đactyl1oglyphy

[Gr. daktylioglyphia, from daktylios = a ring, and glypho = to engrave.] The art of cutting or engraving seal-rings or gems, *dăc-tyl-1-og-ra-phỹ, *dăc-tyl-og-ra-phỹ, s. [Gr. daktylios =a ring, from daktylos a finger, and grapho to write, to describe.] 1. The art of engraving gems. 2. A description of, or treatise on, engraved stones and rings.