[ad. Gr. ἀναγλυφή work in low relief, f. ἀνά up + γλύφ-ειν to hollow out, carve. Cf. Fr. anaglyphe, perh. earlier.] An embossed or chased ornament, worked in low relief.
1651. N. Biggs, New Dispens., ¶ 98. The Anaglyphe or exterior Cortex and figure of things.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Anaglypha, in antient writers, denote vessels, or other things, adorned with sculpture in basso relievo.
1843. Prescott, Mexico, I. iv. (1864), 30. The mysterious anaglyphs sculptured on the temples of the Egyptians.
