) 771; document; deposition, proces verbal [Fr.]; affidavit; certificate &c (evidence) 467.

notebook, memorandum book, memo book, pocketbook, commonplace book; portfolio; pigeonholes, excerpta^†, adversaria [Lat.], jottings, dottings^†.

gazette, gazetteer; newspaper, daily, magazine; almanac, almanack^†; calendar, ephemeris, diary, log, journal, daybook, ledger; cashbook^†, petty cashbook^†; professional journal, scientific literature, the literature, primary literature, secondary literature, article, review article.

archive, scroll, state paper, return, blue book; statistics &c 86; compte rendu [Fr.]; Acts of, Transactions of, Proceedings of; Hansard's Debates; chronicle, annals, legend; history, biography &c 594; Congressional Records.

registration; registry; enrollment, inrollment^†; tabulation; entry, booking; signature &c (identification) 550; recorder &c 553; journalism.

[analog recording media] recording, tape recording, videotape.

[digital recording media] compact disk; floppy disk, diskette; hard disk, Winchester disk; read-only memory, ROM; write once read mostly memory, WORM.

V. record; put on record, place on record; chronicle, calendar, hand down to posterity; keep up the memory &c (remember) 505; commemorate &c (celebrate) 883; report &c (inform) 527; write, commit to writing, reduce to writing; put in writing, set down in writing, writing in black and white; put down, jot down, take down, write down, note down, set down; note, minute, put on paper; take note, make a note, take minute, take memorandum; make a return.

mark &c (indicate) 550; sign &c (attest) 467.

enter, book; post, post up, insert, make an entry of; mark off, tick off; register, enroll, inscroll^†; file &c (store) 636.

burn into memory; carve in stone.

be effaced &c; leave no trace &c 550; leave not a rack behind

annalist; historian, historiographer; chronicler, journalist; biographer &c (narrator) 594; antiquary &c (antiquity) 122; memorialist^†; interviewer.

personation, personification; impersonation; drama &c 599.

picture, photo, photograph, daguerreotype, snapshot; X-ray photo; movie film, movie; tracing, scan, TV image, video image, image file, graphics, computer graphics, televideo, closed-circuit TV.

copy &c 21; drawing, sketch, draught, draft; plot, chart, figure, scheme.

image, likeness, icon, portrait, striking likeness, speaking likeness; very image; effigy, facsimile.

figure, figure head; puppet, doll, figurine, aglet^†, manikin, lay-figure, model, mammet^†, marionette, fantoccini^†, waxwork, bust; statue, statuette.

ideograph, hieroglyphic, anaglyph, kanji [Jap.]; diagram, monogram.

map, plan, chart, ground plan, projection, elevation (plan) 626.

ichnography^†, cartography; atlas; outline, scheme; view &c (painting) 556; radiograph, scotograph^†, sciagraph^†; spectrogram, heliogram^†.

V. represent, delineate; depict, depicture^†; portray; take a likeness, catch a likeness &c n.; hit off, photograph, daguerreotype; snapshot; figure, shadow forth, shadow out; adumbrate; body forth; describe &c 594; trace, copy; mold.

dress up; illustrate, symbolize.

paint &c 556; carve &c 557; engrave &c 558.

personate, personify; impersonate; assume a character; pose as; act; play &c (drama) 599; mimic &c (imitate) 19; hold the mirror up to nature.

like &c 17; graphic &c (descriptive) 594; cinquecento quattrocento [Fr.], trecento^†.

historical painting, portrait painting, miniature painting; landscape painting, marine painting; still life, flower painting, scene painting; scenography^†.

school, style; the grand style, high art, genre, portraiture; ornamental art &c 847.

monochrome, polychrome; grisaille [Fr.].

pallet, palette; easel; brush, pencil, stump; black lead, charcoal, crayons, chalk, pastel; paint &c (coloring matter) 428; watercolor, body color, oil color; oils, oil paint; varnish &c 356.1, priming; gouache, tempera, distemper, fresco, water glass; enamel; encaustic painting; mosaic; tapestry.

photography, heliography, color photography; sun painting; graphics, computer graphics.

picture, painting, piece [Fr.], tableau, canvas; oil painting &c; fresco, cartoon; easel picture, cabinet picture, draught, draft; pencil drawing &c, water color drawing, etching, charcoal, pen-and-ink; sketch, outline, study.

photograph, color photograph, black-and-white photograph, holograph, heliograph; daguerreotype, talbotype^†, calotype^†, heliotype^†; negative, positive; print, glossy print, matte print; enlargement, reduction, life-size print; instant photo, Polaroid photo.

technicolor, Kodachrome, Ektachrome; Polaroid.

portrait &c (representation) 554; whole length, full length, half length; kitcat, head; miniature; shade, silhouette; profile.

landscape, seapiece^†; view, scene, prospect; panorama, diorama; still life.

picture gallery, exhibit; studio, atelier; pinacotheca^†.

pencil, oil &c n..

high relief, low relief, bas relief [Fr.]; relief; relieve; bassorilievo^†, altorilievo^†, mezzorilievo^†; intaglio, anaglyph^†; medal, medallion; cameo.

marble, bronze, terra cotta [Sp.], papier-mache; ceramic ware, pottery, porcelain, china, earthenware; cloisonne, enamel, faience, Laocoon, satsuma.

statue, &c (image) 554; cast &c (copy) 21; glyptotheca^†.

impression, print, engraving, plate; steelplate, copperplate; etching; mezzotint, aquatint, lithotint^†; cut, woodcut; stereotype, graphotype^†, autotype^†, heliotype^†.

graver, burin^†, etching point, style; plate, stone, wood block, negative; die, punch, stamp.

printing; plate printing, copperplate printing, anastatic printing^†, color printing, lithographic printing; type printing &c 591; three-color process.

illustration, illumination; half tone; photogravure; vignette, initial letter, cul de lampe [Fr.], tailpiece.

[person who inscribes on stone] lapidary, lapidarian.

V. engrave, grave, stipple, scrape, etch; bite, bite in; lithograph &c n.; print.

Adj. insculptured^†; engraved &c v.. [of inscriptions on stone] lapidary.

Phr. sculpsit [Lat.], imprimit [Lat.].
559. Artist -- N. artist; painter, limner, drawer, sketcher, designer, engraver; master, old master; draftsman, draughtsman; copyist, dauber, hack; enamel, enameler, enamelist; caricaturist.

historical painter, landscape painter, marine painter, flower painter, portrait painter, miniature painter, miniaturist, scene painter, sign painter, coach painter; engraver; Apelles^†; sculptor, carver, chaser, modeler, figuriste^†, statuary; Phidias, Praxiteles; Royal Academician.

photographer, cinematographer, lensman, cameraman, camera technician, camera buff; wildlife photographer.

Phr. photo safari; with gun and camera
2. CONVENTIONAL MEANS

1. Language generally

560. Language -- N. language; phraseology &c 569; speech &c 582; tongue, lingo, vernacular; mother tongue, vulgar tongue, native tongue; household words; King's English, Queen's English; dialect &c 563.

confusion of tongues, Babel, pasigraphie^†; pantomime &c (signs) 550; onomatopoeia; betacism^†, mimmation, myatism^†, nunnation^†; pasigraphy^†.

lexicology, philology, glossology^†, glottology^†; linguistics, chrestomathy^†; paleology^†, paleography; comparative grammar.

literature, letters, polite literature, belles lettres [Fr.], muses, humanities, literae humaniores [Lat.], republic of letters, dead languages, classics; genius of language; scholarship &c (scholar) 492.

consonant, vowel; diphthong, triphthong [Gramm.]; mute, liquid, labial, dental, guttural.

syllable; monosyllable, dissyllable^†, polysyllable; affix, suffix.

spelling, orthograph^†; phonography^†, phonetic spelling; anagrammatism^†, metagrammatism^†.

cipher, monogram, anagram; doubleacrostic^†.