allusion

[In Fr. allusion; Sp. alusion; Ital. all us i one: from Lat. allusio a playing or sporting with.] [ALLUDE.] 1. Ordinary Language: A reference to anything not directly mentioned, a hint. considerations to which no allusion can be found in the writings of Adam Smith or Jeremy Bentham."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng . , ch. xi. 2. Rhet. A figure by which something is applied to or understood of another, on account of a certain resemblance between them.