Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The science or study of finger-rings; a description of or an essay upon finger-rings, or, by extension, upon engraved gems.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The art of writing or engraving upon gems.
- noun In general, the literature or history of the art.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The art of writing or
engraving upongems .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (daktulos, "finger") + + -graphy.
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