Fig"ured (?), a.

1.

Adorned with figures; marked with figures; as, figured muslin.

2.

Not literal; figurative.

[Obs.]

Locke.

3. Mus. (a)

Free and florid; as, a figured descant. See Figurate, 3.

(b)

Indicated or noted by figures.

Figured bass. See Continued bass, under Continued.

 

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