monogram

[Lat. mono gramma, from Gr. monogram mat on = a mark formed of one letter: monos alone, single, and gramma =a letter; Fr. monogram me.] †1. A single character in writing. "The Doctor is of opinion that, before the writing of words was so simplified as to be divided into syllables, words were expre ed by some arbitrary sign, figure or character, destined to expre complete words, and which he therefore calls monograms." Gent. Mag., Jan., 1802, p. 43. 12. A picture drawn in lines without color; a sketch. 3. A cipher composed of two or more letters arranged or interwoven in such a manner as to form a single object, and used on seals, letter-paper, ., and by artists as the signature on their paintings, engravings, . mon-ô-grăm-mal, a. [Eng. monogram; -al . ] 1. In the style or fashion of a monogram; pertaining to monograms. 2. In manner of a sketch. "Though it be but as it were a monogram mal description, and a kind of rude draught as it were with a cole." -Fother by: Atheomastix, p. 355. mon-ở-grăm-mic, *mòn -o-gram-mắt-Ic, *mon-o-grăm-mous, a . [Eng. monogram; -ic, -atic , -ous .] The same as MONOGRAM MAL (q. v.).