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Definitions for hieroglyphick
hi·ero·g·lyph·ick
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Hieroglyphical, Hieroglyphickadjective
Emblematical; expressive of some meaning beyond what immediately appears.
Etymology: hieroglyphique, French; from the noun.
In this place stands a stately hieroglyphical obelisk of Theban marble. George Sandys, Travels.
Th’ Egyptian serpent figures time,
And, stripp’d, returns into his prime;
If my affection thou would’st win,
First cast thy hieroglyphick skin. John Cleveland.The original of the conceit was probably hieroglyphical, which after became mythological, and, by a process of tradi tion, stole into a total verity, which was but partly true in its morality. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.
HIEROGLYPH, HIEROGLYPHICKnoun
Etymology: hieroglyphe, French; ἱεϱὸς, sacred, and γλύφω, to carve.
This hieroglyphick of the Egyptians was erected for parental affection, manifested in the protection of her young ones, when her nest was set on fire. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.
A lamp amongst the Egyptians is the hieroglyphick of life. John Wilkins, Dædalus.
The first writing they used was only the single pictures and gravings of the things they would represent, which way of expression was afterwards called hieroglyphick. John Woodward.
Between the statues obelisks were plac’d,
And the learn’d walls with hieroglyphicks grac’d. Alexander Pope.No brute can endure the taste of strong liquor, and consequently it is against all the rules of hieroglyph to assign those animals as patrons of punch. Jonathan Swift.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hieroglyphick in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hieroglyphick in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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