effiglation

[ Eng.effigiat (e); -ion.] The act of forming or fashioning a resemblance of per sons or things. ef-fig-, *ef-fig-1-ēs, s . [Lat. effigies , from effingo to fashion out: ef =er=out, and fin go =to fashion; Fr. & Ital. effigie ; Sp. efigie .] 1. The literal representation or image of a person. Although the word is sometimes applied to a por trait it is not synonymous with it, but conveys an chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; ual decomposition on simple exposure to the air. "Those salts whose crystals effloresce belong to the cla which is most soluble."-Fourcroy. 2. To become covered with a whitish crust or light crystallization, from a slow chemical change between some of the ingredients of the matter covered, and an acid proceeding commonly from an external source. "The walls of limestone caverns sometimes effloresce with nitrate of lime in consequence of the action of nitric acid formed in the atmosphere."- Dana . [Fr.