1. (n.) The act of forming bosses or raised figures, or the state of being so formed.
2. (n.) A bosslike prominence; figure in relief; raised work; jut; protuberance; esp., a combination of raised surfaces having a decorative effect.
Thesaurus Entries
anaglyph, bas-relief, bellying, boldness, boss, bulging, bump, cameo, cameo glass, cavo-rilievo, colophon, concavity, convexity, cut glass, dactylogram, dactylograph, dent, dint, eminence, excrescence, excrescency, extrusion, fingerprint, footmark, footprint, footstep, fossil footprint, gibbosity, gibbousness, glyph, glyptograph, high relief, ichnite, ichnolite, impress, impression, imprint, indent, indentation, indention, intaglio, intaglio rilevato, intaglio rilievo, low relief, lump, mask, medal, medallion, pad, paw print, pawmark, pimple, plaquette, print, projection, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, protuberancy, pug, pugmark, relief, relievo, salience, salient, sculptured glass, seal, sigil, signet, stamp, step, stud, thumbmark, thumbprint, tuberosity, tuberousness, vestige
