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hieroglyphics Noun 1. a form of writing, as used in ancient Egypt, in which pictures or symbols are used to represent objects, ideas, or sounds 2. writing that is difficult to decipher
Translations n pl hieroglyphics [haiərəˈglifiks] a form of writing used eg in ancient Egypt, in which pictures represent words and sounds. beeldskrif, hiërogliewe الكتابة الهيروغليفيَّه йероглифи hieroglyfy hieroglyffer die Hieroglyphen ιερογλυφικά jeroglífico hieroglüüfkiri علم حروف تصويري hieroglyfikirjoitus hiéroglyphe(s) כְּתָב חַרטוּמִים चित्रलिपि से संबंधित hijeroglifi hieroglifikus írás tulisan paku myndletur geroglifici 象形文字 상형 문자 hieroglifai hieroglifs hiroglif hieroglyfen hieroglyfskrift, hieroglyfer hieroglify hieróglifos hieroglife иероглифика hieroglyfy hieroglif hijeroglif hieroglyfer เกี่ยวกับอักษรอียิปต์โบราณ hiyeroglif, resim yazı 象形文字 ієрогліфіка ہیروغلیفی تحریر những chữ viết tượng hình 象形文字 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Alexey Alexandrovitch ordered tea to be brought to the study, and playing with the massive paper-knife, he moved to his easy chair, near which there had been placed ready for him a lamp and the French work on Egyptian hieroglyphics that he had begun. By my retentive memory of the hieroglyphics upon one Sperm Whale in particular, I was much struck with a plate representing the old Indian characters chiselled on the famous hieroglyphic palisades on the banks of the Upper Mississippi. Even his cuff-buttons were engraved with hieroglyphics, and he was more inscribed than an Egyptian obelisk. |
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