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Definition: DACTYLIOGLYPH

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An engraver of gems for rings and other ornaments.[Websters]
2. The inscription of the engraver's name on a finger ring or gem.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Dactylioglyph" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Dactylioglyph \Dac*tyl"i*o*glyph\, noun. [Greek expression an engraver of gems; dakty`lios finger ring (fr. da`ktylos finger) gly`fein to engrave.]. (references)

Definition: DACTYLIOGLYPH

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. An engraver of gems for rings and other ornaments.[Websters]
2. The inscription of the engraver's name on a finger ring or gem.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "DACTYLIOGLYPH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Dactylioglyph \Dac*tyl"i*o*glyph\, noun. [Greek expression an engraver of gems; dakty`lios finger ring (fr. da`ktylos finger) gly`fein to engrave.]. (references)