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medallion
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Medallion \Me*dal"lion\, n. [F. m['e]daillion, It. medaglione, augm. of medaglia. See Medal.]
A large medal or memorial coin.
A circular or oval (or, sometimes, square) tablet bearing a figure or figures represented in relief.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1650s, from French médaillon (17c.), from Italian medaglione "large medal," augmentative of medaglia (see medal).
Wiktionary
n. 1 A large medal, usually decorative. 2 A cut of meat resembling a medallion. 3 (context architecture English) A round or oval frame (often made of Stucco) which contains a plastic or pictorial decoration of a facade, an interior, a piece of furniture or equipment. 4 A circular certificate used in some places to register a vehicle, especially a taxicab.
WordNet
n. any of various large ancient Greek coins
a circular helping of food (especially a boneless cut of meat); "medallions of veal"
an emblem indicating that a taxicab is registered
an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event [syn: decoration, laurel wreath, medal, palm, ribbon]
Wikipedia
The term medallion may refer to:
- Medal (shortening of "medallion"), a carved or engraved circular piece of metal issued as a souvenir, award, work of art or fashion accessory
- Medallion Air, a Romanian charter airline
- Medallion (film), the original title of the 2012 film Stolen
- Medallion Fund, a hedge fund managed by Renaissance Technologies
- The Medallion, a 2003 action film
- Eagle Medallion, an automobile built by Renault for AMC and later Chrysler, 1987–1989
- Medallion Records (1919–1921), a record label
- Medallion Shield, a rugby union competition for schools in Ulster
- Medallion signature guarantee, a special signature guarantee for the transfer of securities in the United States
- Medallion silvertip nudibranch, a species of sea slug
- Medallion taxi, a permit granted by government in some cities, such as New York, to operate a vehicle for hire
- Medallion in architecture, usually spelled medaillon, a round or oval frame containing a decoration of a facade, an interior, a piece of furniture or equipment
- Medallions, a short story collection by Zofia Nałkowska
- The Medallions, a singing group
A medallion or medaillon is a round or oval frame (often made of stucco) which contains a plastic or pictorial decoration of a façade, an interior, a piece of furniture or equipment.
It is also the name of a scene inset into a larger stained glass window.
"Medallion" is the 13th episode of the first season of the CW television series The Secret Circle, and the series' 13th episode overall. It was aired on February 2, 2012. The episode was written by Andrew Miller & Andrea Newman and it was directed by Liz Friedlander.
Usage examples of "medallion".
When the sauce has set, brush over the medallions with aspic jelly, cold but not set.
A Sea Folk woman stared back at her, aghast, with a dozen begemmed rings in her ears and twice as many golden medallions dangling from the chain running to her nose ring.
And why did Broder keep fingering that medallion on the front of his shirt?
Initiate Council at Winding Circle gave us the medallion as much to make sure we would have to answer to them as to acknowledge we had achieved a cerain amount of control over our power.
She had come to retrieve the imu medallion, or rather its clay shards, hoping to make peace with the Earth Wife.
Muzzaf Kerpatik was a sleekly prosperous person, in his long light-brown jellaba and curl-toed boots, a Star medallion around his neck in silver and diamond chips, two amulets dangling from his belt, mother-of-pearl inlays on the scabbard of his dagger and the butt of his pepperpot revolver.
They had drunk the health of Medallion, they had drunk the health of the Cure, and now Duclosse the mealman raised his glass.
All she was truly certain of was that the next day Nourice had vanished and Maman had forced Meg to start wearing the medallion.
His face was black and swollen, pustules on his forehead, his hair a mop of little medallions of filth.
A cascade of blue-green sparks leapt to the medallion, leaving a black, wardless space in the curtain.
Hari could think of no reason not to answer the question, so he told the guru how he had acquired the medallion and of his promise to return it to the zamindar following his visit with the rajah.
Cazarit people put any men on Battue, refusing to wear the medallion tags, refusing to let Cazarit security check out anyone in their entourage, the Governors of Cazar Company are about to jitter out of their skins.
They were bedizened with every medallion and trinket imaginable, with ornate saddles and bridles of dyed leather, fabulous blankets, brilliant colors.
The unwindowed sides held medallions of similar size and shape, carved with what appeared to be medieval knights and ladies.
For the signs scratched upon the reverse of the medallion seemed to bear at least a superficial relationship with what had already been discovered about the country whereover the mental supermen ruled.