Circumscription: alternatives and connections

To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to…

An interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the surface in certain crustaceous lichens; or as between the fibers composing…

In a circle; circularly; on every side; round.

To support or sustain; to hold up.

Containing, or consisting of, two languages; expressed in two languages; as, a bilingual inscription; a bilingual dictionary.

A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It…

A roll or case of paper, etc., holding a charge for a firearm; a cartridge

A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.

An inscription in which certain numeral letters, made to appear specially conspicuous, on being added together, express a particular d…

A small, low pillar, square or round, commonly having an inscription, used by the ancients for various purposes, as for indicating the…

A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it…

An inscription, monogram, or cipher, containing the place and date of publication, printer's name, etc., formerly placed on the last p…

An abundance or plenty of anything.

An engraver of gems for rings and other ornaments.

The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.

To cause to disappear (as anything impresses or inscribed upon a surface) by rubbing out, striking out, etc.; to erase; to render ille…

To deposit in the grave; to bury.

Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which has to do with the building itself, its founding or dedication.