Crossword clues for inscription
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inscription \In*scrip"tion\, n. [L. inscriptio, fr. inscribere, inscriptum, to inscribe: cf. F. inscription. See Inscribe.]
The act or process of inscribing.
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.
(Anat.) A line of division or intersection; as, the tendinous inscriptions, or intersections, of a muscle.
An address, consignment, or informal dedication, as of a book to a person, as a mark of respect or an invitation of patronage.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 Text carved on a wall or plaque, such as a memorial or gravestone. 2 The text on a coin. 3 Words written in the front of a book as a dedication.
WordNet
n. letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something [syn: lettering]
a short message (as in a book or musical work or on a photograph) dedicating it to someone or something [syn: dedication]
the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words
Usage examples of "inscription".
In the inscription round the basin above, among flowery phrases belauding the fountain, and suggesting that the work is so fine that it is difficult to distinguish the water from the alabaster, the spectator is comforted with the assurance that they cannot bite!
Grandiose inscriptions were displayed all about to commemorate my benefactions, but my refusal to exempt the inhabitants from a tax which they were quite able to pay soon alienated that rabble from me.
Gate, read the inscription at the base of the Byward Tower, listened to the tugs on the river and registered that my man was ten minutes late.
I have eighteen or twenty of these discarded copies, each with an inscription which is either unfunny or misspelled.
I saw on two of the gateways inscriptions which to me were meaningless, but which Seguier, the old friend of the Marquis Maffei, could no doubt have deciphered.
Here he has found numberless historical inscriptions, besides a text in hieroglyphics which may cast light on the origin of the cuneiform characters.
It is even possible that in the Madyes of Herodotos, we have a reminiscence of the Manda of the cuneiform inscriptions.
He used to copy the inscriptions in the cuneiform writing and then translate them into English.
I looked over his shoulder and saw a cuneiform inscription hanging on the wall upside down.
Mr Cupples, having made a translation of the inscription, took it to Thomas Crann.
Then he noticed that it had a tarnished, gold-plated collar around its neck, on which was the inscription: Neem, the dalf of Thaine Evidently, thought Jerry, this beast was half minded to be friendly.
His inscription at Tumbus, near the northern end of the Dongola reach, proves it.
Since then we know that Tutmosis went right up the Dongola reach to the fourth cataract and beyond it, until he came to Kurgus, where he set up a boundary inscription that is yet to be deciphered.
However, Ficker raises very serious objections to the Christian origin of the inscription.
The bottom bore an inscription in Tumar characters, easily decipherable by the Master, stating that it had been sent from Constantinople in the year of the Hegira 981, by Shafey Hanbaly, the Magnificent.